7 Aug
2010
7 Aug
'10
1:53 p.m.
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Okay, I get the reference to Colossal Cave, but what
does this have
to do with microcomputers, as the introduction seems to imply? I
recall that the original was done on a DECSystem 10, not a micro. (A
DEC FE got me a tape of the source and database and I converted it to
run on a CDC 6000 series machine--I should have been fired for all
the lost company time that resulted, but somehow I escaped).
I think don't they neglect the origins. I would say that since the advent of
the microprocessor in the 70s, the market essentially bursted into a much
wider audience, since more home microcomputers were made than any other
category (mini's, big iron, etc) and allowed more people to have the text
adventure experience - more than just those of us in the industry.
=Dan
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