Re: Creating .dsk disk images

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Ernest writes ...
> 
> Thanks for the info, Rubywand.

     You're welcome, Ernest. Be sure to ask if anything about the process is
unclear.



> By the way, is your name from the game,
> NetHack?
> 
> E
 ....

     No. The name originated in the early 1980's.

     Back when I started playing adventure games which let you have multiple
characters in a party-- games like Shadowkeep and Ultima III-- there was a need
to come up with names that sounded right (to me) for fighters, clerics,
thieves, mages, etc..

     One of the names I came up with was "Rubywand" (who is nearly always
imagined to be a female, human, super-babe mage).  A couple others are
"Batfoot" (shortish, heavy, dwarf fighter) and "Mothnose" (hobbit-like cleric
with an enormous nose).  These characters plus three or four others have filled
the slots in my parties on countless quests since then; and, the names have
appeared in published screen shots of Apple II, C-64, and PC game reviews.

     When I got on the net with AOL in 1995 the setup software asked for a
screen name. The natural response was to pick a favorite character name and
"Rubywand" was the choice.



Rubywand