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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 385.1 | Here are some very brief instructions | VIA::FINNEGAN | All of the best intentions are less than one good act. | Sat Mar 11 1989 16:25 | 20 |
| Spacewar is a simple game. The controls are:
Rotate Left Left Button (rotates until you let up)
Rotate Right Right Button (rotates until you let up)
Accelerate Middle Button (accelerates until you let up)
Fire Missle Space Bar
Hyperspace h key
Pause Game p key
New Game control-n
Quit Game q key
Help ? key
There are a lot of settings which can be preset through the xdefaults
file. These are describe in the help. There is no help for Ultrix yet.
Neal
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| 385.2 | Something isn't quite right... | TBD1::BURLEIGH | Dave, DECwindows Training | Mon Mar 13 1989 07:27 | 30 |
| $ @install_all
$ cop := copy/log
$ define src via::$user1:[finnegan.swpub.sdc]
$ define src_font via::$user1:[finnegan.swpub.font]
$ define dst_font SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.USER_75DPI]
$ cop/prot=(S:RWED, O:RWED, G:RWED, W:RE) src:decw$sw.exe
sys$common:[sysexe]%COPY-S-COPIED,
VIA::$USER1:[FINNEGAN.SWPUB.SDC]DECW$SW.EXE;1 copied to SYS$COMM
ON:[SYSEXE]DECW$SW.EXE;1 (68 blocks)
$ cop/prot=(S:RWED, O:RWED, G:RWED, W:RE) src:decw$sw.uid
sys$common:[syslib]%COPY-S-COPIED,
VIA::$USER1:[FINNEGAN.SWPUB.SDC]DECW$SW.UID;74 copied to SYS$COM
MON:[SYSLIB]DECW$SW.UID;74 (96 blocks)
$ cop/prot=(S:RWED, O:RWED, G:RWED, W:RE) src:decw$sw.dat
sys$common:[syslib]%COPY-S-COPIED,
VIA::$USER1:[FINNEGAN.SWPUB.SDC]DECW$SW.DAT;30 copied to SYS$COM
MON:[SYSLIB]DECW$SW.DAT;30 (5 blocks)
$ cop/prot=(S:RWED, O:RWED, G:RWED, W:RE) src:decw$sw.hlb
sys$common:[syshlp]%COPY-S-COPIED,
VIA::$USER1:[FINNEGAN.SWPUB.SDC]DECW$SW.HLB;1 copied to SYS$COMM
ON:[SYSHLP]DECW$SW.HLB;1 (36 blocks)
$ cop/prot=(S:RWED, O:RWED, G:RWED, W:RE) src_font:sw$*.decw$font
dst_font:
%COPY-E-OPENIN, error opening
VIA::$USER1:[FINNEGAN.SWPUB.FONT]SW$*.DECW$FONT; a
s input
-RMS-E-DNF, directory not found
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file
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| 385.3 | Here's the fix | CSCMA::LEVY | A leaf of all colors | Mon Mar 13 1989 08:32 | 17 |
| I was just going to send mail to Neil, but...
Just change the following line in INSTALL_ALL.COM:
From:
$ define src_font via::$user1:[finnegan.swpub.font]
To:
$ define src_font via::$user1:[finnegan.swpub.fonts]
That will make it work.
- Dave
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| 385.4 | Sorry for the confusion, I changed the directory name | VIA::FINNEGAN | All of the best intentions are less than one good act. | Mon Mar 13 1989 09:03 | 10 |
| Actually I got a number of mail messages about this problem before
I read the conference.
Sorry for the late night typing, yes the directry names don't match.
I have changed the directory on VIA to via::$user1:[finnegan.swpub.font]
to match the command procedure.
Neal
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| 385.5 | A minor Ultirx typo as well | VIA::FINNEGAN | All of the best intentions are less than one good act. | Mon Mar 13 1989 09:05 | 10 |
| I also made a small mistake in the Ultrix specification.
dcp -i causes a image copy to be done which is nessary for images,
uid files and fonts. The defaults file is text not image so the
line should be:
$ dcp cause::~ootb/sw/DXsw /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
Neal
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| 385.6 | I can't install it on our system | EVETPU::REINIG | This too shall change | Wed Mar 15 1989 12:25 | 9 |
| Some of us don't have the ability to put things into the system
directories. Can we run this privately? I've already tried redefining
sys$library and sys$help to be search lists pointing to a private
directory, and then to the system directories. This works find but I
can't do the same for the fonts. I can't find a logical referring to
the system font directory.
August G. Reinig
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| 385.7 | | RAB::DESAI | Jatin Desai | Wed Mar 15 1989 13:25 | 11 |
|
I have used DECW$FONT logical successfully in past.
$ sh log decw$font/table=*
"DECW$FONT" = "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.USER_CURSOR16]" (DECW$SERVER0_TABLE)
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.CURSOR16]"
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.USER_75DPI]"
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.75DPI]"
Jatin
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| 385.8 | Defining decw$font doesn't help | EVETPU::REINIG | This too shall change | Thu Mar 16 1989 20:34 | 54 |
| Is it possible to run a private copy of this game?
Our system doesn't have a decw$font logical. I define a decw$font
logical in may spacewar command procedure like so:
"DECW$FONT" = "PUBLIC$:[GAMES.SPACEWAR]" (LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.USER_CURSOR16]"
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.CURSOR16]"
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.USER_75DPI]"
= "SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.75DPI]"
When I try to run spacewar, with this logical I get the following
errors:
X Toolkit Warning: DwtDrm__ConvertValue detected error Couldn't
convert fontlist font
'-Spacewar-DisplayShips-Medium-R-Normal--*-310-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1'
- Not fo und (DRMNotFound)
X Toolkit Warning: Cannot convert string
"-Spacewar-DisplayShips-Medium-R-Normal
--*-310-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontList, using fixed font
X Toolkit Warning: DwtDrm__ConvertValue detected error Couldn't
convert fontlist font
'-Spacewar-DisplayShips-Medium-R-Normal--*-310-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1'
- Not fo und (DRMNotFound)
If I do a dir decw$font in my command file I do find the files:
Directory PUBLIC$:[GAMES.SPACEWAR]
DECW$SW.DAT;30 DECW$SW.EXE;1 DECW$SW.HLB;1 DECW$SW.UID;74
SW$ALIEN.DECW$FONT;1 SW$BLIMP.DECW$FONT;1
SW$BROOM.DECW$FONT;1 SW$CHOPPER.DECW$FONT;1
SW$CRUSHER.DECW$FONT;1 SW$DESTROYER.DECW$FONT;1
SW$DISPLAYSHIPS.DECW$FONT;1 SW$DREADNAUGHT.DECW$FONT;1
SW$ENTERPRISE.DECW$FONT;1 SW$EXPLODE_FAST.DECW$FONT;1
SW$EXPLODE_MEDIUM.DECW$FONT;1 SW$EXPLODE_RING.DECW$FONT;1
SW$GHOST.DECW$FONT;1 SW$JUPITER2.DECW$FONT;1
SW$KLINGON.DECW$FONT;1 SW$LEM.DECW$FONT;1 SW$LIAR.DECW$FONT;1
SW$LIGHTSAIL.DECW$FONT;1 SW$PACMAN.DECW$FONT;1
SW$ROMULAN.DECW$FONT;1 SW$SEMI.DECW$FONT;1 SW$SKYLAB.DECW$FONT;1
SW$SQUARE.DECW$FONT;1 SW$TARDIS.DECW$FONT;1
SYSFONT.DIR;1
Total of 29 files.
Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.CURSOR16]
:
etc, etc, etc.
:
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| 385.9 | | MELTIN::dick | Schoeller - Xperimenting with Xnotes | Fri Mar 17 1989 09:03 | 7 |
| August,
I would guess that the logical has to be defined so the server can see it.
Maybe even before server startup? After all, fonts are server resources.
Dick
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| 385.10 | PMAX version ?? | 22073::gabriel | Thank You Very Little | Fri Mar 17 1989 14:24 | 5 |
|
Has anyone gotten this to run on a PMAX ??????????????????????
-Joe
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| 385.11 | Yes PMAX, not sure about fonts | VIA::FINNEGAN | All of the best intentions are less than one good act. | Mon Mar 20 1989 12:16 | 22 |
| RE -.1
Yes there is a PMAX version but it still has a few bugs that I don't
have time to track down.
Its amazing on a B/W PMAX, I could get 30 enemy ships going at the
same time without loading the system.
The PMAX uses a strange font scheme that makes it harder to add
new fonts (you have to edit the font list file).
RE -.2
I'm not sure when the server loads the fonts. There is an X call
to reload the fonts from a program that might help you but I've
never looked into it.
You could try defining the logical in a group table before starting
the session.
Neal
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| 385.12 | ULTRIX installation summary | SMURF::HOFFMAN | anywhere in the universe | Mon Mar 20 1989 13:33 | 39 |
| re .0 and .5
For those who want it all in one place AND correct For those who want the CORRECT procedure in o
Here's what I did to get Space War up and running on my ULTRIX
DECwindows VAXstation 2000. This will work for any ULTRIX DECwindows
system running SDC or later software.
Become superuser on your worksystem.
# dcp -i cause::~ootb/sw/dxsw /usr/bin
# dcp -i cause::~ootb/sw/DXsw.uid /usr/lib/X11/uid
# dcp cause::~ootb/sw/DXsw /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
# dcp -i cause::~ootb/swships/*.dwf /usr/lib/dwf/75dpi
# ps ax | grep X
# kill -9 PID [where PID is the X server process identified by grep]
Wait for the X server to restart, login, and run "dxwm &".
Previous notes contained incorrect pathname for installing the font files
(the path was correct for PMAX systems, but then you would need the
PMAX executable and uid file and fonts), incorrect method for
copying the app-defaults file over DECnet (correction posted in .5),
and use of excessive force for registering fonts with the X server:
restarting the X server is sufficient, and I've heard that the "xset"
command might be successful in registering fonts without server off-on.
The game is great! Too bad we couldn't have had it in the V1
DECwindows product. I'm sure it would have been the most thoroughly
tested application. Even on my color VAXstation, it runs very
nicely with hardly any update "hickups" for the first 8 or 10 rounds.
The default settings and the customization settings are excellent!
Too bad about "There is no help for ULTRIX yet." It does sound
kind of humorous when worded that way.
Thanks for your good work, Neal. Looking forward to the updates.
John Hoffman
ULTRIX DECwindows Engineering
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| 385.13 | Not all of us can reboot the system when we want. | EVETPU::REINIG | This too shall change | Mon Mar 20 1989 15:53 | 19 |
| Asking a system manager to put game stuff into the system font
directories is bad enough. Asking him to reboot the cluster so that I
can play my favorite game is way too much. Surely there must be a
better way.
To install spacewar on a VMS non-workstation:
:
:
Then install the fonts on the workstation:
:
:
Then reboot the workstation to load the fonts.
August G. Reinig
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| 385.14 | | RAB::DESAI | Jatin Desai | Mon Mar 20 1989 16:16 | 25 |
|
You do not have to put the fonts in the system directory. You can just define
DECW$FONT logical to include a directory with the new fonts. One thing to keep
in mind is that, with X, all fonts reside on the server.
I haven't tried this but this should work: (Client may be same as Server)
1. Copy .exes, .uids, .dats on the client side.
2. Copy new fonts on the server side to a new directory or to an existing font
directory.
3. If you created a new font directory, edit SYS$MANAGER:DECW$DEVICE.COM on the
server to put it in. (May be you can create it in SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR]).
4. Stop DECwindows on the server side. (STOP/ID or If you didn't create a
new font directory Session Manager QUIT menu should do.)
5. Re-start DECwindows on server workstation.
6. Start SPACEWAR on client and enjoy!
Jatin
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| 385.15 | that's the ticket. | TALLIS::ZANZERKIA | | Tue Mar 21 1989 09:20 | 17 |
| Yes, the trick in .14 works.
This is what i did.
1. Install SpaceWar on my workstation.
2. Re-boot workstation.
3. Copy SYS$SYSTEM:decw$sw.exe to a directory on a client(big machine)
4. Copy SYS$LIBRARY:DECW$SW*.* to a directory on a client(big machine)
5. Define SYS$LIBRARY to that directory, so that SW can find the
.UID, .DAT files.
6. Actually i created a command file that defines the SYS$LIBRARY
logical runs the SW and then deassigns the SYS$LIBRARY logical.
Works greate from 8800.
Robert
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| 385.16 | No need to reboot! | CVG::CAMPANELLA | Michael Campanella, DTN 261-2595 | Tue Mar 21 1989 14:08 | 10 |
| Rather than re-booting your workstation to get new fonts loaded (which
is entirely unnecessary), you can re-start decwindows on your
workstation. The easiest way to do this is to type
@SYS$STARTUP:DECW$STARTUP RESTART
from the SYSTEM account...
Michael
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| 385.17 | Don't even have to restart DECwindows! | ORAN::ORAN | Dave Oran | Tue Mar 21 1989 16:29 | 9 |
| All you need to do is get the server to reload its font cache from the
(possibly modified) font path.
There's a program to do this floating around called
SetFontPath
Don't as me for a copy. I have enough people squeezing DAP sessions
down the 9.6kb line to my workstation as it is!
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