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

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From: bto... Bruce Tomlin
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 00:00

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In article <anEG3.462$lq3....@ptah.visi.com>, se...@plethora.net (Peter 
Seebach) wrote:

> 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.

ROFL!

P.S.  Plugh.  Or was that Plover?

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