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Re: Netrek port to NeXTstep

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From: David Christian Homan
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 17:45
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Post from Michael Neuman:
>   There exists a program called netrek, which is arguably the most
> network arcade game for X... I've spent a long time porting it to get it to 
> run under MouseX and co-Xist, but it still doesn't work under 
> NeXTstep. The  conversion should be fairly simple--

[details of conversion deleted]

>   If there's some NeXTstep guru out there who thinks they'd like to
take a shot  
> at porting something like this over, send me mail! You netrek players out  
> there--I know you can vouch for the validity of the project! :-)

This is my worst nightmare!  I have spent many evenings working in a
cluster next to several "Net Trekkers" whose behavior (and odor) was
most foul.  Such a port would defile the NeXT.  

On a side node: many of the mice on our DEC Stations here at CMU suffer
from what is called "NetTrek Syndrome".  Because of the frequent
repetitive mouse clicking involved in the game, some mice develop
hyper-sensitive or insensitive buttons.  Also, the game has become such
a nuisance here that it is banned in almost every cluster on the campus.


- David.
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Subject: Re: Netrek port to NeXTstep
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