26 Jun
2002
26 Jun
'02
7:24 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Keys
To: cctech@classiccmp
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: Latest Finds in Houston
1. Several TI 99/4A cartridges: Extended Basic PHM3026
Plato Interpreter Solid State PHM3122
Logo II OHM 3109
Editor/Assembler PHM 3055
Microsoft Multiplan PHM 313
Return To Pirates Isle PHM 3189
2. Some Atari 2600 cartridges
3. PB Legend 520SX system
4. Silver-Reed EXP770 printer
5. Samsung Composite color monitor
6. TurboPad for TurboGrafix16 still looking for power supplies for these puppies.
7. Sega control pad for the Master system.
8. Several other items to new to list here.
26 Jun
26 Jun
7:31 a.m.
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Keys wrote:
Plato Interpreter Solid State
PHM3122
Holy Bovine! That's quite a score.
3. PB Legend 520SX system
Holy Bovine Turd! Why on Earth would you collect that? :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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9:02 a.m.
The PB 520SX came with the Lot I purchased for $10. It can traded later I
hope.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: "cctalk@classiccmp" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Latest Finds in Houston
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Keys wrote:
Festival
Plato Interpreter Solid State
PHM3122
Holy Bovine! That's quite a score.
3. PB Legend 520SX system
Holy Bovine Turd! Why on Earth would you collect that? :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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27 Jun
27 Jun
7:24 a.m.
--- Keys <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Keys
To: cctech@classiccmp
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: Latest Finds in Houston
1. Several TI 99/4A cartridges...
Plato Interpreter Solid State PHM3122
We've hashed out Plato on this list a number of times. Is there
enough stuff still around that there would be anything to talk
to with that cartridge?
Return To Pirates Isle PHM 3189
Nice. Scott Adams was my favorite programmer when I was 13. I had
"Adventureland" and "Pirate's Island" in BASIC for the PET -
still
have the original tape. It gave me a life-long love for Interactive
Fiction.
-ethan
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8:35 a.m.
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
My favorite Scott Adams adventure is Ghost Town. I just loved the "feel"
of the game, staying up late at night trying to solve it's riddles. Who
still remembers the red herring "purple worm"? :)
I'm going to have to revisit that some day.
BTW, Scott Adams can be reached on the internet. Do a web search on
"Adventure International" and "Scott Adams" and his website and
e-mail
address will turn up.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Return To Pirates Isle PHM 3189
Nice. Scott Adams was my favorite programmer when I was 13. I had
"Adventureland" and "Pirate's Island" in BASIC for the PET -
still
have the original tape. It gave me a life-long love for Interactive
Fiction.
8:49 p.m.
New subject: Scott Adam's Adventure Games (was Re: Fw: Latest Finds in Houston)
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
My favorite Scott Adams adventure is Ghost Town. I just loved the "feel"
of the game, staying up late at night trying to solve it's riddles.
Me, too, but I did it on Compu$erve! (at 300 baud, with a VIC-MODEM,
Return To Pirates Isle PHM 3189
Nice. Scott Adams was my favorite programmer when I was 13. I had
"Adventureland" and "Pirate's Island" in BASIC for the PET -
still
have the original tape. It gave me a life-long love for Interactive
Fiction. from a home-made terminal program in BASIC on my C-64
at $6/hour)
It's one of my favorites, too.
Who still remembers the red herring "purple
worm"? :)
I remember something about it. I don't think it sidetracked me too badly.
BTW, Scott Adams can be reached on the internet. Do a
web search on
"Adventure International" and "Scott Adams" and his website and
e-mail
address will turn up.
I did, quite a while back. I was a beta-tester on his VisualBasic "Return
to Pirate's Island" a couple of years ago.
-ethan
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11:49 p.m.
New subject: Scott Adam's Adventure Games (was Re: Fw: Latest Finds in Houston)
BTW, Scott Adams can be reached on the internet. Do a
web search on
"Adventure International" and "Scott Adams" and his website and
e-mail
address will turn up.
But the most amazing puzzle that he EVER released, that was REALLY a
challenge to try to guess the commands, was:
VTOS 4.0
'course he only marketed it; the program was by Randy Cook, and the
documentation was "coming soon".
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
28 Jun
28 Jun
3:29 a.m.
New subject: Scott Adam's Adventure Games (was Re: Fw: Latest Finds in Houston)
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I think if you ate it you died. Otherwise, it didn't have any purpose.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Who still
remembers the red herring "purple worm"? :)
I remember something about it. I don't think it sidetracked me too badly. 
3:36 a.m.
New subject: Space Quest (was Re: Scott Adam's Adventure Games)
And thusly Sellam Ismail spake:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I think if you ate it you died. Otherwise, it didn't have any purpose.
Hey... Wasn't there a purple snake in one of the Space Quest games? If you
didn't do the screen correctly you would be eaten by the snake. They would
then show a bag with with the words "Snake Chow" on it surrounded with
red and white checkers, which happens to be Ralston Purina's loge... ;-)
Cheers,
Bryan
Who
still remembers the red herring "purple worm"? :)
I remember something about it. I don't think it sidetracked me too badly. 
7:13 a.m.
New subject: Space Quest (was Re: Scott Adam's Adventure Games)
Space Quest! My favorite series of games aside from
SunDog. I remember what you are describing but i do
not remember which one it was in, I or II?
VeKTeReX
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:36:56 -0400 (edt)
Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com> wrote:
And thusly Sellam Ismail spake:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I think if you ate it you died. Otherwise, it
didn't have any purpose.
Hey... Wasn't there a purple snake in one of the
Space Quest games? If you didn't do the screen
correctly you would be eaten by the snake. They
would then show a bag with with the words "Snake
Chow" on it surrounded with red and white checkers,
which happens to be Ralston Purina's loge... ;-)
Cheers,
Bryan Who
still remembers the red herring "purple
worm"? :)
I remember something about it. I don't think it
sidetracked me too badly.
6:34 a.m.
New subject: Space Quest (was Re: Scott Adam's Adventure Games)
And thusly Kevin spake:
Space Quest! My favorite series of games aside from
SunDog. I remember what you are describing but i do
not remember which one it was in, I or II?
I just did a search... It was in Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon.
Here is an excerpt:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Go too far south then walk in any direction other than north.
(get eaten by a giant snake)
Snake: BURP!
Congratulations on Your Recent Death!
Thanks for playing Space Quest III. As usual, you've been a real hoot.
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Check out more death scenes at:
http://home.att.net/~tmdorw/sq3/sq3to.htm
Cheers,
Bryan
8:13 a.m.
New subject: Space Quest (was Re: Scott Adam's Adventure Games)
Must have been in the part where you landed on Phobos,
or whatever the name was, and had to deal with the
souvenir guy and the terminator robot.
VeKTeReX
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:34:14 -0400 (edt)
Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com> wrote:
And thusly Kevin spake:
Space Quest! My favorite series of games aside
from SunDog. I remember what you are describing
but i do not remember which one it was in, I or II?
I just did a search... It was in Space Quest III -
The Pirates of Pestulon.
Here is an excerpt:
----------------------------------------------------
------------ Go too far south then walk in any
direction other than north.
(get eaten by a giant snake)
Snake: BURP!
Congratulations on Your Recent Death!
Thanks for playing Space Quest III. As usual, you've
been a real hoot.
----------------------------------------------------
----------------
Check out more death scenes at:
http://home.att.net/~tmdorw/sq3/sq3to.htm
Cheers,
Bryan 
29 Jun
29 Jun
1:36 a.m.
New subject: Space Quest (was Re: Scott Adam's Adventure Games)
From: Kevin <kevin(a)mpcf.com>
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Space Quest (was Re: Scott Adam's Adventure Games)
Organization: MPCF
Reply-to: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:13:37 -0500
Must have been in the part where you landed on
Phobos,
or whatever the name was, and had to deal with the
souvenir guy and the terminator robot.
Yes that it.
Space Quest 3. Beat it years ago. Haven't able to finish the Space
Quest 2 I think Since that ending where you have to escape from
space station in escape pod. That point I always get killed.
Is there a trick to it?
Cheers,
Wizard
VeKTeReX
Bryan
27 Jun
27 Jun
8:49 p.m.
New subject: Scott Adams' Adventure Games (was Re: Fw: Latest Finds in Houston)
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
My favorite Scott Adams adventure is Ghost Town. I just loved the "feel"
of the game, staying up late at night trying to solve it's riddles.
Me, too, but I did it on Compu$erve! (at 300 baud, with a VIC-MODEM,
Return To Pirates Isle PHM 3189
Nice. Scott Adams was my favorite programmer when I was 13. I had
"Adventureland" and "Pirate's Island" in BASIC for the PET -
still
have the original tape. It gave me a life-long love for Interactive
Fiction. from a home-made terminal program in BASIC on my C-64
at $6/hour)
It's one of my favorites, too.
Who still remembers the red herring "purple
worm"? :)
I remember something about it. I don't think it sidetracked me too badly.
BTW, Scott Adams can be reached on the internet. Do a
web search on
"Adventure International" and "Scott Adams" and his website and
e-mail
address will turn up.
I did, quite a while back. I was a beta-tester on his VisualBasic "Return
to Pirate's Island" a couple of years ago.
-ethan
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