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00000000: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 57 49 52 45 20 20 20 20 20 | WIRE | 00000010: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 38 | 18| 00000020: 2F 32 2F 31 39 39 31 0D 0D 22 57 49 52 45 22 20 |/2/1991.."WIRE" | 00000030: 69 73 20 61 20 64 69 76 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 2F 67 |is a diversion/g| 00000040: 61 6D 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 61 73 0D 20 20 |ame which was. | 00000050: 20 6C 79 69 6E 67 20 61 72 6F 75 6E 64 2C 20 73 | lying around, s| 00000060: 6F 20 49 20 6A 75 73 74 20 63 6F 6E 76 65 72 74 |o I just convert| 00000070: 65 64 20 69 74 0D 20 20 20 74 6F 20 27 73 68 65 |ed it. to 'she| 00000080: 6C 6C 2D 61 62 6C 65 27 20 61 6E 64 20 73 74 75 |ll-able' and stu| 00000090: 66 66 65 64 20 69 74 20 69 6E 74 6F 0D 20 20 20 |ffed it into. | 000000A0: 74 68 65 20 22 67 61 6D 65 73 22 20 64 69 72 65 |the "games" dire| 000000B0: 63 74 6F 72 79 20 77 69 74 68 69 6E 20 22 62 69 |ctory within "bi| 000000C0: 6E 22 2E 0D 20 20 20 49 27 76 65 20 69 6E 63 6C |n".. I've incl| 000000D0: 75 64 65 64 20 61 6E 20 61 6C 69 61 73 20 74 6F |uded an alias to| 000000E0: 20 65 78 65 63 69 75 74 65 0D 20 20 20 77 69 72 | execiute. wir| 000000F0: 65 20 65 61 73 6C 79 3A 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e easly:. | 00000100: 61 6C 69 61 73 20 22 67 61 6D 65 22 20 22 63 64 |alias "game" "cd| 00000110: 20 2F 20 62 69 6E 20 67 61 6D 65 73 22 0D 20 20 | / bin games". | 00000120: 20 53 6F 20 74 6F 20 70 6C 61 79 20 22 77 69 72 | So to play "wir| 00000130: 65 22 20 6E 6F 20 6D 61 74 74 65 72 20 77 68 65 |e" no matter whe| 00000140: 72 65 0D 20 20 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 74 79 |re. you are ty| 00000150: 70 65 3A 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 67 61 6D 65 20 |pe:. game | 00000160: 3B 20 77 69 72 65 0D 0D 47 61 6D 65 70 6C 61 79 |; wire..Gameplay| 00000170: 3A 20 52 65 66 65 72 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 4A |: Refer to the J| 00000180: 61 6E 20 31 39 39 30 0D 20 20 20 53 63 69 65 6E |an 1990. Scien| 00000190: 74 69 66 69 63 20 41 6D 65 72 69 63 61 6E 20 43 |tific American C| 000001A0: 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 0D 20 20 20 52 65 63 72 65 |omputer. Recre| 000001B0: 61 74 69 6F 6E 73 20 61 72 74 69 63 6C 65 20 66 |ations article f| 000001C0: 6F 72 20 61 6E 20 69 6E 2D 64 65 70 74 68 0D 20 |or an in-depth. | 000001D0: 20 20 65 78 70 6C 61 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 62 | explanation, b| 000001E0: 75 74 20 62 61 73 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 20 79 6F 75 |ut basically you| 000001F0: 20 75 73 65 0D 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 6E 6F 72 6D | use. the norm| 00000200: 61 6C 20 73 63 72 65 65 6E 20 65 64 69 74 6F 72 |al screen editor| 00000210: 20 74 6F 20 64 65 73 69 67 6E 0D 20 20 20 61 20 | to design. a | 00000220: 27 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 69 63 27 20 63 69 72 |'electronic' cir| 00000230: 63 75 69 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 0D 20 20 |cuit with the. | 00000240: 20 66 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 69 6E 67 20 6B 65 79 73 3A | following keys:| 00000250: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 22 3D 22 20 20 43 6F |.. "=" Co| 00000260: 6E 64 75 63 74 69 6F 72 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |nductior. | 00000270: 22 23 22 20 20 45 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 20 68 65 |"#" Electron he| 00000280: 61 64 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 22 2D 22 20 20 45 |ad. "-" E| 00000290: 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 20 74 61 69 6C 0D 0D 54 72 |lectron tail..Tr| 000002A0: 79 20 74 68 65 20 66 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 69 6E 67 20 |y the following | 000002B0: 64 65 73 69 67 6E 73 3A 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 3D |designs:.. =| 000002C0: 3D 3D 2D 23 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D |==-#============| 000002D0: 3D 3D 3D 0D 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 65 6C 65 63 74 |===. The elect| 000002E0: 72 6F 6E 20 74 72 61 76 65 6C 73 20 61 63 72 6F |ron travels acro| 000002F0: 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 72 65 0D 0D 20 20 20 |ss the wire.. | 00000300: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3D 3D 20 20 20 20 | == | 00000310: 20 20 AE 44 49 4F 44 45 0D 20 20 20 20 20 3D 2D | .DIODE. =-| 00000320: 23 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 20 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 20 5D 20 |#====== ===== ] | 00000330: 54 68 65 20 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 20 63 61 6E |The electron can| 00000340: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3D 3D |. ==| 00000350: 20 20 20 20 20 20 5D 6F 6E 6C 79 20 63 6F 6E 64 | ]only cond| 00000360: 75 63 74 20 69 6E 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |uct in. | 00000370: 3D 3D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 5D 6F 6E 65 |== ]one| 00000380: 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6F 6E 0D 20 20 20 20 20 3D | directon. =| 00000390: 3D 3D 3D 3D 20 3D 3D 3D 3D 3D 23 2D 3D 3D 20 5D |==== =====#-== ]| 000003A0: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3D 3D 20 20 20 20 |. == | 000003B0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 BD 0D 0D 49 20 74 68 69 6E 6B | ...I think| 000003C0: 20 74 68 65 20 69 64 65 61 20 66 6F 72 20 22 57 | the idea for "W| 000003D0: 69 72 65 77 6F 72 6C 64 22 20 63 61 6D 65 0D 20 |ireworld" came. | 000003E0: 20 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 52 75 64 79 20 52 75 63 6B | from Rudy Ruck| 000003F0: 65 72 20 28 72 75 63 6B 65 72 2E 61 69 72 2E 55 |er (rucker.air.U| 00000400: 55 43 50 29 0D 20 20 20 68 65 27 73 20 61 6C 73 |UCP). he's als| 00000410: 6F 20 69 6E 66 61 6D 6F 75 73 20 66 6F 72 20 68 |o infamous for h| 00000420: 69 73 20 63 79 62 65 72 70 75 6E 6B 0D 20 20 20 |is cyberpunk. | 00000430: 73 74 6F 72 69 65 73 2E 0D 0D 50 72 65 73 73 20 |stories...Press | 00000440: 74 68 65 20 43 68 69 63 6B 65 6E 68 65 61 64 20 |the Chickenhead | 00000450: 28 43 6F 6D 6D 6F 64 6F 72 65 29 20 6B 65 79 0D |(Commodore) key.| 00000460: 20 20 20 74 6F 20 65 78 69 74 32 73 68 65 6C 6C | to exit2shell| 00000470: 2E 0D 0D 0D 42 55 47 53 3A 20 49 66 20 61 20 64 |....BUGS: If a d| 00000480: 65 73 69 67 6E 20 69 73 20 6E 65 61 72 20 74 68 |esign is near th| 00000490: 65 20 74 6F 70 20 6F 72 0D 20 20 20 62 6F 74 74 |e top or. bott| 000004A0: 6F 6D 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6E |om of the screen| 000004B0: 2C 20 74 68 6F 73 65 20 70 61 72 74 73 0D 20 20 |, those parts. | 000004C0: 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 | will disappear | 000004D0: 61 6E 64 2F 6F 72 20 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 73 |and/or electrons| 000004E0: 20 6D 61 79 0D 20 20 20 62 65 20 72 61 6E 64 6F | may. be rando| 000004F0: 6D 6C 79 20 67 65 6E 65 72 61 74 65 64 2E 0D 0D |mly generated...| 00000500: 20 20 20 49 27 6D 20 6E 6F 74 20 63 6F 6D 70 6C | I'm not compl| 00000510: 65 74 6C 79 20 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 |etly sure that I| 00000520: 27 76 65 0D 20 20 20 69 6D 70 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74 |'ve. implement| 00000530: 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 57 69 72 65 77 6F 72 6C 64 |ed the Wireworld| 00000540: 20 72 75 6C 65 73 0D 20 20 20 63 6F 72 72 65 63 | rules. correc| 00000550: 74 6C 79 20 6F 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 62 75 |tly or that a bu| 00000560: 67 20 65 78 69 73 74 73 0D 20 20 20 69 6E 20 74 |g exists. in t| 00000570: 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 65 20 63 61 6C 63 75 6C 61 |he state calcula| 00000580: 74 69 6F 72 2E 0D |tior.. |
WIRE 18/2/1991.
."WIRE" IS A DIVERSION/GAME WHICH WAS.
LYING AROUND, SO I JUST CONVERTED IT.
TO 'SHELL-ABLE' AND STUFFED IT INTO.
THE "GAMES" DIRECTORY WITHIN "BIN".. I
'VE INCLUDED AN ALIAS TO EXECIUTE. WIR
E EASLY:. ALIAS "GAME" "CD / BIN G
AMES". SO TO PLAY "WIRE" NO MATTER WHE
RE. YOU ARE TYPE:. GAME ; WIRE..
GAMEPLAY: REFER TO THE JAN 1990. SCIEN
TIFIC AMERICAN COMPUTER. RECREATIONS A
RTICLE FOR AN IN-DEPTH. EXPLANATION, B
UT BASICALLY YOU USE. THE NORMAL SCREE
N EDITOR TO DESIGN. A 'ELECTRONIC' CIR
CUIT WITH THE. FOLLOWING KEYS:..
"=" CONDUCTIOR. "#" ELECTRON HE
AD. "-" ELECTRON TAIL..TRY THE FO
LLOWING DESIGNS:.. ===-#============
===. THE ELECTRON TRAVELS ACROSS THE W
IRE.. == .DIODE. =-
#====== ===== ] THE ELECTRON CAN.
== ]ONLY CONDUCT IN.
== ]ONE DIRECTON. ===== ===
==#-== ]. == ...I THINK
THE IDEA FOR "WIREWORLD" CAME. FROM R
UDY RUCKER (RUCKER.AIR.UUCP). HE'S ALS
O INFAMOUS FOR HIS CYBERPUNK. STORIES.
..PRESS THE CHICKENHEAD (COMMODORE) KEY.
TO EXIT2SHELL....BUGS: IF A DESIGN IS
NEAR THE TOP OR. BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
, THOSE PARTS. WILL DISAPPEAR AND/OR E
LECTRONS MAY. BE RANDOMLY GENERATED...
I'M NOT COMPLETLY SURE THAT I'VE. I
MPLEMENTED THE WIREWORLD RULES. CORREC
TLY OR THAT A BUG EXISTS. IN THE STATE
CALCULATIOR..
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