Re: Can't figure out "Apple Trek"

[Chuck Morris <chuckwmorris@gmail.com>]

On Apr 22, 12:36 pm, DMn2004404 <dmn2004...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 5:52 pm, Chuck Morris <chuckwmor...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 21, 4:35 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
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> > > DMn2004404 wrote:
> > > > I encountered the "Apple Trek" program on the Virtual Apple website
> > > > (virtualapple.org) and, frankly, the "navigation" command has me
> > > > stumped.  How exactly am I supposed to work with that particular
> > > > command?
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> > > Isn't that where one is supposed to type the coordinates which correspond to
> > > the on-screen map grid?
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> > > Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh
> > > computing.http://macgui.com/vault/
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> > Headings for both navigation and firing photon torpedoes use degrees,
> > with 0 being the top of the screen, 90 to the right, 180 to the
> > bottom, and 270 to the left.  You can type a question mark (sometimes)
> > to get a list of the numeric commands that are valid.  A bit of trial
> > and error ought to make this clearer.
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> Yes, I get the general idea, but how exactly do I input the actual
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You're likely experiencing problems due to one or more of the
following:

1.  Attempting to use the numeric keypad on your computer
2.  Replying to prompts for alphabetic information in lower case

The game was programmed in Integer Basic at a time when lower case
wasn't standard equipment on the Apple II, so programmers often didn't
check for the possibility that the user might enter lower case.  When
you try to navigate and it prompts you as to whether you want to use
the warp or ion drive "W" or "I", entering either "w" or "i" is
ignored.  As for numeric input, the ActiveGS emulator that Virtual
Apple uses doesn't map the inputs from the numeric keypad the way you
expect, so you have to use the numbers from the top row of keys.

The docs for this game (such as they are) can be found here:
http://www.textfiles.com/apple/DOCUMENTATION/appletrek.txt