From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AMyU-0003qa-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 23:39:42 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4M3djR06447 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 23:39:46 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 23:39:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ACB In-Reply-To: <001e01c20131$de5ff0d0$af49e9d5@microsoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Go and chess are simple? Tell that to Deep Blue. \On Tue, 21 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Some good games for DOS I know are Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, Commandos and > other strategy games. Are there any good games for Linux? > I heard only about simple games like Go, chess, and other more simple than > that. > Not that I am a big fan of games, but it was about games. > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cwhitley" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: ACB > > > Hi Deedra, > remember memory management? Getting a dos machine networked with speech was > anything but simple. Function for function Linux isn't any worse. I > believe where you are seeing complexity is in the fact that there are many > more functions available. I don't think linux is any worse than dos for the > functions that were supported by dos. I.e. word processing, terminal > emulation, email, what else did we use dos for??? > > BTW, for the games question, nethack is available and configured correctly > it uses curses in text mode. I think adom is also available for linux. The > omega source code is out there as well. Get the idea that i'm into the d&d > style games? I've also got c source code for a lot of the "bbs doors" > programs from circa 1985-88, but they're on 5 1/4" and I no longer have a > drive to read them with.... Lot of good that does eh? > > Regards, > > Cecil > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org