info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/26/84)
Date: 21 Apr 1984 04:42:44-EST From: uw-beaver!Edward.Tecot@CMU-CS-H Subject: Alice To: utcsrgv!peterr To: microsof!infomac Having played Alice for quite some time, I can say it is a fun game, but you easily tire of it. You can also set the speed of the chess pieces, by pressing the numbers 1-6. Also, note that Alice is a real time game sitting on one spot is a sure way to get nuked, the game is not a turn-by-turn game. Also, about MacPascal: I can't seem to get it to do sines, and the memory does seem to be very limited. The general rule seems to be that programs >1 page don't seem to run. About MacBasic: The version I have seems to be a bit older than the one reviewed in Byte. Quite a few things seem weird. Also, the system is different, most fonts are missing. I kept getting ID10 and ID25 errors, so I finally replaced the system folder with my MacWrite/Paint system. I don't know if this matters, but at least the program listings look normal. I typed in Ahl's Benchmark from Creative Computing (Modifying for MacBasic's pseudo pascal syntax--no line numbers, one statement per line) and the results were pretty good: 22 seconds to run (MS-Basic was 1min., 43 sec.), with a random number deviation of ~5.5 and an accuracy <E12 (wow!). When they get the bugs out, this will be an awesome application.