Re: Crowther (pre-Woods) "Colossal Cave"

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From: se... Peter Seebach
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 00:00

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In article <37EACCE2...@plano.net>,
Charles Richmond  <rich...@plano.net> wrote:
>You might try to get a hold of Willie Crowther directly to see about getting
>the original source code.  Don Woods might even still have a copy of the
>original
>code he got from Crowther.  Sorry, I have *no* email addresses for them, but
>I am pretty sure they are still around.

Tragically, Crowther was trapped in a cave, because he went into a room
through a very narrow crawlspace (so narrow that he could only carry one
thing with him), and was unable to figure out a way to get out carrying
both his lantern *and* the large emerald he found.

A tragic loss to the computing community.  Woods immortalized it in a puzzle
in the enhanced version of the game.

-s
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