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From: morris@utah-cs.UUCP (Richard Morris)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.games
Subject: re: re: zork like game for HP 3000
Message-ID: <1806@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Aug-83 00:17:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: utah-cs.1806
Posted: Sun Aug 21 00:17:15 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Aug-83 07:12:08 EDT
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	We tried to include everything you ever liked about Zork
	and Adventure, then tried to improve on it.

	  * Source: about 17000 lines more-or-less-standard Pascal (sorry,
	    we don't send it out.)

    Sorry, but I don't think much of people or their products (OR their
    companies) which come with rave reviews but "you can't see it".  
    If its a product, tell us how to buy it.  If its research,
    lets see the paper in the established journals.  If its just a hack,
    show your net responsiblity:  back your claims with code or shut up.
    -- 
    spoken:	mark weiser


I was rather aggrivated with umcp-cs!mark's comment about having
no respect for "people or their software ... which come with rave
revues but 'you can't see it'."  Hp-pcd!bill, the co-author of the
software in question, said that he was willing to provide additional
information to those interested.  In communicating with Bill, I
found that one can obtain an executable copy of this software. 
What more can be asked for?  (As a software author, I understand
the desire to protect one's source code.)

I suggest that Mark Weiser go to the trouble of obtaining an executable
copy and using it, before spouting off.

I appreciate the effort Bill is making for us computer gaming enthusiasts.

Feeling much better!

-- Richard Morris
   utah-cs!morris