[HECnet] Lightcycle FORTRAN Source

On Apr 24, 2020, at 11:59 AM, Thomas DeBellis <tommytimesharing at gmail.com> wrote: Hmm, might be fun to look at; I've got both languages on the 20.

I've also got an amazing Trek game called STAR that I need to finish scanning in. That's written in Algol 60, though.

> On 4/24/20 2:29 AM, mark at wickensonline.co.uk wrote: > Good morning! > > Just to update ? that is not me, I was behind the camera, but good investigation to find the video. > That was at DEC Legacy 2010, I was looking for a page I had written about the games, but I haven?t come up trumps yet. > > The source code for Lightcycle is a combination of FORTRAN and VAX Pascal. > > Regards, Mark. > > From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Supratim Sanyal > Sent: 24 April 2020 04:15 > To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE > Subject: Re: [HECnet] Lightcycle FORTRAN Source > > Maybe this is what Mark looked like 10 years ago playing it ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwH8mmzA5_c > > On 4/23/20 10:15 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote: > I couldn't hit it, either and I was curious as to what Lifecycle was. > > On 4/23/20 12:10 PM, Supratim Sanyal wrote: > Thanks Mark. > > ORAC does seem to be not reachable currently, I will try later. > > On 4/23/20 5:35 AM, Keith Halewood wrote: > Is area 4 connected to hecnet at the moment? From here it doesn?t look like it. > > Keith > > From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of mark at wickensonline.co.uk > Sent: 23 April 2020 10:27 > To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE > Subject: RE: [HECnet] Lightcycle FORTRAN Source > > I have this Supratim > > You can pull it from ORAC::MULC.ZIP or the package of two games is ORAC::VAXGAMES.SAV > The code was fixed in a previous DEC Legacy to run on recent-ish VMS ? it was a fun task. > > Regards, Mark. > > From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Supratim Sanyal > Sent: 23 April 2020 04:14 > To: hecnet at update.uu.se > Subject: [HECnet] Lightcycle FORTRAN Source > > Does anyone have the FORTRAN source for Lightcycle (the game) that can be sent to me somehow - VAX mail to MARIAH::SYSTEM will work fine ... > > I had collected it from someone kind enough to send it to me circa 2015, lost it, shame on me. > > Thanks in advance, > Supratim > > -- > Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT > 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W > QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet > -- > Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT > 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W > QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet > -- > Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT > 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W > QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet