Star Trader Betelgeuse

["John S. Green" <johnsgreen@worldnet.att.net>]

Anyone seen this lately.  It was originally
programmed in Integer Basic in 1976.

Multiple players (human or computer) could
play.

Essentially you had a 10x10 grid (map of the galaxy)
which had a number of Stars (*) on it.

On any blank grid coordinate, you could make a
move when it was your turn by placing an 'outpost'
there.

When two or more outposts occurred, the person
who placed the last outpost proudly became the
owner of a new trading company in which other
players could buy or sell stock.

The play eventually came to a head at the end of the
game where smaller trading companies would
swallow bigger until at the end there was only
one company left.

Does this ring a bell??