UPDATE: Galaxy games Lycaeum/Nasty/Helios

From: rnovak@nyx.cs.du.edu (Robert Novak)

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 09:35:43 +0000

Hello everyone...

For those of you who are interested in the future of Galaxy games Lycaeum,
Helios, and Nasty, I present the following information. This is
speculative, since I haven't finished the work in question.

I have obtained the data files for the above named games, previously run
by Robert Stone, and am working on installing them in my galaxy setup and
updating them to Galaxy 3.40. If this works, the games will be restarting
from about where they left off, give or take a turn, in about one week to
ten days.

I have successfully updated Helios and Nasty (apparently) and am preparing
to send out the last complete turn report of those games. Lycaeum is not
well, and I'm waiting to see how I can fix it (if at all). Turn reports
for Helios turn 28 and Nasty turn 16 should go out to everyone who was
active at the time the games went down (May 23) in a day or so, maybe
sooner. If you changed your email address and wish to have your report
sent to a different address, email me with your old address, new address,
racename, and gamename. Use a subject of "Gamename change of address"
where Gamename is replaced by the game name, of course.

Your turn reports will contain the instructions for submitting orders. We
will be using the server system I currently use for standard games, as
opposed to the Beast-serv system that Robert Stone used, and the address
for submissions will change. The games will run under Galaxy 3.40; for
documentation email rnovak@nyx.cs.du.edu with subject "sendme galaxy docs"
and they will be sent to you in return email.

If you have any appropriate questions, drop me a note. Thanks.