Thread overview | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 13, 2005 debian linux empire man pages | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
hello, i just downloaded the default empire package debian uses. here's a brief clip from the man pages that may be interesting to you. NAME empire -- the wargame of the century HISTORY Apparently, this game was originally written outside of Digital, probably at a university. The game was ported to DEC's VAX/VMS from the TOPS-10/20 FORTRAN sources available around fall 1979. The original authors listed in my old documentation are Mario DeNobili and Thomas N. Paulson. Support for different terminal types was added by Craig Leres. Ed James got hold of the sources at Berkeley and converted portions of the code to C, mostly to use curses for the screen handling. He published his modified sources on the net in December 1986. Because this game ran on VMS machines for so long, a previous version is known as VMS Empire. In 1987 Chuck Simmons at Amdahl reverse engineered the program and wrote a version completely writ- ten in C. In doing so, he completely modified the computer strategy, the commands, the piece types, many of the piece attributes, and the algorithm for creating maps. AUTHORS Original concept by Mario DeNobili and Thomas N. Paulson. Support for different terminal types added by Craig Leres. Curses support added by Ed James. C/Unix version written by Chuck Simmons Colorization by Eric S. Raymond. Probability table corrected by Michael Self. COPYLEFT Copyright (C) 1987, 1988 Chuck Simmons *confused* I guess it is not well known you were the original creator? |
March 16, 2005 Re: debian linux empire man pages | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
Posted in reply to clayasaurus | "clayasaurus" <clayasaurus@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d109su$121m$1@digitaldaemon.com... > hello, i just downloaded the default empire package debian uses. here's a brief clip from the man pages that may be interesting to you. > > NAME > empire -- the wargame of the century > HISTORY > Apparently, this game was originally written outside of Digital, > probably at a university. The game > was ported to DEC's VAX/VMS from the TOPS-10/20 FORTRAN sources > available around fall 1979. The > original authors listed in my old documentation are Mario > DeNobili and Thomas N. Paulson. Support > for different terminal types was added by Craig Leres. > > Ed James got hold of the sources at Berkeley and converted > portions of the code to C, mostly to use > curses for the screen handling. He published his modified > sources on the net in December 1986. > Because this game ran on VMS machines for so long, a previous > version is known as VMS Empire. > > In 1987 Chuck Simmons at Amdahl reverse engineered the program > and wrote a version completely writ- > ten in C. In doing so, he completely modified the computer > strategy, the commands, the piece types, > many of the piece attributes, and the algorithm for creating maps. > > > AUTHORS > Original concept by Mario DeNobili and Thomas N. Paulson. > Support for different terminal types added by Craig Leres. > Curses support added by Ed James. > C/Unix version written by Chuck Simmons > Colorization by Eric S. Raymond. > Probability table corrected by Michael Self. > > COPYLEFT > Copyright (C) 1987, 1988 Chuck Simmons > > *confused* > I guess it is not well known you were the original creator? The problem is that the early FORTRAN sources were stolen, and then passed around enough so that the origins were obfuscated. At least part of it is right that it came originally from a Decsystem 10. DeNobili and Paulson did not have the original concept. The debian people should fix the document, the correct history is at www.classicempire.com. |
March 16, 2005 Re: debian linux empire man pages | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
Posted in reply to Walter | Walter wrote:
> "clayasaurus" <clayasaurus@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d109su$121m$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
>>hello, i just downloaded the default empire package debian uses. here's
>>a brief clip from the man pages that may be interesting to you.
>>
>>NAME
>> empire -- the wargame of the century
>>HISTORY
>> Apparently, this game was originally written outside of Digital,
>>probably at a university. The game
>> was ported to DEC's VAX/VMS from the TOPS-10/20 FORTRAN sources
>>available around fall 1979. The
>> original authors listed in my old documentation are Mario
>>DeNobili and Thomas N. Paulson. Support
>> for different terminal types was added by Craig Leres.
>>
>> Ed James got hold of the sources at Berkeley and converted
>>portions of the code to C, mostly to use
>> curses for the screen handling. He published his modified
>>sources on the net in December 1986.
>> Because this game ran on VMS machines for so long, a previous
>>version is known as VMS Empire.
>>
>> In 1987 Chuck Simmons at Amdahl reverse engineered the program
>>and wrote a version completely writ-
>> ten in C. In doing so, he completely modified the computer
>>strategy, the commands, the piece types,
>> many of the piece attributes, and the algorithm for creating maps.
>>
>>
>>AUTHORS
>> Original concept by Mario DeNobili and Thomas N. Paulson.
>> Support for different terminal types added by Craig Leres.
>> Curses support added by Ed James.
>> C/Unix version written by Chuck Simmons
>> Colorization by Eric S. Raymond.
>> Probability table corrected by Michael Self.
>>
>>COPYLEFT
>> Copyright (C) 1987, 1988 Chuck Simmons
>>
>>*confused*
>>I guess it is not well known you were the original creator?
>
>
> The problem is that the early FORTRAN sources were stolen, and then passed
> around enough so that the origins were obfuscated. At least part of it is
> right that it came originally from a Decsystem 10. DeNobili and Paulson did
> not have the original concept. The debian people should fix the document,
> the correct history is at www.classicempire.com.
>
>
I sent an email to the package maintainer. : ) Hopefully they will fix this soon.
|
March 17, 2005 Re: debian linux empire man pages | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
Posted in reply to clayasaurus | "clayasaurus" <clayasaurus@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4238B6ED.3040806@gmail.com... > Walter wrote: > > The problem is that the early FORTRAN sources were stolen, and then passed > > around enough so that the origins were obfuscated. At least part of it is > > right that it came originally from a Decsystem 10. DeNobili and Paulson did > > not have the original concept. The debian people should fix the document, > > the correct history is at www.classicempire.com. > > > > > > I sent an email to the package maintainer. : ) Hopefully they will fix this soon. Thanks! |
Copyright © 1999-2021 by the D Language Foundation