| IDL Adventure!? [message #61142] |
Mon, 07 July 2008 06:31  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
I've just gotten home and I am in the process of updating to
IDL 7.0.3. I see there is something there called the IDL Adventure.
I can find no information on this on the ITTVIS web page.
Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say I've *always* thought of IDL as an
adventure, if you know what I mean. :-)
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: IDL Adventure!? [message #61217 is a reply to message #61142] |
Tue, 08 July 2008 15:22  |
rlkling
Messages: 14
Registered: April 1999
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Junior Member |
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I just updated to 7.0.3 and saw the same message. I typed
idl_adventure at the prompt and a window popped up with this message.
Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions?
>>> yes
Somewhere nearby is Colossal Cave, where others have found fortunes in
treasure and gold, though it is rumored that some who enter are never
seen again. Magic is said to work in the cave. I will be your eyes
and hands. Direct me with commands of 1 or 2 words. I should warn
you that I look at only the first four letters of each word, so you'll
have to enter "NORTHEAST" as "NE" to distinguish it from "NORTH".
(Should you get stuck, type "HELP" for some general hints. For infor-
mation on how to end your adventure, etc., type "INFO".)
This program was originally developed by Willie Crowther. Most of the
features of the current program were added by Don Woods (DON @ SU-AI).
The current version was done by Kent Blackett and Bob Supnik. It is
DECUS Program 11-340.
The rehost to a PC, under Microsoft Fortran, was done by Ken Plotkin.
The rehost to IDL was done by Chris Torrence.
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You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.
Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and
down a gully.
Looks like a version of ZORK to me.....
-Ronn Kling
http://www.kilvarock.com
http://www.rlkling.com
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