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From: akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Tetris2.1 update for HP48
Keywords: tetris, tetris2, update
Message-ID: <27e17022:2431.3comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 91 01:40:11 GMT
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Thanks for your opinion Joe, you are correct, the update is not the best
thing to do, but I didn't have the time to post the whole thing.  I will
post the whole Tetris2.1 again as soon as possible.  I'll try for tonite,
but I doubt it, otherwise, I can't post it till late Saturday eve. 
That's why I decided that I should put the update up as soon as possible.

As for the complex procedure, your're right it sucks, but again, I don't
have the time to do anything else yet.  The connection I had was really
bad and as it is I had to split the Update into 4 r 5 sections to post it
up, becasue the board kept on suddenly stopping receiving the file,
forcing me to start again.

As for the version and naming Tetris, Tetris2, I call it Tetris2 on my
48, becasue I don't want to have a large filename, and I don't want it to
be confused with Etetris2.0 or tetris2.1 or Tetris2.2 which is what the
computer or calc's do if you already have that filename.  If you want to
live with having your Tetris game being called Tetris2.1.0 or whatever,
that's obviously your choice.    However, the about command contains the
real version number.  The user can always change the name of the program,
and that's not a good way to keep track of the version number on a 48. 
The reason I called it Tetris2 is because there has to be a difference
between the names of the smalltetris and the large Tetris.  The version
number of 2.1 is the one that should always be used when you refer to
anything about the program.  When I post the Tetris2.1 again, I will be
sure to clarify what version it is.

The reason I did not ASC the entire file is because it would then be over
13k in length which is getting pretty large.  Also, ASC'ing and UnAsc'ing
a 13k file takes a lot of time and memory.  It also takes longer to d/l 
and u/l and to transfer to your HP.  However, I might do it anyways,
since it would help in the corruption problems.

Anyways, thanks for your input JOe, I prefer it over people complaining
about my post to themselves and not d/ling it.  I will post the final
Tetris2.1 version as soon as I can.
    ---Falco