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From: hollis@ucf-cs.UUCP (Ken Hollis)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: "Jenny of the Prairie"
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 21:51:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 21:51:20 1984
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"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)

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