[game_preservation] Zach; DEC Catalogues

[Devin Monnens]

Zach,

Did you ever get a copy of the DEC catalogues scanned?

Also, I was still looking for information on these DEC PDP-1 games:

8-332 The Civil War Game
8-356 Pollution Game
8-359 HI-Q Game Playing Program
8-395 Space War

Most of these were reprinted in David Ahl's book, but I don't think it lists
the original PDP code version. Civil War sounds like it also came from
Lexington HS in 1968, so I would probably need a December 1968 DECUS
catalogue, if your library has it. This should also contain Pollution and
the 395 Space War port. Sorry I can't get closer than this because I don't
have accurate data. There should also be individual DEC guides.

As trouble would have it, when I ordered a copy of Ahl's 1973 edition of 101
BASIC Games, they sent me the 1974 edition instead (despite specifically
asking for it). However, I think this is ok. But University of NM library in
Albuquerque needs to update their catalogue information.

Were there any additions/substitutions/omissions to the game list between
these two releases?

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Vowell, Zach <zvowell at austin.utexas.edu>wrote:


>

> No sweat, Devin, it gave me an excuse to walk across campus on a beautiful

> day.  The article is in Issue 5, and it’s a one-pager.  Do you want a copy

> of just that one page?  I might throw in the cover for good measure (as you

> might imagine, a cover of a computer magazine ca. 1970 is pretty

> interesting).

>

>

> Zach

>

>

> On 12/18/09 9:31 AM, "Devin Monnens" <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Thank you, Zach!

>

> Here is one of my library's records on the journal:

>

> http://skyline.cudenver.edu/record=b1167649~S0

>

> As you can see, we only have 1975-1987. They say that Jan-Mar is bimonthly,

> but I would first look at 3, then 5 and 6 (I really don't understand their

> system). Hopefully, it should be in one of those. However, it would be of

> importance if the computer games section is present in multiple articles,

> though that would certainly increase the number of articles I would be

> interested in.

>

> I actually have an article from Analog on Spacewar (1971) that I still have

> to PDF. I don't know how many people have seen it, but I'll share it once I

> get it done.

>

> -Devin

>

> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Vowell, Zach <zvowell at austin.utexas.edu>

> wrote:

>

>

> Devin,

> The main library here at UT has several issues from 1970— do you know which

> number the March 1970 issue is?  It wouldn’t be too much to get you a copy

> of the article, if it’s here.

>

> Zach

>

>

>

> Hey, this has an interesting reference in it as well:

>

>

> 1 - Computer De-cis-ion s

> Acknowledgements

> Computer Games Section

> March 1970 Page1 5

> Article by Dennis Van Tassel

>

> So this dates the artillery game the FOCAL version was based off. It also

> brings up an interesting source that now needs to be tracked down. Computer

> Decisions is a journal, but none of my libraries have a copy form 1970.

> Prospector (which searches university libraries in the CO area) doesn't have

> a single library with one from that year (earliest is Sept 1970). I wonder

> if anyone here has a copy...

>

> Can't find digital copies, but holy cow, look at this guy's bookshelf:

>

> http://www.vintage-computer.com/magazines.shtml

>

>  <http://www.vintage-computer.com/magazines.shtml><http://www.vintage-computer.com/magazines.shtml>

>

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>

>

>

>



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