Xref: utzoo alt.sources.d:996 alt.folklore.computers:6965 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!vector0!jon Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: GENERAL WARNING Message-ID: Date: 11 Nov 90 21:40:57 GMT References: Organization: Vector Zero Productions Lines: 21 ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes: > In article <1548@atlas.tegra.COM> vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail) writes: > | > | Two years ago when I was working at DG it was still in AOS. Typing > | `xyzzy' at the prompt returned "Nothing happens". > > It's amazing that pieces of the the old `adventure' game are floating > around in OS's! In the Adventure dungeon, if you typed `xyzzy' at > some inappropriate moment, the game would respond with `Nothing > happens'! Yeah, but when *is* something going to happen? I've played Adventure before, but I don't know what you could do on the system to make 'xyzzy' work... Jon vector0!jon@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US ...ames!pacbell!sactoh0!vector0!jon fezzes for one and all!