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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.

     That's "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.

     Nice spoof.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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