Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:
On 10/10/2013 05:03 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Not as much as one might think in that world, in most environments.
Somebody put a lot of effort into getting all these games going though:
http://decuslib.com/freeware/freewarev10/xgames/freeware_readme.txt
Yes. Compare that to the number of games available for, say, the Apple ][
platform.
The URL above is just a collection of X11 applications and games that
Patric Moreau ported to VMS. There were many more submissions to the
DECUS library.
That's certainly not all of the VMS Games. If you search, you'll even
find a PACMAN for VMS on the DECUSlib.com site.
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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
On 10/10/2013 05:03 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Not as much as one might think in that world, in most environments.
Somebody put a lot of effort into getting all these games going though:
http://decuslib.com/freeware/freewarev10/xgames/freeware_readme.txt
Yes. Compare that to the number of games available for, say, the Apple ][
platform.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/10/2013 04:51 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
Is there a collection of 'standard' games for VMS (VAX or AXP) =
downloadable from somewhere?
What I'm referring to is something like the 'bsdgames' package available =
on most Linux distros..
VMS, as well as the hardware it runs on, was a relatively expensive in its
day. VMS systems were NOT purchased for games play. There are games that
were produced and submitted to DECUS, but there's never been any definitive
packaging thereof.
Then again, CDC Cyber systems are *way* more expensive than any VAX, and nevertheless much of the innovation in games (especially role playing games and multi-user interactive games) was done there.
(Read up on "PLATO" for the details.)
Very true, but to be fair, PLATO was a teaching system, aimed (mostly) at
children.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/10/2013 04:39 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
VMS, as well as the hardware it runs on, was a relatively expensive in its
day. VMS systems were NOT purchased for games play. There are games that
were produced and submitted to DECUS, but there's never been any definitive
packaging thereof.
Check the DECUSlib.COM site for games.
I'm aware of that but people still liked to have fun when management wasn't watching :)
Not as much as one might think in that world, in most environments.
There's even games on z/OS I think...
A few, yes. But it certainly isn't the whole "oh yes, and it's a computer
too, but we never use it for that" attitude like most 1980s eight-bitters.
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
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On 10 Oct 2013, at 22:53, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Then again, CDC Cyber systems are *way* more expensive than any VAX, and nevertheless much of the innovation in games (especially role playing games and multi-user interactive games) was done there.
(Read up on "PLATO" for the details.)
Oh I signed up for an account on the Internet accessible PLATO, but haven't heard back from them. Awesome system though.
This looks like it could be fun: http://decuslib.com/freeware/freewarev10/flight/
It runs over DECNET and would let us shoot each other down. Who's in?
I wrote a couple, like Mastermind, naval battle and a word guessing game (lingo, after a tv quiz), for my kids.
Written in Pascal, for Dutch speaking users.
I have Canfield (Klondike) running on eisner.
Hans
Van: Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-
Verzonden: donderdag 10 oktober 2013 22:37
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Onderwerp: RE: [HECnet] VMS games?
Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes:
>Is there a collection of 'standard' games for VMS (VAX or AXP) =
>downloadable from somewhere?
>
>What I'm referring to is something like the 'bsdgames' package available =
>on most Linux distros..
VMS, as well as the hardware it runs on, was a relatively expensive in its
day. VMS systems were NOT purchased for games play. There are games that
were produced and submitted to DECUS, but there's never been any definitive
packaging thereof.
Check the DECUSlib.COM site for games.
--
VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
Then again, CDC Cyber systems are *way* more expensive than any VAX, and nevertheless much of the innovation in games (especially role playing games and multi-user interactive games) was done there.
(Read up on "PLATO" for the details.)
Oh I signed up for an account on the Internet accessible PLATO, but haven't heard back from them. Awesome system though.
On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:37 PM, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote:
Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes:
Is there a collection of 'standard' games for VMS (VAX or AXP) =
downloadable from somewhere?
What I'm referring to is something like the 'bsdgames' package available =
on most Linux distros..
VMS, as well as the hardware it runs on, was a relatively expensive in its
day. VMS systems were NOT purchased for games play. There are games that
were produced and submitted to DECUS, but there's never been any definitive
packaging thereof.
Then again, CDC Cyber systems are *way* more expensive than any VAX, and nevertheless much of the innovation in games (especially role playing games and multi-user interactive games) was done there.
(Read up on "PLATO" for the details.)
paul
VMS, as well as the hardware it runs on, was a relatively expensive in its
day. VMS systems were NOT purchased for games play. There are games that
were produced and submitted to DECUS, but there's never been any definitive
packaging thereof.
Check the DECUSlib.COM site for games.
I'm aware of that but people still liked to have fun when management wasn't watching :)
There's even games on z/OS I think...
