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Re: Geology from Outer Space
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:18:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> Advent was
> actually originally written as just an interractive map, which turned
> out to be quite accurate.
I am having a little trouble with this concept...
I keep visualising a 3277 display on a little caver skidplate and a REALLY
long powercord and coax running back to some mainframe somewhere. Which is a
silly image
Other than that, with '70's technology I don't see how an interactive map
would be very useful in the caver environment. :-)
> Advent has been ported to the Infocom virtual machine, I'll have to load
> it onto my Palm Pilot before going out to the LUGLOLA meeting.
I look forward to it. I'm pretty much a tourist, though, I never solved any
of the hard puzzles.
++Lar
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| (...) It's kind of neat the caver connection to Advent. Crowther's wife was one of the people who participated in the exploration which connected Mammoth and Flint Ridge caves (and is what really won the cold war - at the time of the connection, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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