idNews/idNews04_morestuff
From: ddt@daisy.cc.utexas.edu (David Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: idNews: Need advice, it wasn't me!, and other stuff
Date: 20 Dec 1993 08:34:06 -0600
Organization: id Software
on Net-stuff:
We're re-doing the net code so that it doesn't use broadcast
packets. Please don't angst about release dates. It's a
high-priority thing, and when it's done, we'll get it out ASAP.
This goes for the serial code and most other fixes as well.
In the meantime, we're also wondering about PC BSD-ish TCP/IP
drivers. What's common out there? We'll prolly do BSD-style TCP/IP
next if it's common as we've already written the code for the NeXT
version.
on this Listserv David Taylor saying strange things about the serial
release for Doom:
Wrong guy. We're working on the serial code now, and we don't know
exactly when it'll be out, but it's coming right along.
Be warned future parents, David Taylor is just a super-unwise name
for your kids. There's bunches of 'em. There's a David Taylor of
Hewlett Packard, author of Elm. There's another David Taylor, editor
of a (discontinued?) electronic gaming magazine (not Game Bytes-
that's this Dave Taylor). There's some David Taylor Research
Somethingorother (hopefully, they're looking into this overused name
and the effect upon its owners). And most unfortunately, there's
some monolothic David Taylor Cadillac dealer in Houston. ew.
on bug-fixing, new features, and a slightly overloaded coder:
We're doing lots of it. I've been inundated with mail this last week
and am having a little trouble getting work done. The problem is that
I'm a lot like a synchronous serial line and "from" is my NULL character.
This is why I get lots of compliments on speedy replies (sorry- it's
not so much responsibility as it is a disorder).
A quick run-down of the top-10 letters I get (in no particular order)
and how I sometimes feel like answering:
10.Q:"When is PAS-16 support going to be done? I can't believe
you supported GUS first. There's
(where
A:"Soon! I don't know why, either. Perhaps there was a mixup
at the hospital?"
9.Q:"When is serial support going to be in?"
A:"Soon! We're working on it now."
8.Q:"Will Doom work on my with
(where all variables are arbitrarily small numbers and
none mention the video card or bus speed)
A:"Dunno! Try it and see! It's free! Neat, huh? :)"
7.Q:"My
(where
A:"We all know DOOM's got a good chunk of evil in there.
We suspect the number of the beast to be 4GW."
6.Q:"My screen's dark."
A:"Turn it on. If it's still too dark, get v1.1 and hit F11."
5.Q:"Are you going to release the map editor?"
A:"No, that was Real Work (tm). We will release other utilities,
though and figure it'll be .. what.. two days? a week? before
there's 6 home-brew map editors in revision 0.99pl35z."
4.Q:"Are you going to fix the IPX broadcasting thing?"
A:"Yes."
3.Q:"Are you going to add TCP/IP support?"
A:"Someone will, perhaps us."
2.Q:"Are you going to do a
if (m=="Jag") answer="Why, yes! (with cartoon sparkle in smile even)";
else if (m=="3DO") answer="No sir, I don't like it!"; // - R & S
else if (m=="NeXT") answer="Already out";
else if (m=="UNIX/X") answer="MuHAHAHA... you ARE evil but i like it!";
else answer="Although this is an excellent machine with broad"
"support and a sizable market, we really just feel that"
"<13-bit CPU w/ superKluge goes here> really does not fit"
"quite right with long-range company goals.";
1.Q:"I realize you must be busy, but..."
A:"Can't ... Get ... Work ... Done-... Must... Warn ... Others!"
- Jason Yenawine of Origin Systems doing Captain Kirk of Star Trek
God Bless Hank and FAQ-maintainers everywhere. :)
=-ddt->