kneller@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Don Kneller%Langridge) (10/30/86)
Larn is a dungeon type game program. It is a adventure/action game similar in concept to rogue or hack, but with a much different feel. It is copyrighted 1986 by Noah Morgan (panda!condor!noah) at GenRad Inc. Bolton MA Recently uploaded to ARPANET host NOSC-COD is an executable and sources for an MSDOS version of LARN. The features of this MSDOS port are: - runs in 256K of memory with MSDOS 2.x by using disk caching to keep only the most recent levels in memory. A swap file is used to store old levels. You can use your RAMdisk to hold the swap file. - needs 1 360K floppy drive (although 2 are preferred). - allows graphics characters for the caves. - shows where you've been in the caves by marking the floor with a dot or user defined symbol. - runs on the DEC Rainbow (including the graphics). - uses ANSI.SYS (or preferable NANSI.SYS, which is included in the distribution) and termcap, so is configurable to color monitors. The terminal is put into raw mode for faster drawing. - allows use of the arrow keys for motion input. The executable and support files are in LARN12.ARC (about 150K); sources and support files are in LARN12SRC.ARC (about 280K). This is *not* the same set of sources a recent diff was posted for. These include enhancements specific to the MSDOS environment. The files are available by anonymous ftp from host NOSC-COD.ARPA, in directory pub/hack. Remember that ARC files are binary files and must be transferred with a binary protocol. Usually you use the "tenex" mode of ftp to get it to your host, then the "-i" flag of kermit to use image mode to get it to your PC. For people without ARPANET connections I will mail them a copy of these files if they send me 1 (or 2 if sources are desired also) *formatted* DSDD floppy disk, or 1 *formatted* DSQD disk with a self-addressed return mailer and sufficient return postage to: USMAIL: D. G. Kneller 2 Panoramic Way #204 Berkeley, CA 94704 If someone is interested in using their BITNET site as a distribution point please let me know. Don Kneller UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller ARPA: kneller@cgl.ucsf.edu BITNET: kneller@ucsfcgl.BITNET -- Don Kneller UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller ARPA: kneller@cgl.ucsf.edu BITNET: kneller@ucsfcgl.BITNET