jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis) (08/09/88)
I found this lurking in rec.games.programmer. Given the recent interest in Crobots in this newsgroup I thought I would post it here. -------------------------------------------------------------- In article <6168@pyr.gatech.EDU>, joel@pyr.gatech.EDU (Joel Rives) writes: > > Is the source for C_ROBOTS available via ftp from some site? I'd like to tkae > a look at it. > CROBOTS source is available through the author (me!) It shouldn't be available through any other party. CROBOTS is distributed as shareware, and there is a CROBOTS.ARC package floating around on BBS, CIS, Source, etc. It contains an MS-DOS executable, full documentation, sample robots. I ask a monetary contribution if you like the software and plan to use it. As a bonus, I distribute the source code, provided one sends in the license (last page of docs). I license the source code on a personal use basis, meaning one shouldn't make it publicly available to others. I also include all of the CROBOTS programs that users have sent to me (>30), so that you will have more battles to fight. $20 is the suggested contribution, and I provide the diskette & mailing. The shareware distribution package is available from me, no charge, provided you send me a diskette, mailer, & postage. CROBOTS is written entirely in C, orginally on a Xenix 286 machine. Other users have successfully (and with little difficulty) ported it to other unix systems, including VAX 4.3/Sys V, Unix PC, Gould, NCR, et.al. I think the biggest problem was a sign extention on the Unix PC, where I used a constant 0x8000 to an (int) type; changing the declaration to (short int) fixed the problem. A `curses' screen driver is provided, along with YACC & Lex grammars. Porting it to other machines/os's may be a little more involved: I am aware of Amiga and Atari ST. It also ports well to other MS-DOS compilers; I used Lattice to do the MS-DOS version. I do have a new address since the current version was released: Tom Poindexter 6864 Amherst Ct. Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Or, send mail to att!ncsc5!tsp. -tp -- Tom Poindexter ...!att!ncsc5!tsp --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope this helps. -- ________________________________________ This space would have been | Mike Davis LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK | ihnp4!ihlpm!jmdavis had I not written in it. |_________________________