Re: Four completely unrelated Apple questions

[nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <9408140424.AA10660@phy.mtu.edu> smmcafee@phy.mtu.edu (Sean M.
McAfee) writes:
>One.  When keyboard buffering is on (IIGS, obviously), where is the buffer
>located in memory?

That depends on whether or not the Event Manager is active.

If the Event Manager is active, the buffered keystrokes are stored in the
event queue.  If the Event Manager is not active, keystrokes are buffered
inside the ADB microcontroller.

>[munch, chomp, yum yum]
>
>Four.  Has anyone out there ever finished the classic (I think) Apple ][
>game "Ultima II"?  I could use just the barest whiff of a hint regarding
>how to harm Minax.  I'm starving to death chasing her all over her damn
>castle.  And come to think of it, can anyone tell me why, when I try to
>visit other planets in the rocketship in that game, as often as not I end
>up off course, in deep space?

To defeat Minax, you'll need the best arms and armor you can get.  It
helps if you have a quick blade...

You're probably getting blown off course by the good ol' random number
generator.  Just persevere, and make sure you have pleny of dilithium
(or trilithium, or whatever they're called) crystals and an ankh.

(A fun game.  Has some amusing bugs, like the infinite sailing ship
generator...)

               - Neil Parker
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