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About a year ago, I was given some CP/M-formatted 5.25" disks containing
the source to ADVENTURES IN PASCAL (see below). I was told by the guy who
gave them to me during a computer faire that he had gotten the 40+ files from
some old DEC disks.
Well, some months ago I've adapted the game to the Atari ST using CCD/OSS
Pascal. I have play-tested it for a while and now I'd really like to share
the fun with all fellow Atarians on the net.
Being scared by all that legal talk about YACC and EMPIRE, I want to be
definitely sure that ADVENTURES (also known as COLOSSAL CAVE) is in the
public domain before sending it off to James Turner.
So, here are my questions:
- Who knows the original authors and where are they located now?
- How can I get in contact with them?
- Is this program really in the public domain?
If I don't get negative feedback, saying "No, don't do it!", within
2 to 3 weeks from now, I'm going to send a 3.5" disk containing the
executable program to James for distribution.

	Michael Doerr
	University of Kaiserslautern (West Germany)
	uucp: ...!seismo!unido!uklirb!mdoerr


This has been taken from one of the files:

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>>      ADVENTURES IN PASCAL
        Barry C. Breen
        PO Box 1964
        Bellevue, Washington  98009

>>      History -- This version of the "Adventures" game is written in OMSI
        PASCAL V1.2 running under RSX11M V3.2 BL26 on a PDP 11/23.  It utilizes
        special display text files for the VT-100 which makes use of double
        width and double height characters for special effect.

        Adapted from a FORTRAN-IV-PLUS version obtained from DEC in Santa CLara:

            ADVENTURES

            MODIFIED BY KENT BLACKETT
                    ENGINEERING SYSTEMS GROUP
                    DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.
                    15-JUL-77
        
            ORIGINAL VERSION WAS FOR DECSYSTEM-10
            THIS VERSION IS FOR FORTRAN IV-PLUS UNDER
            THE IAS OPERATING SYSTEM ON THE PDP-11/70

        The FORTRAN version also had a notice in the text files which was
        listed in the instructions at the beginning of the game crediting the
        original authors as follows:

        THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY WILLIE CROWTHER.  MOST OF THE
        FEATURES OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM WERE ADDED BY DON WOODS (DON @ SU-AI).
        CONTACT DON IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ETC.

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