Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucf-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!duke!ucf-cs!hollis From: hollis@ucf-cs.UUCP (Ken Hollis) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: "Jenny of the Prairie" Message-ID: <1833@ucf-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 21:51:20 EST Article-I.D.: ucf-cs.1833 Posted: Fri Dec 14 21:51:20 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 03:16:54 EST Organization: UCF, Orlando, FL Lines: 62 [] "Jenny of The Prairie" is a game that originated as an introduction of computers to girls. It is not a complete simulation, ie there are no poisonous foods, you cannot kill the fox no matter how you try, and Jenny only dies if she is attacked by a large animal (Coyote, Mountain Lion, or Snake) or if she hasn't gathered enough supplies to last through the winter when the last snowfall comes. There is, however, more than enough different assorted foods so that she will not be forced to kill anything if she choses not to. From Ross M. Greenberg... > ... > will keep those horrid men in their place. Who are you directing that towards when you posted that? The original person who posted the article or the game? I ask this in relation to the second posting you made... >Wait......How can this be???? A male programmed this game....but that >MUST be impossible.....The original poster is probably right now >changing her opinion of the game....anything that comes from a male >(at least from what I've seen of her other postings!) must by >definition be sexist and bad..... > >Pity.....Now she won't be able to play it anymore...and she certainly >must be sorry for praising a "male" product. > > >Ross M. Greenberg @ NYU ----> allegra!cmcl2!acf4!greenber <---- While it is true I programmed it, I may not have made clear enough in previous articles that I was hired by RHIANNON to program it for them. They, the original co-founders Elizabeth Stott and Lucy Ewell, had the original idea for the game but did not have the experience with Apple ][ programming to do it. I was contracted to program it, suggested suitable software packages that would make programming it easier, and I programmed that one for them. A friend of mine, Helen O'Boyle did "Cave Girl Clair" for them, and I believe that Lucy Ewell was the one for "Chelsea of the South Sea Islands". That was for background purposes. As soon as the original poster saw my posting, she sent me mail asking about it and congratulating me for working on it. I would not say that that is someone who has changed her opinion. Sorry to destroy your images Ross, but maybe *she* isn't the one who is sexist??? I will be leaving town for a week or so, but if anyone would like a copy of the instructions, just write and ask: Ken Hollis 11917 Pasteur Dr. Orlando FL 32826 I have finished my contractual obligations with RHIANNON, and am not getting paid for any advertisement, but I do think that this game is enjoyable to play, and has gotten pretty good reviews from what I read. William Kendall Hollis (Ken) ...decvax!ucf-cs!hollis or ...duke!ucf-cs!hollis hollis.ucf-cs@Csnet-Relay