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- /* HEADER: CUG136.07;
- TITLE: CUG136;
- DESCRIPTION: "Contents of disk";
- KEYWORDS: submission,contents;
- FILENAME: CUG.LTR;
- AUTHORS: R. Rodman;
- */
-
- A disk of files for submission to your library accompanies this
- letter, as you have probably noticed. This disk contains games
- and a (quasi-)universal terminal definition system. Before
- running any of the other programs, run TERMINAL to create the
- file TERMINAL.SYS. Other terminal configuration methods
- described in your newsletter don't allow for object code
- portability, whereas this one does and has been used with not
- only C but also BASIC, Pascal and assembler. The games were fun
- projects of mine and I've decided to put them all into the public
- domain. I only learned C recently, so two were converted from
- Basic, the other from assembler (Don't criticize my C too much!
- Give me a chance!). They are written in C/80 (Software
- Toolworks), which means they should be easily portable to any
- Unix-compatible C.
-
- Here is a listing of the files on the disk:
-
- DUMPSTAR.C, .SUB, .COM - Dump Star video game
- TZ.C, .R, .COM, .DOC - Twilight Zone adventure game
-
- NO FAIR READING TZ.R! (Maybe we ought to squeeze it?)
-
- CMAZE.C, .SUB, .COM - Perspective maze game
- (Careful - doesn't use TERMINAL.SYS; also does direct
- port I/O to an AY-3-9513 Cricket at ports B0,B1 hex)
- TERMINAL.C, .COM, .DOC - Terminal configuration program
- RDTERM.C, .COM - Check your terminal configuration
- RANDOM.C - Random function for C/80
- PORTIO.C - I/O port access for C/80
- CUG.LTR - this letter
-
- Someone can probably improve upon my random number generator. It
- is pretty crude. If anyone installs any terminals beyond what
- TERMINAL supports, I'd like to get a copy of the new values so
- that the program can be enhanced.
- .pa
- Other projects I have underway are a 68000 cross-assembler and an
- operating system. Once the cross-assembler is complete I want to
- make a small-C for the 68000 which will then be used with the
- operating system as well as other projects. Currently the
- operating system is in Z80 assembler. When this is finished it
- will all become public domain. If anyone is working on similar
- projects, I'd sure like to get in touch with them.
-
- Have fun and ... C you later!
-
- Richard Rodman
- 6607 Mayfair Drive #302
- Falls Church VA 22042
- (703) 241-1681
-
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