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From: rwhe@netcom.com (Ron Hale-Evans)
Subject: Re: AGT Materials
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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 05:30:20 GMT
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bnewell@delphi.com (Bob Newell) writes:

>For those on this newsgroup who have an interest in the Adventure Game
>Toolkit (AGT) which recently became freeware, I've learned that there has
>existed for some time a support BBS for this system: It's "Mr. Rogers
>Neighborhood" in Lexington, Kentucky: 606-271-0558.  This BBS has available
>for download all the AGT software, including the "master's edition" and
>including the Pascal source code.  The BBS also has a very extensive text
>adventure collection, many of which are not currently on ftp.gmd.de.

>I wonder if some enterprising soul who lives in or near Lexington and who
>has less expensive Internet access than I do, would be willing to d/l all
>this stuff and then ftp it to the archive site?  I'd do it but it would cost
>me a fortune in long distance and then in Delphi connect charges.

I will be moving to Lexington (from the Boston area) at the end of 
September. Assuming I still have cheap/free Internet access, which is not 
certain at this point, I will be happy to upload the stuff. Thanks for 
the pointer.

I've logged on and obtained my own subscription to the board. This is 
fairly easy to do quickly with the callback feature and the 900 number 
you can call to register right away. One caveat: despite the boasted "on 
the spot" upgrade to full access, you have to wait until after midnight 
for your access to go through. I spoke to the sysop about this, and he 
said the text that promotes "on the spot" subscriptions, etc., is 
"hardwired" into the software, which he didn't write.

I posted a message to the AGT support conference. (It was the first one.) 
Is David Malmberg a Lexingtonian or something? Anyway, I basically asked 
whether we are ever going to see any Mac versions of the AGT software 
(yes, I know there is one, but it's really old and crashes new Macs.)

Mr. R's N also has a whole collection of Scott Adams adventures free for 
the downloading. I downloaded them myself, but before I upload them to 
ftp.gmd.de, I'm going to make sure that they've been released with the 
current copyright holder's permission. 

I was downloading some of the other files on the board when my connection
broke. I called back the board, but there was no answer. Guess King Friday
the XIIIth brought them a little bad luck. I'll try again tomorrow. 

-- 
Ron Hale-Evans ... rwhe@netcom.com 
Home page = ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/rwhe/home.html
"If you ever reach total enlightenment while you're drinking a beer,
 I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose." -- Jack Handey
