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PD/!ADVENTURE/README
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn Computing » 1995 01 subscription disc.adf » 9501s |
| Filename: | PD/!ADVENTURE/README |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0427 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
COLLOSAL CAVE ADVENTURE ----------------------- This is the grand-daddy of them all. I don't know what sort of machine this first saw light of day on, it was yonks old when I first came across it, (whisper) eight years ago, on a HP3000 mini. There ain't no instructions 'cos thats part of the fun, but it's as well to know about SAVE, RESTORE and QUIT. This program was converted to the Archimedes by nailing it to a piece of wood and filling in the gaps with chewing gum. It reads its data from plain vanilla ASCII files so : a) you are on your honour not to cheat b) it pauses to read the disk quite often (tough, it's free ain't it) I solved the game donkey's years ago but have long since forgotten all the ins and outs so this version has only been partially tested. Hence no warranty is given about the action of this program, including and most especially the murder of your hours of patient exploration. I only spent a few hours converting this so send any grateful thoughts to the original authors. Have fun, Ray Loades-Bannon, July 1989.
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I don't kn| 00000060 6f 77 20 77 68 61 74 20 73 6f 72 74 20 6f 66 20 |ow what sort of | 00000070 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 74 68 69 73 0a 66 69 72 |machine this.fir| 00000080 73 74 20 73 61 77 20 6c 69 67 68 74 20 6f 66 20 |st saw light of | 00000090 64 61 79 20 6f 6e 2c 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 79 |day on, it was y| 000000a0 6f 6e 6b 73 20 6f 6c 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 49 20 |onks old when I | 000000b0 66 69 72 73 74 20 63 61 6d 65 20 61 63 72 6f 73 |first came acros| 000000c0 73 20 69 74 2c 0a 28 77 68 69 73 70 65 72 29 20 |s it,.(whisper) | 000000d0 65 69 67 68 74 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 61 67 6f 2c |eight years ago,| 000000e0 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 48 50 33 30 30 30 20 6d 69 6e | on a HP3000 min| 000000f0 69 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 69 6e 27 74 20 6e |i. There ain't n| 00000100 6f 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 27 |o instructions.'| 00000110 63 6f 73 20 74 68 61 74 73 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f |cos thats part o| 00000120 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 6e 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 |f the fun, but i| 00000130 74 27 73 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 74 6f 20 6b |t's as well to k| 00000140 6e 6f 77 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 53 41 56 45 2c 20 |now about SAVE, | 00000150 52 45 53 54 4f 52 45 20 61 6e 64 0a 51 55 49 54 |RESTORE and.QUIT| 00000160 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 |...This program | 00000170 77 61 73 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 65 64 20 74 6f |was converted to| 00000180 20 74 68 65 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 | the Archimedes | 00000190 62 79 20 6e 61 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 74 6f |by nailing it to| 000001a0 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6f 66 0a 77 6f 6f 64 | a piece of.wood| 000001b0 20 61 6e 64 20 66 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 | and filling in | 000001c0 74 68 65 20 67 61 70 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 63 68 |the gaps with ch| 000001d0 65 77 69 6e 67 20 67 75 6d 2e 20 49 74 20 72 65 |ewing gum. It re| 000001e0 61 64 73 20 69 74 73 20 64 61 74 61 20 66 72 6f |ads its data fro| 000001f0 6d 20 70 6c 61 69 6e 0a 76 61 6e 69 6c 6c 61 20 |m plain.vanilla | 00000200 41 53 43 49 49 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 73 6f 20 3a |ASCII files so :| 00000210 0a 0a 20 20 61 29 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 6f |.. a) you are o| 00000220 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 68 6f 6e 6f 75 72 20 6e 6f |n your honour no| 00000230 74 20 74 6f 20 63 68 65 61 74 0a 0a 20 20 62 29 |t to cheat.. b)| 00000240 20 69 74 20 70 61 75 73 65 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 | it pauses to re| 00000250 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 6b 20 71 75 69 74 |ad the disk quit| 00000260 65 20 6f 66 74 65 6e 20 28 74 6f 75 67 68 2c 20 |e often (tough, | 00000270 69 74 27 73 20 66 72 65 65 20 61 69 6e 27 74 20 |it's free ain't | 00000280 69 74 29 0a 0a 49 20 73 6f 6c 76 65 64 20 74 68 |it)..I solved th| 00000290 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 64 6f 6e 6b 65 79 27 73 20 |e game donkey's | 000002a0 79 65 61 72 73 20 61 67 6f 20 62 75 74 20 68 61 |years ago but ha| 000002b0 76 65 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 66 6f |ve long since fo| 000002c0 72 67 6f 74 74 65 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 0a |rgotten all the.| 000002d0 69 6e 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 75 74 73 20 73 6f 20 |ins and outs so | 000002e0 74 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 68 61 73 |this version has| 000002f0 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 65 6e 20 70 61 72 74 69 | only been parti| 00000300 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 2e 20 48 65 6e |ally tested. Hen| 00000310 63 65 20 6e 6f 0a 77 61 72 72 61 6e 74 79 20 69 |ce no.warranty i| 00000320 73 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 |s given about th| 00000330 65 20 61 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 |e action of this| 00000340 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 | program, includ| 00000350 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 6f 73 74 0a 65 73 70 |ing and most.esp| 00000360 65 63 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d 75 72 64 |ecially the murd| 00000370 65 72 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 68 6f 75 72 73 |er of your hours| 00000380 20 6f 66 20 70 61 74 69 65 6e 74 20 65 78 70 6c | of patient expl| 00000390 6f 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 49 20 6f 6e 6c 79 |oration...I only| 000003a0 20 73 70 65 6e 74 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 68 6f 75 | spent a few hou| 000003b0 72 73 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |rs converting th| 000003c0 69 73 20 73 6f 20 73 65 6e 64 20 61 6e 79 20 67 |is so send any g| 000003d0 72 61 74 65 66 75 6c 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 73 |rateful thoughts| 000003e0 20 74 6f 0a 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c | to.the original| 000003f0 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 73 2e 20 48 61 76 65 20 66 | authors. Have f| 00000400 75 6e 2c 0a 0a 52 61 79 20 4c 6f 61 64 65 73 2d |un,..Ray Loades-| 00000410 42 61 6e 6e 6f 6e 2c 20 4a 75 6c 79 20 31 39 38 |Bannon, July 198| 00000420 39 2e 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a |9......| 00000427
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