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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1013.0. "Asteroids" by PLDVAX::SMCAFEE (Steve McAfee) Sun Dec 27 1987 21:16

    
    Did anyone get the complete asteroids posting from usenet recently?
    Sounds like it was written by the same folks who did space invaders.
    Should be pretty good.
    
    I was on vacation and I ran out of diskspace while I was gone. 
    Guess it's time for major cleanup...
    
    regards,
    
    steve mcafee
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1013.1More like Asteroid pieces..KYOA::WEGERBruce WegerSun Dec 27 1987 23:174
    I have parts 2, 3, & 4 (of 4) but NO part 1 of 4 ??
    
    	Anyone have the missing part?
    
1013.2Me too!LOWLIF::DAVISThat's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE!Mon Dec 28 1987 10:035
Same here.  I've only got parts 2, 3, and 4.  I checked out the AMIGA_USENET
conference on YGDRSL to see if I just missed it, but no luck.  Maybe it never
got past DECWRL???

						...richard
1013.3ANGORA::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeMon Dec 28 1987 11:186
    
    I thought I missed part 1 because of my low diskspace but it sounds like
    no one got it...  Also, it looks like part 1 contained the executable.
    Maybe it will filter through sometime during the next few days.
    
    - steve mcafee
1013.4I have Part 1CGFSV2::DREWSteve DrewTue Dec 29 1987 11:0211
    I manage to obtain part 1 of asteroids from a friend off USENET.
    
    You can copy it from CGFSV1::DISK$73G:[DREW.AMIGA]ASTEROIDS.PART_1
    
    The other 3 parts are there also. I have'nt had time to unshar
    them and uudecode them yet.
    
    Enjoy,
    
    /Steve Drew
    
1013.5In an arc format?CAMTWO::ARENDTTue Dec 29 1987 13:5111
    I am fairly new to the amiga and am not yet enrolled in any of the
    on-line data services.  Therefore I do not know which ones are the
    best and I don't know what UNSHAR and UUDECODE (re .4) mean.  I
    suspect that they mean that I cannot get asteroids till someone
    else moves it into an arc format.  If anyone would do this you would
    have my heartfelt thanks as asteroids has allways been my favorite
    arcade game.  I will watch this note with anticipation.
    
     Thank you for your support
        Harry
    
1013.6You have but to ask...LOWLIF::DAVISThat's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE!Tue Dec 29 1987 15:176
Well I just happen to have ARC'ed it a few minutes ago.  You can find it in
MDKCSW::DUA2:[DAVIS.AMIGA]ASTER.ARC.   It is in Stream_LF format, so XMODEM
should just love it.  I haven't downloaded it yet (that's on my plans for
this evening), but it should work fine.  Have fun!

						...richard
1013.7The best thing today!HSK03::HAKALATuomo Hakala, ES FinlandTue Dec 29 1987 17:3011
    Hooray!!
    
    Guess what, Richie? I and my friend here in cold Finland have
    spent last few hours desperately trying to unshar those
    damned asteroids.part_*:s with minimal success.
    
    This seems to rescue our day (actually night here)!!
    
    Thanks!
    
    	Tuomo, Fox & Jack 
1013.8The VictoryHSK03::HAKALATuomo Hakala, ES FinlandTue Dec 29 1987 18:358
    Super!!
    
    It really worked after downloading and dearcing it!
    Looks nice and plays even better!!
    
    Thanks again, Richie!
    
    	Tuomo and his crew
1013.9LATNCY::MORGANBrad MorganTue Dec 29 1987 22:021
    COOKIE::DISK$GZ_2:[WECKER.AMIGA]ASTERIODS.ARC is also available.
1013.10MEMORY::BERKSONWhat's that in the road - a head?Wed Dec 30 1987 11:075
    There is a one byte difference in size between the two versions.
    I tried downloading aster.arc and arc had trouble with it. Hopefully
    asteriods will dearc all right.
    
       mitch
1013.11PLDVAX::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeWed Dec 30 1987 11:3311
    
    re: -1
    
    I had no trouble downloading ASTER.ARC with XMODEM.  ARC gives a
    message at the end of the extraction about a bad header, but this
    happens all the time when you use XMODEM on an ARC file.
    
    Thanks to everyone for the help.  Nice game.  I'm not even close
    to getting a free ship...
    
    - steve mcafee