10 Apr
2022
10 Apr
'22
7:40 p.m.
Knowing Jack, I think I safely say he would have been amused by the
different reactions. Just remember when he wrote that I do not think there
was a mikyd’s anywhere close to Maynard. Jack was a child of the Bronx
which made his love of the outdoors all the more real. Maynard (Mare
Assabet) really was desolate in comparison.
On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 6:14 AM Dr Iain Maoileoin <
iain(a)csp-partnership.co.uk> wrote:
On 9 Apr 2022, at 17:23, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 5:29 AM Ron Natalie <ron(a)ronnatalie.com> wrote:
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Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual
If I recall there was a GT40 up on the fourth
floor of UMCP's CS
building. I don't remember spacewar, but there was a luner lander game
where you tried to land near the lunar McDonalds (if you crashed in to
it, it chided you for destroying the only McDonalds on the moon).
That's Jack's Moonlander.
It is OK for you Americans. We ran the GT40 in Scotland about 1974 (2nd
year undergrad).
When the astronaut got out and said “a big mac to go” we had absolutely
no idea what he was talking about!
“a big mac” meant nothing and “to go” was just bad grammar. Worse grammar
than the split infinitives in star trek.
I am sure we did not have a Macdonalds in Scotland at that time. We did
have KFC under the uni - many a late-night chew while solving programming
problems ….
But Macdonalds? They were well into the 80s…...
It was years later before any of us actually understood what was being
said, but yes, a great way to spend debugging hours in the early hours of
the morning.
I can only just remember the use of the light pen - was that for thrust?
I have no recollection of any keyboard inputs.
Iain