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1.1     ! root        1: trek
        !             2: Wed Dec  1 23:54:06 EST 1976
        !             3: Some more computer requests have been added.
        !             4: They only work in appropriate circumstances.
        !             5: 
        !             6: c x<digit>
        !             7: gives the SR scan for the current quadrant
        !             8: for x=<digit>
        !             9: It saves getting a complete SR scan in some cases.
        !            10: Also  c y<digit>
        !            11: 
        !            12: c-omputer b-ase
        !            13: gives the quadrant containing the nearest star base
        !            14: or the sector if it is in the current
        !            15: quadrant.
        !            16: 
        !            17: To try another game the same length and skill
        !            18: as the last one can say
        !            19: r-epeat to the prompt `another game'
        !            20: 
        !            21: 
        !            22: trek
        !            23: Sun Nov 28 01:35:50 EST 1976
        !            24: The bug that caused it to incorrectly count
        !            25: klingons has been fixed. It only happened
        !            26: in obscure circumstances
        !            27: (There was a torpedo burst the 1st or 2nd 
        !            28: of which caused a star to supernova, and the 2nd
        !            29: or 3rd of which killed a klingon.)
        !            30: 
        !            31: The strange effect with long range tractor
        !            32: beams that caused a move to be cut off
        !            33: prematurely has been fixed.
        !            34: 
        !            35: The amount of damages from an attack has been
        !            36: reduced for the harder games.  The increase
        !            37: in damages with game skill used to be linear
        !            38: and is now logarithmic. It is still advisable
        !            39: not to get damaged in the harder games.
        !            40: 
        !            41: 
        !            42: trek
        !            43: Fri Nov 26 00:49:16 EST 1976
        !            44: Black holes have been added to the objects that can
        !            45: be present in a Quadrant. They are printed as a
        !            46: blank (space) and they have the effect of
        !            47: a) swallowing torpedoes that come their way,
        !            48: b) treating the enterprise like the energy
        !            49:    barrier; it gets dumped in a random
        !            50:    place. It also costs a time penalty
        !            51:    otherwise it would be too easy to get
        !            52:    around the Galaxy.
        !            53: 
        !            54: Also it is now possible to ram stars, starbases
        !            55: and Klingons.  It costs a lot of damages.
        !            56: 
        !            57: The bug associated with the negative time portal
        !            58: has been fixed.
        !            59: 
        !            60: One of the responses to "Another game" is "pm"
        !            61: which will print out the whole of the last game's
        !            62: Galaxy in the "c r" format.
        !            63: 
        !            64: Some number of bugs has been fixed (and some number
        !            65: introduced).
        !            66: 
        !            67: 
        !            68: trek
        !            69: Sat Nov 13 17:00:08 EST 1976
        !            70: The file /usr/srb/star/treklog contains a list of
        !            71: everybody's best games in each skill, length
        !            72: category.
        !            73: 
        !            74: 
        !            75: trek
        !            76: Sat Nov 13 00:17:42 EST 1976
        !            77: a) A dump command has been added that dumps a
        !            78:    game such that it can be restarted. The file
        !            79:    used is called trek.dump (fixed).
        !            80:    To restart reply "restart" to the question
        !            81:    what length game.
        !            82: b) A computer move request has been added that
        !            83:    is like computer course except that it also
        !            84:    does the move. NB the computer has to be
        !            85:    working for this to work.
        !            86: c) A computer base request has been added that
        !            87:    tells you where the nearest starbase is.
        !            88:    If it is in the current quadrant then the
        !            89:    short range scanners must be working.
        !            90: d) When docked at a starbase the long or
        !            91:    short range scanners of the starbase can
        !            92:    be used if those of the Enterprise are broken.
        !            93: 
        !            94: 
        !            95: A new version of trek has been installed that differs
        !            96: in minor ways from the old version. Complaints to srb.
        !            97: 
        !            98: a) In general when reading commands a list of valid
        !            99:    responses can be obtained by typing a ?
        !           100: b) Interrupt cancels the current command.
        !           101: c) The computer course request accepts the input form
        !           102:    qx,qy/sx,sy
        !           103:    where the , and / may be replaced by blanks and
        !           104:    qx qy are the quadrant coordinates and sx sy are the
        !           105:    sector coordinates.  9 is no longer a valid
        !           106:    quadrant coordinate.  By typing /sx,sy the current
        !           107:    quadrant is assumed.
        !           108: d) The computer record of all long range scans is
        !           109:    obtained by the request
        !           110:    computer record
        !           111:    not computer chart as before.
        !           112: e) The terminate command is now called quit.
        !           113: f) To escape to the shell type ! newline
        !           114: g) The program does not consume so much paper.

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