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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14608 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2023 19:18:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Feb 2023 19:18:21 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E2842493; Thu, 2 Feb 2023 05:18:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lf1-f41.google.com (mail-lf1-f41.google.com [209.85.167.41]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7D9342471 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2023 05:18:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lf1-f41.google.com with SMTP id cf42so30814732lfb.1 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:18:11 -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=UwUUjOTqKmtxpTVIdg9J+LsgXGG3HBnpbEMJU9Bhs5sy/rvAMk+qT+cRPTsXoZ77GN KwTpETz6s5+QDGhtF9+8NDwAjjsGpFlZ390pG+or23FXCErd31ZuBTA/kybtx82VBfPC qwXVm65AJDPnkN8Ya6WXEUZAoSzFLkU35/rNKps53g3lAHlKvrQBcSCxHbY7QVwe49Yb Lb9Fnl3/VevHdixeidD8QctZgcyttCXPg9wnkO7zTvFc7iq+Ax3u9lL5eIU+4QO07qND wtz/N7Ghs22SAVqA06/6QEX2J/FRDj0OB4GW145tv0Ty2apewufS8ezlR8zQgsrAgUyX ZKRQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVG4TO1Bv7JpXraTYNYhAAeglwyk27p8Ukrld7rueDNByLOfqAC 28NQArUlluW0ouCrn5de71DAn2OEomVRvpn+3OfvXGql 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; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; 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: [TUHS] Re: Unix game origins - stories similar to Crowther's Adventure List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list 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.