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From: ameiba@reed.UUCP (Keith Steiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: xconq, xconq, who's got the xconq?
Message-ID: <16466@reed.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 91 06:56:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.16466
Reply-To: ameiba@reed.edu (Keith Steiger)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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This all started when I realized that /usr/games/lib/xconq was a symbolic
link to a directory that no longer existed.  So I figured "No problem--I'll
just get the tar file from our archive."  The person who made that archive
hadn't included the lib directory.  So I figured "I'll just pick up the
archive from somewhere else".  Well, our version.h said "5.1epfl (7/20/90)".
I've gotten xconq from every site that seems reasonable, and I've gotten four
major distributions--the 5.0 version from comp.sources.games, 5.3, and two
different versions of 5.4.  I've more or less decided that things are very
messed up, and I remember hearing that the original author was working for
Apple or some such and was no longer working on the game.

So, my questions are--
	Where would I find 5.1epfl?
	Would I want to find 5.1epfl?
	If not, what version of the game should I get, and from where?

I hope there's a clear winner.  If each of the versions has its own merits,
and each has features the others lack, I think I'll scream.
--
 Keith Steiger--ameiba@reed.edu--"I am what you see.  I cannot be otherwise."
  Disclaimer: Reed College tries very hard to ignore its students' opinions.