From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14670 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2023 19:18:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Feb 2023 19:18:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8C9424D5; Thu, 2 Feb 2023 05:18:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lf1-f52.google.com (mail-lf1-f52.google.com [209.85.167.52]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4599F42493 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2023 05:18:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lf1-f52.google.com with SMTP id x40so30728808lfu.12 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:18:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=RKCg13V4xLI+XumEsLnlncZTRZQQ9kH18Z/3k3kZTYU=; b=Rak8r5YdwWb/Q1kXncunI0aronugrqsCRkZg/YdNZafr0bW3BGjxUPgu2RfXV1hx4e TnIbAK4u6ctrmZpjXAjCHFcMemZ9n9IzGTsUlS6xz8uW28yvjqc8T71xV3gw14KXuN7u GBcswJnff4pEsDO58OLtPOy/1R2lyCaKpHRoPNYsP6CAGrMEwcDQhdHMPrWcvWMUtzgd ady1aTTjHnRmfv91qoKscDGcXwDX6liAA5zyv8LdhugyWC1YClLVBu2vPKtxItye80JR 7u4Nz6Y1WZALzDsesCZIYmGvUf6ELn9DIcPT36RPctBXL0QyYBJxGPg0I9iPDHhpUH3F YvEA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=RKCg13V4xLI+XumEsLnlncZTRZQQ9kH18Z/3k3kZTYU=; b=4X8+PrAn62bsC6UrVg3JBYUKfml2Knx6UfU2KtNTRLgplXt7e7eMeevX2InuWASVIv CQBQLNU0LusHkhS1BraFeyRYeMwBGXfT8GMZ2RPis3adZy+NoP8glM204pxlWeavQ5CO dr9InyfBqbmSMFKzEXKeesvAHuYuogMN8PgJxOjucMmsd89A0SoNDgSOSIQjd9HjVI5L zzKjL6w6sGtGQdhg0xaIw2I34XXeWI4XgNuVMJFRCUzbcOO30MjoPQWjWZfpVbQ5nnrn Z4S9/Xgvzxx92yjOPbofG4qYsiEGd4dbArvo4p97y6rFR/DyZ3ojK0KWcthxa+1WtLXz xypg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUL0DHJkYTF3uQORjfbzf/HFm9TP9EO8ib+UHZvVHq3DWfavNWj 2Qj7UNbQbinjsvwaj6pEOOYyn8Xw8vGvfkyFxPo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8yXkr2r5VZW7bIEPGDr9+HOEWRjnIJ0D3Ltdiw+AvNmZjvhBg/kJ32crAnmHsXWqX85ICSVUVz9SqxSBMbg6U= X-Received: by 2002:a19:ac07:0:b0:4d1:2056:5180 with SMTP id g7-20020a19ac07000000b004d120565180mr595990lfc.227.1675279029878; Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:17:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9rlsK1lcp2ffNj2lkBadLwVDPzGlSjgLbwwByJXMv4FDhSsmezMSUlcXw4jZjc0rM8XtULgrAv6I2g-nurUzaS_fZicDHORQVLSU0fzEydY=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Dan Cross Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 14:16:33 -0500 Message-ID: To: Rich Salz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: 436T6GI52TVFWF7MYBBVJYWWHQOJESKX X-Message-ID-Hash: 436T6GI52TVFWF7MYBBVJYWWHQOJESKX X-MailFrom: crossd@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: segaloco , COFF X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Unix game origins - stories similar to Crowther's Adventure List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: [TUHS to Bcc] On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 2:11 PM Rich Salz wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 1:33 PM segaloco via TUHS wrote: >> In the annals of UNIX gaming, have there ever been notable games that have operated as multiple processes, perhaps using formal IPC or even just pipes or shared files for communication between separate processes (games with networking notwithstanding)? > > https://www.unix.com/man-page/bsd/6/hunt/ > source at http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/4.3bsd/reno/games/hunt/hunt/ Hunt was the one that I thought of immediately. We used to play that on Suns and VAXen and it could be lively. There were a number of such games, as Clem mentioned; others I remember were xtrek, hearts, and various Chess and Go servers. - Dan C.