rcj@burl.UUCP (08/26/83)
This message is addressed to the person who made the "ifdef SPEC" and other fixes to Larry Wall's masterpiece. I am running USG 5.0 on a Vax 11/780. I added the -DSPEC to my makefile, and all went well. I tried to run warp and it said "define RAND16 and recompile". Ok, you smartass program, I muttered to myself. I added the -DRAND16 and tried again, and again it compiled. I ran it and it: a) Only covered about 1/6 (upper left) of the screen. b) I did a 'j' from somewhere near the middle of this area and the enterprise replicated itself on the far left screen margin. c) Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my original 4 Klingons have now multiplied to about 12. d) I hit delete in disgust, the enterprise is in the middle of nowhere, and only 5 torpedoes come out; as if there were invisible stars behind and below me. e) When I managed to quit the thing, it entered my score on the board in an incorrect format with the wrong name and AKA. My question is: what did I do wrong and what can I do to fix it? ALSO, my apologies to other net readers; I sheepishly admit that I lost the name and address of He-Who-Modified-Warp -- sorry to clutter the net with something that should have gone out via mail, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj