Re: VGAP

From: cg@primenet.com (cg)

Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article
<Pine.SCO.3.91.960522214751.4542E-100000@barb.wchat.on.ca>,
   dutchman <dutchman@wchat.on.ca> wrote:
>New to this NG, and I'd appreciate any info about playng VGAP via
INet
>e-mail. Anyone have websites, or people to e-mail?
>
>Paul

Paul, Our newsgroup is at alt.games.vga-planets and one of my
favorate www sites is http://www.primenet.com/~cam but many of the
sites and FTP sites listed partly here are also top notch. Pick up
the Shareware copy and also get Dreadlords War manual for starters.

VGA-Planets mini-FAQ page

VGA-Planets is a graphical Sci-Fi Play-By-EMail type game written
by Tim Wisseman (cocomax@aol.com).  You control one of eleven
different
races striving for supremacy of your local star cluster.  This game
may
be played on a Bulletin Board, across the Internet, or even on a
single
computer.

A shareware version of this game is available:
ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/vgaplanets/version3/vp300.zip
This package contains the Planets 3.0 Dos Client program and
version
3.14 of the Host program.

The Client is Shareware and the Host is Freeware.  Each of the
players
need the Client program to view their results and give their
orders, and
one person uses the Host program to process those orders and
generate
new results.

There is a new Windows Client called WinPlan 3.5, however it is not
available as shareware.  There is also a more recent version of the
Host program, Host 3.2. It is freeware and has some additional
features.
ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/vgaplanets/host32/hst320.zip

There is also a third party Host program called PHost.
It runs faster than the original Host and is available for
different
platforms, but is slightly different in operation to the original
Host.
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~asterian/phost.html

The Shareware package also contains several document files.  Please
READ them!
There are also other documents available that may prove helpful.
Recommended
are Eden Tan's Infolist
(http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~edentan/infolistv3.0.html),
the FAQ for Alt.Games.VGA-Planets, and the newsgroup's hintfile.
The FAQ
maintainer is Gordy Pine (gpine@oz.net)

These are some sites carrying VGA-Planets stuff. If you want to be
considerate then try to avoid normal working hours for the sites.
Remember
that a site can appear to be "down" if it is overloaded, so you may
need to
try again later.

ANONYMOUS FTP SITES:

ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/vgaplanets
Tim Wisseman's Site.  Here you can find the latest releases of the
official software and authorised add-ons.  There is little third
party
software though.

ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/pc/msdos/games/vgaplanets
THE ftp site.  The biggest, the best, the busiest.  Located in
Berlin, Germany.

ftp://ftp.erg.sri.com/pub/pbm/vga_planets
This site allows uploads from it's incoming directory, so it is the
place to get
the very latest stuff.

ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/msdos/games/VGA-Planets
In Sweden

ftp://bucket.ualr.edu/pub/vgap

ftp://faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/mounts/gonzo/pds/freeware/s
oftware/dos/games/planets

ftp://moonbase.wwc.edu/pub/planets

ftp://ftp.onwe.co.za/pub/VGAPlanets
This Site has the latest Informer & Afsim utilities from Sean
Martens, nothing else.

ftp://ftp.catt.ncsu.edu/pub/msdos/games/vga-planets
Once a major site, but now no longer being maintained.  Useful for
old software.

ftp://berlin.snafu.de/pub/vgapl
Please don't use this site for downloading.

WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES:

http://www.io.com/~nclegg/vga-planets.html
The mini FAQ page.
The html version of the alt.games.vga-planets mini-FAQ.
Aimed at newcomers, it contains a short introduction and a
(hopefully) up-to-date
list of sites & links.  Maintained by D.Gedye@irl.cri.nz, but
actually in
Arizona, USA

http://www.primenet.com/~nospin/vgap.html
Nospin site.  Shareware copy, links, utilities, local copies.

http://www.teleport.com/~goldman/vgap.html
Ted Yorks page.  Docs, utilities, local copies.

http://www.imagi.net/~sshepher/vgap/index.html
The Neutral Zone!
You'll find a basic intro to VGAP, a brief guide for playing VGAP
over the
net, FTP & WWW Site list, and extensive local archive. The archive
is
organized with forms, with basic info, and rating of the programs.
Maintained by sshepher@imagi.net (Scott Shepherd)

http://www.tfh-berlin.de/usr1/odd/s590165/public_html/games/vgaplan
ets.html
Carnivogue. -Info, links. In Germany.

http://www.primenet.com/~cam/
Cyber connection -Info, links. Check out the dreadlord battle
manual! In Idaho, USA.

http://brahms.informatik.uni-osnabrueck.de/stud/gcwilhel/english/Pl
anets/PlanetsHome.html
Carsten Pinnow's page. -Links, German documentation.

http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~neffets/vgapl.html
Steffen Pietsch's page.  Links, and the latest version of the
randmax auto planet-managing utility. In Germany.

http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~cvenour/planets
Corey's "The Zone"  -Intro,shareware copy, good lists. In
Australia.

http://www.wilmington.net/vgaplanets
The Official Home Page.  Contains ordering information.

http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~asterian/phost.html
PHost homepage.  Contains all the latest PHost stuff, The Portable
Host Development
Kit, plus the latest versions of utilities with PHost support.

http://pop.onwe.co.za/rhino
Rhino Software. (Sean Martens Page).  Contains links to the
utilities Informer & Afsim.

http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~edentan
Eden Tan's homepage.  Eden is the compiler of The Infolist, a
_must-have_
concise reference sheet.

http://www.oslonett.no/home/janeik/vgaplan.html
Jan Eikeland's page.  -order form & a few links.

http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~gorik/Vgaplanets/
Gorik's experimental page. -Info, links.  In Belgium.

http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~bos/hotlist.html
Bos' -Planmap header & file definitions. In the Netherlands.

http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~cmckeith/home.html
Cliff Mc Keithan's homepage.  Contains a copy of the dominate
cplayer utility.

http://www.cybercomm.net/~eculp/tgot.html
The Gamemasters of Triskelion

http://galahad.xstor.com/~todds/vgahost.htm
Todd Schacherl's page

http://www2.brecknet.com/vga/vga.html
Ryan Power's page

http://www.webcom.com/~fpu/vgap/vgap.html
Franscesco Urbano's page.  Its in Italian.  Other than that I can't
tell you much.

http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9026828
The first Austrian VGA Planets page

If you know of any FTP sites or Web pages not listed here please
mail me the URL and
I'll include them.  If you want to contribute a description of any
of the sites listed
here feel free. Any other suggestions? Mail: D.Gedye@irl.cri.nz

Darren Gedye      <><
D.Gedye@irl.cri.nz   http://www.irl.cri.nz/~gedyed
_________________________________________________________
The mini-FAQ, which includes a list of FTP & WWW sites is at:
http://www.io.com/~nclegg/vga-planets.html
or send me a message with "vgap-help" as the subject. ie:
SUBJECT: vgap-help

References

VGAP
dutchman <dutchman@wchat.on.ca>
Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000