RE: A85: Sqrxz 0.7b

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RE: A85: Sqrxz 0.7b

It takes a lot less time and effort to transfer a string than a backup between 
two calcs, especially if the receiving user needs to transfer their stuff to 
the sending user's calc so it's not overwritten. It is much easier to 
distribute a game than establish a new shell in an environment where hardly 
anybody has a Graph Link. Also, there are many people who don't like Usgard or 
haven't put it on their calc yet. Making a program for ZShell makes it 
available to all users, even Usgard users, until the Usgard version is 
released. Besides, once a program is made for ZShell, it's not too hard to 
change it to take advantage of Usgard.
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Jeff Tyrrill
http://tyrrill-ticalc.home.ml.org/
http://ti-files.home.ml.org/


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org  On Behalf Of Michael Pearce
Sent:	Sunday, August 10, 1997 6:26 PM
To:	assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
Subject:	Re: A85: Sqrxz 0.7b

There is a flaw to your logic on this.  The people who play Usgard
games, will also obviously have access to the shell.  Makes sense.
The shell is just as available to those without a graph link as is the
new game.  Say Billy has a graph link and get's SQRXZ and is using
usgard.  Bobby, at school sees the game on Billy's calc and want's it
too.  No big deal, Billy sends Bobby a backup of the shell, which
includes the new game.  So anytime someone without a graph link wants
one of these games, they have to get it from someone else, just like
they did before.  only now, they will be getting a new shell also.  Of
course, maybe someone doesn't want a the new shell.  That's a
different case entirely.

As for what other programmers are going to do, i think i am going to
program exclusively for Usgard.  But, i will make the source available
to any one who wishes to convert it to a different OS.

-mike

On Mon, 11 Aug 97 00:45:44 UT, you wrote:

>There are many people who still have ZShell on their calculators and wil=
l for=20
>quite a long time, especially at schools where it has been passed around=
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>only 1 or 2 people have Graph Links. Although Usgard is a good shell and=
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>programs for it are smaller and faster, less people will be able to play=
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>Usgard games simply the shell is not very widespread. I plan to make my=20
>programs for ZShell first, because the majority of people still have it =
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>their calcs, and Usgard users can still use the ZShell version, and then=
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>Usgard later, so people who use Usgard (I will probably be among them as=
 soon=20
>as the final version is released) can save space on their calcs. What do=
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>people think about this? Is this what other programmers plan to do?
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>Jeff Tyrrill
>http://tyrrill-ticalc.home.ml.org/
>http://ti-files.home.ml.org/
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	owner-assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org  On Behalf Of Jimmy M=E5rdell
>Sent:	Sunday, August 10, 1997 11:01 PM
>To:	assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject:	Re: A85: Sqrxz 0.7b
>
>Mike Baker wrote:
>>
>> I just want to go on record as saying that releaseing a program & sour=
c=3D
>e
>> for ONLY usgard is LAME.
>
>No, it's a way to get people change OS/shell :) Would it be less "lame"
>if
>I didn't release the source code!? (btw, if you call that lame, what do
>you then think of people not wanting their program to be linked from a
>certain
>site ;-) )
>
>> some people out there hate usgard & all the crap that goes with it.
>> perhaps if you would allow a
>> zshell or phatOS port of the game. I happen to like the sqrxz game but=
 =3D
>I
>> am not about to use usgard
>> to play it. I hope for your sake somebody writes a program for zshell
>> that looks just like sqrxz
>> (perhaps even based on the source) but with the name changed so it
>> wouldn't be sqrxz ;)
>
>Sure, make your own Sqrxz similiar game but if you or anyone else steals
>whole routines from Sqrxz I will flame that person quite much. And the
>Sqrxz development will most likely stop from then (although the game
>could be finished by that time though).
>
>If all games got ported to all different shells it would get damn
>confusing
>for some people. If you want to stay with your precious phatOS, sure do
>that
>but don't call me lame.
>
>--=3D20
>Jimmy M=3DE5rdell                   "We are the crown of creation
>mailto:mja@algonet.se            we may do whatever we please
>http://www.algonet.se/~mja       Fuck nature, man rules!"
>IRC: Yarin                         Fuck Nature /Cat rapes dog
>