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RE: IE Web Browser: "Sitting Duck"
From: <Glenn_Everhart () bankone com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:53:57 -0400
Actually many games in Fortran appeared on DECUS sigtapes and library media over the years. Pacman, invaders, adventure, many more. The ones I recall used VT100 graphics but were eminently playable. Even a version of the original Spacewar was at one time available in Fortran. (I used to have it on tape, but bit rot got to it.) For those not in the know, Spacewar had at least 2 rockets in the vicinity of a sun. They could rotate right or left, accelerate in the direction they were pointing, or fire torpedoes. Some versions had homing torpedoes and/or hyperspace ("the hyperspace generators are unreliable so every time you enter hyperspace you have a fraction, something like 1/7, chance of appearing and immediately exploding on reentry to normal space.") Also homing torpedoes were slower than normal ones. Ships got a finite number of torpedoes and ships and torpedoes were subject to gravity. It was/is a good game. -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com]On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:17 AM To: Full Disclosure List Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] IE Web Browser: "Sitting Duck" On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, joe wrote:
Of course you had FORTRAN and COBOL as well but you couldn't do fun games in those.
You mean like Adventure? I still have the original FORTRAN source for that somewhere on a tape. -- Dave _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html ********************************************************************** This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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