28 Aug
2002
28 Aug
'02
5:53 p.m.
I'm trying to get a selection of games that will
work on a Serial Terminal
up and running on my OpenVMS server (a PWS 433au running OpenVMS 7.2-1H1).
I'm finding that most games that are available for VMS date back to VAX/VMS
V3 or earlier. Does anyone know of any besides the following that will
work?
Look at the Freeware CD stuff:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/freeware50/FREEWARE/00FREEWARE_ABSTR…
as there are a few there.
The V4 Freeware disks had a few more:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/freeware40/FREEWARE/00FREEWARE_ABSTR…
Obviously many of the later games required X11 but there are
some in there that I believe to be text based.
There used to be a reasonable collection of games
on the various DECUS tapes. I recall the L&T/VMS
tape sets having a fair smattering of bits and pieces.
I also don't see LARN in your list. I know it was available
on OpenVMS (I used to have it, I don't know where it would
be now ...)
There is also the stuff Patrick Moreau maintains:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pmoreau/decw/index.html
(a little French helps, and much of this is now on the
Freeware CDs I think).
Antonio