ProcTech SOL & Trek80 - yo, Bob Wood!

From: Tony Dellett <apulo_at_joyce.eng.yale.edu>
Date: Sun Aug 16 07:26:39 1998

Bob Stek wrote:
>
> At the risk of turning you into more of an appreciator, here is how to run
> Trek80 on your SOL:
>
> 1. Assuming that you have your cassette player properly attached to the SOL,
> press the "play" button - the tape won't start until the SOL tells it to.
> 2. Make sure your CAPS LOCK in on. Then at the '>' prompt enter XEQ
> <return>.
> 3. Alternatively, enter GET. After a few moments the SOL will respond with
> something like 'TREK80 0000 23AB' (the beginning and end addresses). Then
> enter EX 0 and you are aboard the Enterprise.
>
> BTW, I would make a copy of the tape rather than using the original. Old
> tape literally get flakey, and I've had to replace the pressure pad on
> several of my original PT tapes.
>
> And if you like Trek80 as an arcade game, you must try TARGET by Steve
> Dompier. It was almost always used as an attention getter in its demo mode
> by PT dealers. You fire missles at 'airplanes' and if you play an AM radio
> nearby, you can hear the sound effects of missle launches, explosions, and
> falling debris.
>
> email me with your address if you would like xerox copies of Trek80, Target,
> or most SOL documentation (though I don't have FOCAL docs or a copy of that
> tape - are you listening, Frank?)
>
> Bob Stek - Keeper of lost SOLs
>
> bobstek_at_ix.netcom.com

I'd love a copy of SOL documentation. I have one on the way and havent
used one since 1980.

Tony
Received on Sun Aug 16 1998 - 07:26:39 BST