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From: akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Ack (WAs Re: New Tetris)
Keywords: tetris
Message-ID: <279c8c33:1739.7comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 91 19:40:08 GMT
References: <27974602:1739comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP> <1991Jan21.163253.94
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Isak Swahn writes
>The problem for many people seems to be that they:
>1) don't have access to ASC->
>2) got other problems with downlowding programs

well, I can't help with #2, that depends on the situation, but ASC-> will
be posted on user.programs at hpcvbbs and I will repost it very soon, in
the meantime check the messge on INPRT documentation of OCT 11, 1990, or
message 872 if on hpcvbbs.  It seems that there is a high enough level of
demand for it to be reposted on comp.sys.

Isak also writes:
> In my opinion, any type of source code for games to
> either the 48 or any other calculator/computer is
> not very interesting. Most people just want to play
> the games, not analyze them. If you want to study
> the source, e.g. because you want to learn how to
> program, the source could instead be available at
> hpbbs. If not available there, the author might
> help you to get the source.
>
> Why not just post the file in a format that can be
> read directly. It is enough for one person to run
> ASC-> on a program. . .

Well, the problem with the HP is that there is really aren't too many
ways to post something up on c.s.h.  It has got to be text, and since not
everyone has uuencode or asc->, it is simpler to leave it in text form. 
I'm not sure if Isaac was referring to my program or not, but I did not
leave in "source form", there is no documentation for it  at all.  The
format that is can be read directly is what I gues Isaac refers to as
"source, " i.e. the text form.  The reason that I only ->ASC the two
machine -code routines, for which it is necessary, is that it takes too
much time on both sides to ->ASC the entire dir.  Personally, I have not
had any problems with d/l files from c.s.h.  All I do is copy the text
from the screen into a file (or at least my mac does) and then transfer
into my HP which converts, strips documentation, etc.  Then, if ASC is
necessary I do it.  I think that the format we use now works great, and
it is really the only one we have, unless we FTP.
               __Falco