<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based. --> <!--X-From-R13: Xb Rvyyba <rzvylNgurybavbhf.arj.bk.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:27:46 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19980611172425.12336#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 86256620.00523BEB.00#usmta03,itsc.na.abnamro.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00966.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00968.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00961.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01001.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00967">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00967">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00967">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Jo Dillon <<A HREF="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:24:25 +0000</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> At Reading University at the moment some arts students only have access to some rather ancient vt52-type terminals which look at least 20 years old. Michael.Willey#abnamro,com (Michael.Willey#abnamro,com) spake thusly: > > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based. > Author: mud-dev#kanga,nu (Richard Woolcock <KaVir#dial,pipex.com>) > Date: 6/11/98 7:16 AM > > >As an aside, I appear to be receiving each email twice from mud-dev. > > So do I... but on with the discussion. > > [SNIP] > >I would say the typical mudder at University these days plays from > >within a > >window on a 486 using some form of client. > > This is completely dependant on *which* University you're talking about - I > worked in the University of Michigan until '96, and when I left they had > just finished contruction on a four-story Engineering Library/Computing > center. The typical computer in a lab anywhere around campus was a > PowerMac or a Pentium, and a handful of engineering labs stocked with > Sparc10 workstations. > > That's certainly as above normal as your example was below... My guess as > to the typical student's available computer right this moment: a low-end > Pentium, or the equivalent Mac. > > > > -- > MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01001" HREF="msg01001.html">[MUD-Dev] PC 99 standard Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Mike Sellers <mike#bignetwork,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00961" HREF="msg00961.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00966.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud websites</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00968.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: skill system</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00961.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01001.html">[MUD-Dev] PC 99 standard Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00967"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00967"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01264" HREF="msg01264.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 04:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01284" HREF="msg01284.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Multi-Server games</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Wed 01 Jul 1998, 05:52 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00920" HREF="msg00920.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 09 Jun 1998, 20:31 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00961" HREF="msg00961.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Thu 11 Jun 1998, 14:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00967" HREF="msg00967.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Thu 11 Jun 1998, 17:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01001" HREF="msg01001.html">[MUD-Dev] PC 99 standard Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 16:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01002" HREF="msg01002.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PC 99 standard Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 18:28 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01003" HREF="msg01003.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PC 99 standard Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 20:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01007" HREF="msg01007.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PC 99 standard Re: In game bulletin boards vs. Web based.</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 20:57 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>