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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: installing LARN
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Date: 19 Sep 88 05:38:55 GMT
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In article <57.2334A7BA@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG> David.Hochhauser@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG (David Hochhauser) writes:
>HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
>  
>I don't know what I'm doing!  I just downloaded LARN from the FIDO files.  I unARCed the file LARN12S.ARC and got:
>     -README-
>     FIXED.BUG
>     LARN.ARC
>     LARN.DOC
>     LARN.FTN
>     LARN.HLP
>     LARN.MAZ
>     LARN.OPT
>     OLARN.HLP
>     OREADME
>     TERMCAP.ARC
>  
>Was I supposed to get a file called LARN.TTP?  What do I do with LARN.ARC and TERMCAP.ARC.  Do I need a special compiler?  Would someone familiar with this game please contact me either on this BBS or call me at 201-932-0597.  Thanx.

What you downloaded was the complete sources for my port of Larn 12.0 to the
ST. There are no executable files in that archive. The subfile LARN.ARC has
the actual source code, and TERMCAP.ARC has the source for the termcap library,
as well as a description of the ST's built in VT52 emulation.

I wrote this port using Mark Williams C version 2.0. All you need to do to get
a working game is unpack the files and type "make," assuming you have that
compiler. If not, then you're better off getting hold of the executables. Look
for a file named LARN12.ARC (note the absence of the letter 'S' in the name...)
and just use that.

A lot of copies of LARN12.ARC were distributed without the termcap description
included. I've posted the termcap separately to this group a few times already,
so you should be able to find it at an archive site.

Has anyone else run Larn from a BBS? It will work, if you redirect all three
I/O descriptors to the serial port. (Actually, it might be best to leave
stderr directed to the ST console...) I suppose it's not such a hot idea,
after all, since you can't limit the time someone plays for. But since it uses
termcap, you can support a wide variety of terminals in the game.
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