[HECnet] Lightcycle FORTRAN Source

[Supratim Sanyal]

> 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.
> 
It needs two people to play - both logged into the same node ...

There is no “computer” player 
> I've also got an amazing Trek game called STAR that I need to finish scanning in.  That's written in Algol 60, though.
> 
Yes please!
>> 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
>> 
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