Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY

From: shannon@som-uky.campus.mci.net (shannon wagoner)

Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

scotten@interaccess.com (Scott) wrote:

>Joseph Strout <jstrout@ucsd.edu> wrote:

>>VGA-Planets' players/authors/sellers frequently expound here on how
>>wonderful it is.  But, despite six years' development, it's still not
>>playable from a Mac (unless we want to run SoftWindows, which is a bit
>>like asking a First Class airplane passenger to get out and push).

>>When a Mac version of the VGA Planets front-end is released, THAT will be
>>news worthy of a posting in rec.games.pbm.  Till then, please keep your
>>advertisements to yourself.

>Oh, come on -- you expect Tim Wisseman and his one-man shop to write
>client software for *bot* Mac and IBM? From what I've seen, he has
>enough trouble keeping up with the IBM version!

>Maybe he could license the source code to some Mac freak who could
>convert it..........?

convert it? you do not know any programming do you?

i would guess it was written in c, all he has to do is send the text
oven to a mac and have a c compiler compile the same code on a mac and
blamo there it is, just like magic, or p.f.m.

(pure fucking magic)

same for amiga, you just have to have the libraries to support the
command classes ect. a hacker could slash out details more fluently.

References

VGA-Planets=terrific and free!
cg@primenet.com (cg)
Sat, 06 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY
Joseph Strout <jstrout@ucsd.edu>
Mon, 08 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY
scotten@interaccess.com (Scott)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

VGA-Planets=terrific and free!
cg@primenet.com (cg)
Sat, 06 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY
Joseph Strout <jstrout@ucsd.edu>
Mon, 08 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY
scotten@interaccess.com (Scott)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000