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From: karl@ddsw1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Bug in Spacewars
Summary: I got a worse problem
Keywords: Spacewars, UNIX V
Message-ID: <1157@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 88 21:13:28 GMT
References: <314@psldev.Dayton.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
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Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL
Lines: 30
Posted: Thu Jun  2 17:13:28 1988

In article <314@psldev.Dayton.NCR.COM> scott@psldev.Dayton.NCR.COM (Scott Thomas) writes:
>
>I have just received the spacewars sources and have run into a problem in
>compiling them.  I have tried this on two different UNIX V boxes so I think that
>something is wrong with the original sources(I hope).
>
>The problem is in the area of the references to "dbm.h" and libdbm.a.  These are
>nowhere to be found on my systems and the README file makes no reference on how
>this is to be handled.  There is a program by the name dbm.c but it requires a
>rms.h header file and that is not on any of my UNIX systems either.  

They aren't there on SV systems, period.  (ouch)

These routines are, though, in Xenix (386 V2.2.1).  Not that it matters, the
program compiles ok, but when run you simply get the "wait while the game
cranks up" and then you're out to the shell again.

The daemon process keeps running until killed, but no joy on being able to
get it to run.

Has anyone gotten it to work on a Xenix machine?  Xenix V/386 is very close
to true "System V".  Would greatly appreciate any hints/tricks if you
have...

Spacewar just seems to be plain old broken (and badly).

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