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From: lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Finding distances on map sheets
Summary: Old articles in BYTE
Message-ID: <46603@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 90 18:32:48 GMT
References: <532@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <532@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:
>
>   I have always wanted to code a few of my favorite war games on my
>Mac, but the code for finding the distance between two hexes has always
>eluded me.  I *want* hex maps, because that's what the games are played
>on and I also feel that using squares does not represent life to well,
>but then again, neither do hexes, really, but they're close enough for
>me.
>  Suggestions anyone?  Thanks in advance!

Back in the good ol' days when BYTE was a *real* computer mag :-) there was a
two part article on doing just that. Of course it was probably on some CP/M
machine long before the Mac even existed :-). I have the issues at home if
you really want the references just send mail and I'll look them up this
weekend.


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