Index of /atarilibrary/atari_cd04/GAMES/LIFE_ST

 Name                    Last modified       Size  Description

 Parent Directory        11-May-2007 21:03      -  
 LIFE_ST.PRG             17-Nov-1986 09:42     9k  
 LIFE_ST.RSC             17-Nov-1986 09:25     2k  

	Life ST is a fast real-time implementation of John Conway's matrix 
game "life".  This program is GEM-based and is intuitively easy to use.
A majority of computer users know about or have seen this game before so I
won't go in to a detailed explanation of how to play.  Suffice it to say that
it's not a game in the traditional sense of playing to win but more of a
computerized toy.
	You may freely distribute the executable version of Life ST but you
may not restrict the distribution of or sell anything derived from it.  All
further distributions must include this notice.

			-- Jeff Bowden, December 1986

--
	This program was developed using the Atari Developmers kit (Alcyon C).
If enough people request it, I may be persuaded to dig up and distribute the 
source.  
	The experience of writing this program is what convinced me not to
develop anything more using GEM.  It was, admittedly, only my third program
in C, but the bugs and misfeatures in GEM are largely to blame for the bugs 
and misfeatures of this program (yes, I know I should have used a window - 
that's my fault).  The major culprit is the delay imposed by AES in which it 
waits for the second click of a double click (and thereby forcing me to not
use AES for input).

			-- Jeff Bowden  (21 January 1989)