Chris, Thanks for the link. I remember several of my friends who were big on MUD(Multi-User Domain or Multi-User Dungeon). It's all text based games, but, you're right, they can be just as fun to read and imagine the game as itis to see and play it on the Playstation. Matthias >From: "Chris Reusch" <Chris-07@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: "citw150 Listsev (ctiw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [citw150] Lesson 4 Question 6 >Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:12:01 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from turing.freelists.org ([206.53.239.180]) by mc8-f2.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:12:23 -0700 >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by turing.freelists.org (Avenir TechnologiesMail Multiplex) with ESMTPid E811872D985; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:17 -0500 (EST) >Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17935-73; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:17 -0500 (EST) >Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1])by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTPid 8A0E672E8D0; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:17 -0500 (EST) >Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list citw150); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:13 -0500 (EST) >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8B58C72D985for <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:12 -0500 (EST)>Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18104-41 for <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:12 -0500 (EST) >Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35])by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id E578472E84Dfor <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:12:11 -0500 (EST)>Received: from notebook01 (c-24-11-196-57.client.comcast.net[24.11.196.57]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004101916121101300t3i4re>; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:12:11 +0000 >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEHjJx36Oi8+YDSEg8qKPPD >X-Original-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Delivered-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 >Thread-Index: AcS19l1/5s7/KhgCTFiXujtSzAQ2pA== >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 >Message-Id: <20041019161211.E578472E84D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org >X-archive-position: 313 >X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 >Errors-To: citw150-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >X-original-sender: Chris-07@xxxxxxxxxxx >Precedence: normal >X-list: citw150 >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org >Return-Path: citw150-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Oct 2004 16:12:23.0884 (UTC) FILETIME=[6B3B30C0:01C4B5F6] >>Telnet can be used for a variety of services. Databases, remote >administration, and library catalogs seem to be the most prevalent use of >Telnet today but there are still a variety of games available to. Here are a >couple of sites for Telnet information. >http://medlib.med.utah.edu/netbasics/ib695.html >>http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/faq/telnet.html >>>>The Telnet site that I tried was telnet <telnet://eldorado.elsewhere.org/> >eldorado.elsewhere.org.This site has all the old Infocom games (Zork, >Planitfall) as well as many more. The login is quit simple; you use "zork" >for the login and just hit "enter" for the password. From there you get a >menu of 40 games. I haven't played any of these games in ages and forgot how>much fun they could be. >>>>"Always Remember That You Are Unique, Just Like Everyone Else" >>Chris Reusch > <mailto:Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>