Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 07:06:44 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: ponds!hiwaay.net!dkelly, ponds!xmission.com!softweyr Cc: ponds!freebsd.org!questions Subject: Re: BSD Anniversary Message-ID: <199703311206.HAA15729@lakes.water.net>
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We Peters (softweyr@xmission.com) writes: > > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net recent blathered: > > Found an Apple II Plus at an auction recently. Two disk drives, joystick, > > and a bunch of original software. Got it for $8. We need a FreeBSD version > > of LodeRunner.... > > We had an Apple ][ inside the "VAX Cave" in the CS lab at Weber State. > The only boot disk we had for it was LodeRunner. One night I'd played > from level 8 up to 14, been stting at that damned thing for about 6 > hours, and on my way home approached a major intersection (Harrison & > Washington /US89 for you Ogden-ites) and saw a car approaching from the > right. I thought to myself "no problem, I'll just burn a hole, he'll > fall into it, and I can go right no through the light. When I relaized > what had happened, I locked up the brakes and stopped about 3 feet into > the intersection. I stopped playing LodeRunner for a while after > that. > > Retire that Apple ][ back to coffe-table status and find a copy of > Xrunner. It's not quite as good as the Apple version, but still > entertaining. I think it's in the packages for 2.1.5. > Well - maybe not. I've been very successful porting Peter Koch's Apple ][ emulator to FreeBSD. On a Pentium 90 or greater; it runs very well. LodeRunner should work fine there. You can find more information about Apple ][ emulators in the comp.emulators.apple2 newsgroup. Also, to grab a bunch of emulators and related software see ftp.asimov.net. - Dave Rivers -
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