Xref: utzoo comp.os.minix:17059 rec.games.hack:13349 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!7103_2622 From: 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,rec.games.hack Subject: Re: Nethack 3.0j and Minix ST Message-ID: <1991Jun13.190343.9398@uwovax.uwo.ca> Date: 14 Jun 91 00:03:43 GMT References: <1991Jun6.024253.952@doe.utoronto.ca> <1991Jun10.111948.6845@doe.utoronto.ca> Lines: 18 In article <1991Jun10.111948.6845@doe.utoronto.ca>, david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) writes: > muts@fysak.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) writes: >>What about using the standard TOS (yes TOS!) nethack on a diskette and >>ramdisk. Works fine and just as well as unix versions, and you don't have to >>endure the harddisk noise :-) > Not a bad idea. However, I hate having to shut down Minix and reboot > my computer to use showdvi right now, and I'd hate to have to do it > for Nethack. Besides, I'd like to end up running Nethack on one screen > and my Real Work on another. Use MiNT and run NetHack in one MGR window, and your "real" work (what can be more real than NetHack :-) in another window. The TOS version of nethack 3.0j is both MiNT and MGR friendly (surprise surprise, considering who did the port :-). -- Eric R. Smith email: Dept. of Mathematics eric.smith@uwo.ca University of Western Ontario 7103_2622@uwovax.bitnet