Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY

From: root <root@trader.tlx.net>

Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

On Sat, 11 May 1996, shannon wagoner wrote:

> 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).
	I *feel* for you...	I have to emulate MS-DOS to run it!

> >>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.
	To the best of my knowlege, it's written in VBasic (correct me if I'm
	wrong guys...)

If it *WAS* written in C/C++, then porting it to other OS' would not
	be toooo bad, but not the Mac, Mac C is largly incompatable with the
	rest of the world
>
> (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.
>
	I'm stuck in the nasty boat of having to emulate MS-DOS or MS-WIN just
	to play...  We're successfully hosting games under Unix, but still
	want to PLAY under Unix...  (Even X would be do-able...)  If there is
	anyway that this could be done with graces from tim wisseman, then we
	have a few C programmers that can be added to the workforce.

tom

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References

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
Re: VGA-Planets=PCs ONLY
shannon@som-uky.campus.mci.net (shannon wagoner)
Sat, 11 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
VGA-Planets=terrific and free!
cg@primenet.com (cg)
Sat, 06 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0000