cc743810@sjuvax.UUCP (12/07/87)
This really isn't about aquariums, but I thought somebody here might be
interested.
I have a program for MS-DOS computers that simulates an aquarium on
CGA color screens. It's kinda interesting. There's a bunch of fish
swimming around on the screen (with air bubbles, big & small fish, etc).
If you want a copy of this, e-mail me, I'll send you a uuencoded arc
file of the program (posting the file to this group would seem to
be a little obnoxious).
Chuck Conway
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"If it won't do 150 mph, take it back." -Corvette Engineering Grouprichard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (12/09/87)
In article <1033@sjuvax.UUCP> cc743810@sjuvax.UUCP (Speed Racer) writes: > > >This really isn't about aquariums, but I thought somebody here might be >interested. > >I have a program for MS-DOS computers that simulates an aquarium on >CGA color screens. It's kinda interesting. There's a bunch of fish >swimming around on the screen (with air bubbles, big & small fish, etc). >If you want a copy of this, e-mail me, I'll send you a uuencoded arc >file of the program (posting the file to this group would seem to >be a little obnoxious). > Apollo's -------- Mike Lampi @ Danford and I did a aqurium display hack which I put on that software swap machine at the ADUS convention in San Fransisco. It's monochrome and isn't real accurate as it has seahorses and freshwater fish. The fish do eat the live food (worms) and occasionally get into fights however. Did that junk end up in the ADUS library ? Amiga's ------- I have a quickie display hack of a school of Blue gularis swimming across the screen that uses _The Director_ to display it. ... in case anyone is interested. -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."
eichin@athena.mit.edu (Mark W. Eichin) (12/10/87)
For anything running the X Window System (versions 10 or 11) there exists a program called `xfish' which floats a bunch (20?) small fish in the background; if you click one mouse button on a fish it starts to head the other direction; if you click the other, it `shoots' the fish. Sort of silly, but it beats the dull gray matte background, and some people find it endlessly fascinating... It was written by John Bradley <bradley@cis.upenn.edu>. I (or maybe he?) could post it here (alt.aquaria) if there really is interest (it is a small program...) Mark Eichin <eichin@athena.mit.edu> PS. to athena users: If you want to run it, just `attach sipb' and run `/mit/sipb/vaxbin/xfish' (or rtbin if you are on a PC/RT). _Mark_