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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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