Thursday, March 24, 2011

Overheard on the Jetway

We're boarding our flight at DFW.  The Jetway isn't your usual through-the-door-to-the-plane straight shot.  It's surprisingly twisty and turny.
Me (to #2 Son): This is a maze of twisty passages, all alike.

Me: That's from what may be the oldest computer game.

The guy behind us: "ADVENT".  That was an awesome game.  We used to play it on the VAX.
J. Random Guy at the airport is horning in on our Techno-Geekery.  Wow.

6 comments:

  1. TJICMarch 24, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    Ha! Awesome story.

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  2. DavidMarch 24, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Our PDP 11/70 had that, plus a pretty fun B1 bomber game as well. ;-)

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  3. KeadsMarch 24, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    Huh- My PDP 8/e at Western Electric really could not play games. The thing was hooked up to a test set and a Teletype!

    Great story though!

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  4. PaladinMarch 25, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    Lots of twisty mazes at DFW. I often look for the piece of cheese at the end :)

    If I had known you guys were laying over in DFW, I could have picked you up and fed you a sandwich. In gratitude, you could have helped me with the 700 lbs of retaining wall stones I laid and 800 lbs of soil I shoveled for the raised flower bed.

    I know... your loss. I make a really good sandwich :)

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  5. BorepatchMarch 25, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    David, we tended a bit more towards the Moon Lander game, but there was a lot of Unix at work ...

    Paladin, sadly, it was only a 90 minute layover. Happy to help you lay some stone, but wouldn't have had much time. I'll take a rain check on the sandwich, though.

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  6. Bob S.March 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    I'll second Paladin.

    Anytime you folks are coming through DFW let me know. We'll see if we can't hook up for some range time or at least a meal.

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