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From: weh@bar.UUCP (Walter Hunt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Got Nethack 2.3 running
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Message-ID: <328@bar.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 88 12:39:18 GMT
Organization: Business Automation Resources, Norfolk Va.
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I have managed to get nethack2.3 running on a NCR Tower32. So far I haven't
noticed any major problems but I did manage to make it core dump once. It
happened at a fountain when I #dipped my sword and unleashed a water demon. I
hit 'i' to see what I was carrying and the game died. I haven't done any
modifications to the source[*] so I don't think I introduced the problem, and I
really don't have time to debug it further so I thought I'd post in case
someone else runs into the same thing.

[*] I did comment out one line in termcap.c . It seems nethack requires the
ability to backspace. There are two capabilities checked for to see if the
terminal supports this. One is 'bc', the other is 'bs'. The only problem is
that I can't find any corresponding terminfo entries. So I commented out the
check for 'bs' assuming that if 'bc' wasn't given, then '^H' would work. I
know this is going to die horribly on any terminal that truly cannot backspace
but I really wonder if there are that many out there that can't.
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					Walter Hunt
					Business Automation Resources