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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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> From: S001GMU#nova,wright.edu
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 08:44:19 +0000 (PST8PDT)
> From: Jamie Norrish <jamie#sans,vuw.ac.nz>
> > I'm also a long-time devotee of Interactive Fiction
> >(games such as Zork and Colossal Cave) - I see MUDs as almost being a
> >cross between RPGs and IF, but of course a medium in its own right.
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> Actually, the Interactive Fiction games that you mentioned were spinoffs of the
> original MUD1 from Essex. Having never played MUD1 or very much of Zork I
> don't know how similar they are, but my understanding is that most of the
> original MUDS were only multiplayer in that multiple ppl could be logged in at
> once, but each one played a seperate adventure... kind of a Zork server or
> something. If anyone played MUD1 (or still plays? I hear Essex U. leaves a
> copy of the code up for posterity's sake) please feel free to enlighten those
> of us who didn't/don't.
Colossal Caves is much older. I have a mainframe version (circa mid-70s).
I suspect the programs are much older than this perhaps late 60's(?)
If anyone is interested in looking at the source, I can it Email it to you.
Its a collection of 4 programs, about 300k uncompressed. The primary module
is in PL/1 with a Fortran random number generator and 2 System370 assembler
interfaces to I/O and something called Wylbur which predates my mainframe
experience. ;-)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00217" HREF="msg00217.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 13:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00224" HREF="msg00224.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 00:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00220" HREF="msg00220.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu">casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 21:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00226" HREF="msg00226.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
S001GMU <a href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 02:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00239" HREF="msg00239.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 10:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00240" HREF="msg00240.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 11:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00245" HREF="msg00245.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 12:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00216" HREF="msg00216.html">(fwd) Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Raz <a href="mailto:raz#mushroom,demon.co.uknospam">raz#mushroom,demon.co.uknospam</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 13:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00257" HREF="msg00257.html">(fwd) Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Raz <a href="mailto:muddyraz#mushroom,demon.co.uk">muddyraz#mushroom,demon.co.uk</a>, Mon 28 Apr 1997, 01:02 GMT
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