Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!hi-csc!slocum From: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: mahjongg tiles Message-ID: <3ce95f70.805@hi-csc.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 88 14:29:00 GMT References: <319@opus.analogy.UUCP> <6328@well.UUCP> <579@cvedc.UUCP> <1321@csun.UUCP> Reply-To: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum) Organization: csdd Lines: 23 In article <1321@csun.UUCP> mst@mx.UUCP (Michael Temkin) writes: >>> It does play the game which is >>> sold by Activision under the name "Shanghai". To the best of >>> my knowledge, this game is original to Activision, although >>> they have apparently done nothing to protect the game >>> from duplication. > >A friend of mine played a similar game on the Plato system (CMU system >I believe) about 4 years ago. I don't recall the name, but the board >was set up the same as the Activision game. It was played using a >CDC-721 touch screen terminal. > >Does anyone else know of an older version of this game? It might be >interesting just how far it (the computer version) goes back. I remember playing this on PLATO at least 6 or 7 years ago. On one of the 'ancient' Magnavox plasma panel screens with IR touch panel. I don't remember if that was the same as the 721 or not. -- Brett Slocum UUCP: ...uunet!hi-csc!slocum Arpa: hi-csc!slocum@umn-cs.arpa "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."