Msg: 6972 *Conference*
03-15-97 11:15:45
From: TOM UPTON
To : COMET _
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6971 (BUY COVER FOR MODEL 100)
HI COMET _ GUESS THAT'S YOUR MONIKER. I AM WRITING A GAME CALLED YUKON, WHICH IS A MOD100 VERSION OF THE SOLITAIRE CARD GAME. ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH. AND, WORKING ON SOME WAY TO SEE THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU WON'T GUESS WHAT THAT IS, SO I'LL SAY THAT THE NEAR STARS WITHIN 100 LIGHT YEARS ARE THE TARGET OF THIS 3-D LOOK. SO THE SCREEN WILL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE LOCAL STARS IN RELATION TO OUR SUN AS THE CENTER POINT, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO GO TO DIFFERENT 3-D POINTS IN THE MATRIX TO SEE HOW WE LOOK FROM OTHER PLACES. THAT WILL BE A FREE-SHARE PROGRAM CALLED "NAYBOR.BA" AND, LOOKING INTO A WAY TO MOUNT A MOUSE ONTO THE MOD100, MAYBE USING THE WAND PORT. HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS KIND OF USE? AND, LOOKING FOR THE WAND PORT AS A PRIMITIVE TV FOR THE PRIMITIVE SCREEN. AND, JUST ORDERED TODAY THE TECH DISK RICK HAS AVAILABLE. AND, WISH I UNDERSTOOD HOW "MODE" WORKS -- GOT SOME OF IT FIGURED. SO, LEAVE ME A MESSAGE, AND I WILL POP IN ABOUT THE 19TH. THANKS, TOM