From: agri@pa.itd.com (/usr/spool/mail/agri)
Subject: APPS: MUDS and sci.virtual-worlds
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:26:50 -0500



Greetings.

I've only recently subscribed to this group.  I've come across a few
conversations concerning MUDS in general.  However generally they seem
to be discounted.  True, they are text based at the moment but I'm
sure work is on going to incorporate both sound and graphics into the
servers.  I'm also sure that many people who become interested in
these MUDS, end up discouraged after reading the rec.games.mud.*
newsgroups due to the extremely high noise ratio there.

I'd like to take the time to invite you to help me evaluate my MUD.
Its named AfterFive and runs at pa.itd.com on port 9999 The numbers
for pa are 128.160.2.249 9999 Hours of operation are from 5 pm until 8
am CST.

This system was built to simulate Bourbon St. in New Orleans,
Louisiana.  In addition to the simulation I incorporated a Citadel
style BBS.  I'm sure that my database could use a considerable amount
of improvement.  At the moment I'm more concerned with the user
interface and usability of the software.  Items I'd like to expand on
are the incorporation of high quality sound and graphics, speech
recognition and synthesis, and of course enhancing the text interface.

If you are interested drop in and check AfterFive out.  I'd be VERY
interested in hearing constructive comments about the system.  My
e.mail address is howard@pa.itd.com and I can be found online as
"Howard".

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*                              Howard                                        *
*               Howard or Dark_Lord on most MUDS and BBSs                    *
*       Admin of AfterFive at af.itd.com 9999   128.160.2.249 9999           *
*   "An unused CPU cycle is a wasted CPU cycle.  You can't save them up!"    *
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Standard disclaimer here.  I do NOT in any way shape
or form speak for ITD, SRSC, NASA, nor any other organization.
Everything contained in this mail are my own personal thoughts and
opinions.  Flame away.