games-request@tekred.TEK.COM (05/22/87)
Submitted by: Bill Randle <games-request@tekred.TEK.COM>
Comp.sources.games: Volume 1, Info 2
Archive-name: Archlst.1
This posting has two sections. The first section is a list of some of
the upcoming games to be posted; the second is the current list of
archive sites. Since there are some large postings coming up, keep
this list of archivers handy and if you find yourself missing a part
of a game look for an archiver near you. If a posting is munged, or
there is no site near you, send mail to games-request@tekred.TEK.COM.
As always, game submissions are welcome and encouraged. Send your
submissions to games@tekred.TEK.COM.
PARTIAL LIST OF UPCOMING GAME POSTINGS
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chess0.5 - Atkin & Frey's chess game in Pascal with updates from
Ozan Yigit <when available>
dungeon - f77 source for the popular dungeon/zork game
fortune - Ken Arnold's latest version of the fortune game and
database
gnuchess - chess game from the GNU folks
kriegspiel - a chess variant
nethack - updated version of Hack 1.03 <when available>
sdi - a missle-command type game for Suns
warp7 - Larry Wall's latest version of his space war game
ACCESSING THE COMP.SOURCES.GAMES ARCHIVE
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Several sites below will send tapes through the mail. For those sites,
send a 1/2" mag tape WITH RETURN POSTAGE and RETURN MAILER. Tapes
without postage or mailer will not be returned. No other methods (COD,
etc.) are available; please don't ask.
1. Rick Adams (rick@seismo.CSS.GOV) provides archive access to those on the
ARPAnet. Access is available directly via anonymous ftp (Outside of
9am-7pm EDT M-F.) The files are in a directory mod.sources.games, then a
sub-directory VolumeX. They are named as closely as possible to the
names in the Index. Send tape, mailer, and postage to:
Rick Adams
Center for Seismic Studies
1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1450
Arlington, VA 22209-3871
2. Alan Clegg (abc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu, abc@[128.109.153.1]) will provide
archive access. His host has access to UUCP, INTERNET and BITNET.
[ncsuvx.ncsu is not registered yet. In the meantime Alan can be
contacted at: abc@mcnc.MCNC.ORG] For access to the archive,
contact Alan.
3. Carl Hummel at Masscomp (carltom@masscomp) will provide uucp access
to the archives. Send Carl a note requesting a file and he will
make it available (not everything may be online at all times).
Carl Hommel
(617) 692-6200 x2477
{allegra, bellcore, cbosgd, decvax} --\
!masscomp!carlton
{gatech, seismo, tektronix} ------/
4. Mike Arms at Sandia will be archiving the articles. They can be a
point of contact for those sites in New Mexico needing postings.
Note though that they are NOT an ARPAnet site nor do they allow
ad lib uucp connections. Those requesting archives should e-mail
to Mike.
Mike Arms
{ucbvax | gatech}!unmvax!sandia!marms
5. Pyramid Technology has an archive arranged topically, and in compressed
tar files. They are happy to take new UUCP connections. They are also
somewhat willing to make tapes for people to come by and pick up,
provided you call WELL in advance and bring lunch money. This is being
managed by Claudia Dimmers and/or Carl Gutekunst. Contact
pyramid!usenet for more info.
6. Jason Winters at host aeras in San Jose (sun!aeras!jason) has an online
archive and has a directory setup for anon uucp. Contact Jason
for more details.
Jason Winters
sun!aeras!jason
(408) 432-1200 ext. 365
7. Charlie Boykin at host killer archives games sources (as well as
mod.sources and net.sources). The archives are in /net/archive
on his system and anon uucp is available. Contact Charlie for
details.
Charlie Boykin
{ihnp4,cuae2}!killer!sysop
8. Robert Elz (kre@munnari.OZ) keeps comp.sources.games in different ways
depending on his available disk space; contact him for more info
if you're an Australian site.
9. John Gilmore at host hoptoad plans to archive the sources. To get
copies of archived stuff, send mail to games-archive@hoptoad, or:
{sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ucbvax}-----\
-- !hoptoad!games-archive
{ihnp4,ucsfcgl,psivax,mirror}--/
10. Chris Grevstad at host nrcvax writes: We are a UUCP site only now,
but with good prospects of being on the Internet soon. I can make
UUCP access available either here in Oxnard, CA or in Salt Lake City, UT.
I can also make all manner of tapes here as well, BSD/SYSV/VMS (that
means tar, cpio or VMS format) on 9-track, cassette and whatever the
UvaxII uses (tk-50 I think).
Chris Grevstad
{sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!chris
ihnp4!nrcvax!chris
11. Jim Thompson at host otto can make 1600/6250bpi tar/cpio tapes,
1/4" cartrige tapes (either format) and VMS (1600/6250bpi) BACKUP
format tapes (in a pinch, if they grovel..). Contact Jim for details.
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12. Of course, I have a complete set of archives. I can mail individual
postings, make files available for UUCP, and will send tapes (1600
or 6250 BPI tar). It costs about $5 to send a 2400' tape across
the country in a padded envelope via first-class mail.
In a real crunch, I might be able to write files onto MS-DOS
diskettes; send e-mail before sending floppies!
games-request@tekred.TEK.COM
13. Internet sites may also retrieve archives from j.cc.purdue.edu via
anonymous ftp. Due to disk space considerations,
many of the sources are compressed; these may be recognized by the
".Z" suffix. If you don't have compress & friends, they are in
~ftp/pub/compress.shar for the taking. This is being managed by
Rich Kulawiec (Wombat), pucc-j!rsk, rsk@j.cc.purdue.edu. If your
host tables don't grok "j.cc.purdue.edu", try "purdue-asc.arpa".
They would appreciate it if you would avoid large file transfers
in the middle of the day. [Rick also points out that the FTP'able
archies also contain mod.amiga, a bunch of kermit sources, news
2.11, rn 4.3, nntp, and whatever else happens to be in ~ftp/pub at
the moment.] This is still in the process of being setup for games
archiving (game playing is not allowed on their local machines).
Contact Rich for access/status info.
14. Phil Harbison at host madhat plans to archive comp.sources.games.
They will support anonymous uucp access. They can also make 96tpi,
5.25" floppy disks using cpio or tar format.
Live: Phil Harbison
USPS: 3409 Grassfort Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-5421
Uucp: {akgua,clyde}!madhat!alvitar
Bell: 205-881-4317, 205-461-2957
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Other sites may be added in the future. I will update this list
and repost occaisionally.