trek Wed Dec 1 23:54:06 EST 1976 Some more computer requests have been added. They only work in appropriate circumstances. c x<digit> gives the SR scan for the current quadrant for x=<digit> It saves getting a complete SR scan in some cases. Also c y<digit> c-omputer b-ase gives the quadrant containing the nearest star base or the sector if it is in the current quadrant. To try another game the same length and skill as the last one can say r-epeat to the prompt `another game' trek Sun Nov 28 01:35:50 EST 1976 The bug that caused it to incorrectly count klingons has been fixed. It only happened in obscure circumstances (There was a torpedo burst the 1st or 2nd of which caused a star to supernova, and the 2nd or 3rd of which killed a klingon.) The strange effect with long range tractor beams that caused a move to be cut off prematurely has been fixed. The amount of damages from an attack has been reduced for the harder games. The increase in damages with game skill used to be linear and is now logarithmic. It is still advisable not to get damaged in the harder games. trek Fri Nov 26 00:49:16 EST 1976 Black holes have been added to the objects that can be present in a Quadrant. They are printed as a blank (space) and they have the effect of a) swallowing torpedoes that come their way, b) treating the enterprise like the energy barrier; it gets dumped in a random place. It also costs a time penalty otherwise it would be too easy to get around the Galaxy. Also it is now possible to ram stars, starbases and Klingons. It costs a lot of damages. The bug associated with the negative time portal has been fixed. One of the responses to "Another game" is "pm" which will print out the whole of the last game's Galaxy in the "c r" format. Some number of bugs has been fixed (and some number introduced). trek Sat Nov 13 17:00:08 EST 1976 The file /usr/srb/star/treklog contains a list of everybody's best games in each skill, length category. trek Sat Nov 13 00:17:42 EST 1976 a) A dump command has been added that dumps a game such that it can be restarted. The file used is called trek.dump (fixed). To restart reply "restart" to the question what length game. b) A computer move request has been added that is like computer course except that it also does the move. NB the computer has to be working for this to work. c) A computer base request has been added that tells you where the nearest starbase is. If it is in the current quadrant then the short range scanners must be working. d) When docked at a starbase the long or short range scanners of the starbase can be used if those of the Enterprise are broken. A new version of trek has been installed that differs in minor ways from the old version. Complaints to srb. a) In general when reading commands a list of valid responses can be obtained by typing a ? b) Interrupt cancels the current command. c) The computer course request accepts the input form qx,qy/sx,sy where the , and / may be replaced by blanks and qx qy are the quadrant coordinates and sx sy are the sector coordinates. 9 is no longer a valid quadrant coordinate. By typing /sx,sy the current quadrant is assumed. d) The computer record of all long range scans is obtained by the request computer record not computer chart as before. e) The terminate command is now called quit. f) To escape to the shell type ! newline g) The program does not consume so much paper.