Re: Scott Adams (was: XYZZY)

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From: dne... Dave Newton the Late
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1990 17:08

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In article <92...@ttidca.TTI.COM> ke...@ttidcb.tti.com (Kevin Carothers) writes:
>  I thought that a guy from Florida wrote the original "adventure"
>  game in BASIC.  His name was "Scott Adams"  Even if this is
>  (in)complete heresay I would be interested in knowing whatever
>  happened to this guy.

   I'm fairly certain he didn't write the original.  He did, however, release
a series of pretty good adventure games thru Adventure International (do they
still exist?) and an adventure game creator.  
   Don't know what he's up to now.

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From: dne...@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Newton the Late)
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Subject: Re: Scott Adams (was: XYZZY)
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Date: 23 Jan 90 17:08:21 GMT
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