bgh@ice9.uucp (barry hannigan) (03/05/91)
on the mit x11r4 distribution tapes, there is a program called xtank, which from perusing the docies, appears to (suprise) be a multiuser tank warfare game, with a number of interesting features - dynamic loading of executables, representing new types/classes of tanks - a lightweight thread scheduler providing fast context switches between players - synchronized screen updates across the net the thread scheduler and dynamic loader are only available for the ibm-rt and the vax. has anyone ported this to a risc/ultrix platform, or to a unix machine for that matter. attempt at utilizing the rt code results in a "botched longjmp". working at the port myself, but its slow going. barry. -- ~~~~~~~ ..walkin on the beaches, lookin at the peaches