Stardock Loco History File and Updates.  Why, what, and when.
Definitely _not_ a must read....:)   Lunatic ravings.

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February 16th        Been very pleased with the response to SDL!  Been
                     working on the next release for some time.  Incorporating
                     (secret, don't tell anyone) internet play with my site
                     as a server has been a big job.  Hopefully I can finish
                     it up.  Going to graduate by June 20th, so I'm very busy.
                     Can't wait to have a real life again!  But knowing myself,
                     I'll probably register right away at another school, in
                     another field....hmmm, wonder how culinary school would be.
                     If you are reading this from the top down, start at the
                     bottom!!!  This will all make much more sense!!!
         

-1997-

May 20th             Drag hung-over sun-burnt culo back to phx for more
		     code induced madness.  Naw, gotta do school.  So,
		     if I take a break for a few months, you'll know why.
		     I'm furthering my education, and finishing my Jr. year
		     here at DeVry.  This way I can have a 30k debt when I
		     graduate.  Hmmm, wonder if there is a market out there
		     for shareware authors.  Maybe I can add it on my resume:

		     December 1995-present  - Shareware Author
			Created a weird game for bulletin board services.
			Spent 700+ hours coding, debugging, and maintaining C
			derived source code for amusement of others.  Salary
			averaged .27 cents an hour for time spent on game.

		     WAITASECOND!!!  I did all this for .27 cents an hour?
		     YEEESH!  I was making 24 bucks an hour serving drinks
		     at 35,000 feet!  Ah, but I didn't like that.  Well, I'll
		     continue to live off school loans and such.  Maybe, just
		     maybe it'll all pan out, and maybe just maybe I may make
		     a couple more bucks off this.  :)  It was fun.  I learned
		     C.  Payment received in full.

May 16-19            I expand my Spanish vocabulary to include "Mas".
		     Tomo mas cervezas, por favor....<G>  Tequila?  No.
		     Hope to have as good of a time this time down there
		     as I did last time.  What an awesome place to be.  If
		     you _ever_ go to Mexico, go to Ixtapa/Zihuatenejo.  It
		     is wonderful.  Want to go to Playa das Gatas this time.
		     3 bucks round trip to Ixtapa Island.  3 peso beers.
		     Roasted chicken with hot green sauce.  I can't wait!
		     Snorkling, boogie boarding, (No sharks this time please),
		     May never come back....maybe I can live there...<G>

May 16               9:20am, flight to Mexico City, Mexico departs from PHX.
		     Hopefully no swamps or mountains in the way to shorten
		     my life span.  Heck, I shouldn't worry about these
		     things, as I used to be a flight attendant.  (Yeah,
		     I did.)  But, I hate to fly, so here I sit on my butt
		     writing code.  <G>)

May 15               Release of 2.12.  Hope I didn't forget anything!  I'm
		     writing this in advance.  So many drives and director-
		     ies on my HD and disks that apply to SDL that it ain't
		     funny no more.  Gotta figger out what is what...:)
		     And delete the right ones this time!  Aaaarrr!

May 14               Almost finished with the release of 2.12.  I like it.
		     Ansi screens turned out pretty cool.  Gonna have to
		     try rip next, maybe.  I may take a break from the game
		     and see how response is to this version.  Not only that,
		     but I need to start concentrating back on school. :)
		     Starting to fall behind, but not badly.  Looked on HD
		     for sdcreat1.exe source code, realized I may have
		     deleted it.  Hmmm, where are my back up disks.  Wait,
		     what's a backup?  <G>  Found IGM Smush on HD.  Hey,
		     this is cool!  Forgot about it.  Need time!  I'll get
		     it done someday....  So many possibilities and ideas,
		     and no time.  Same with you, I'm sure.  Ah well.

May 13               MAY 13!!!  Holy cow!  Where does the time go?  A whole
		     month has passed since I wrote on this last.  Been bizzy
		     trying to be an ANSI artist.  Registrations and e-mail
		     on the game weirdly sporatic.  Everybody registers and
		     sends e-mail in spurts.  Serious!  I'll go 2-3 days with-
		     out a peep, then WHAMMO, everybody is back again.  Moon
		     fluctuations?  Very strange stuff.  But, things are
		     looking very cool, and very positive.  Can't wait for
		     Ixtapa.


April ?              Found out that 32 bit version is bogus.  It's got all
		     the code, but ain't 32 bit.  Gotta compile under 32 bit
		     compiler.  Hain't got.  Get one from friend, but it
		     doesn't like win3.1 under os/2 Warp Connect.  Bah!
		     Someday, it will go true 32 bit.

April 13             Fixed IGM problem stemming from new command line pars-
		     ing in game.  Weird stuff, but it works.  Continued
		     beta test.

April 12-13          IGM's not working in 32 bit version.  Stumped.  Leave
		     the house, play 2 hours of basketball, drink heavily,
		     then eat like pig.  Fall asleep on floor of friends
		     house, wake up, hoping it ain't a school day....
		     Do mail, up reg's, drink water, water, water.  Create
		     personal web site:  Title:  Spinach Quiche Sucks.
		     Check it out:  http://www.starlink.com/~alanen

update:              Change that to:  http://www.inficad.com/~alanen

April 11             Dan at the Information Exchange sets me up for beta
		     testing.  What a nice guy.  Tried to telnet in, but
		     bbs I'm using for telnet is garbage, can't upload files.
		     (65 bps, recursive send on packets, 20 hours estimated
		     time on upload.) ???  Sure, they say it's _my_ modem
		     set-up.  Hmmm, called 36 bbs's today, no problems over
		     there....<G>  Ah well, called Dan's bbs normal mode,
		     1.5 minute upload.  Hey, must be my modem...:)

		     Dan's BBS:  (great place) 770-957-3325 telnet: thix.com


April 9              Added 23 places for ANSI art in the game.  Decided
		     to let 3rd parties make them, or create some later.
		     See ansi.lst for details.


April ??!??          Early am, figure that I should get some sleep
		     as I am a student and have school soon. 4 hours?
		     uh oh....


April ????!          Banged out 3/4ths of Smush! an IGM today.
		     Looking really cool.  Now where do I stuff
		     an arcade game in this game?  Nearly finished
		     it, and decided to give 32 bit SDL another go.
		     Wrote letter to Brian Pirie, maker of Opendoors.
		     Think before write...think before write.  Hmmm.
		     Finish doors before release...finish doors before
		     release.  Gotta settle down and make sure stuff
		     is done!  Letter to Brian stated problems I was
		     having with his code.  Sent it off.  Proceeded
		     to find out after letter was sent that his code
		     was beautiful.  My compiler settings were ugly.
		     Hmmm.  My fault.  Ooops.  Recompiled everything
		     32 bit.  Now where can I find a fresh chicken, I
		     mean an unwary sysop with WC!5 to test this on...
		     <G>  Need bbs software, need big narly computer
		     to drive it with, need Bill Gates' wife and money.
		     Hmmmm....don't need his software.  Ugh.

April ????!          Banged out IGM for SDL.  IGM name is Profile.
		     Went berzerk and coded the thing in 3 hours.
		     Probably looks like it too....<G>  Heck, it's
		     an IGM.

April !???!          Lost track of time.  Going bananas.  Ate a few
		     as well.  Planning trip to Ixtapa, Mexico for
		     relaxation.  Hmmm, maybe I'll let the insurance
		     co. pay for it....hehehehe.  Waiting for check
		     to repair car.  Car or Mexico....Hmmmm.  That
		     dent would look pretty neat-o from the beach.
		     I'd just have to look at it through the bottom
		     of a Dos XX bottle...it wouldn't look bad.  But,
		     couldn't see the car anyway, as I will be way
		     down in the middle of that wonderful country.


March 29             Had fun at the game.  Got rammed by a wacko real
		     estate lady in a '96 Mercedes.  She blamed it on
		     me.  Hmmm, how does the rear end of my car hit
		     the front of her car if I'm going 15 mph _forward_
		     in a parking lot???
		     Decide to read logic problems to see if my logic
		     is screwy....<G>

March 29             Head for spring training b-ball game after school.
		     Free tickets given by friend.
		     Lady friend comes into town, I'm designated driver.
		     Go to game, drink cokes.  Wish I had a brew.  :(
		     Decide that weekend will be a party.  Realize I said
		     that last week, but answered 3000 pieces of mail and
		     gave away 200 reg keys instead.  Bah!  Set mind on
		     tall draught of Guinness.  Revamp mind picture to
		     large pitcher of Guinness.  Revamp mind picture to
		     _many_ large draughts from _many_ large pitchers of
		     Guinness!   Realize that I can only afford cheap watery
		     beer.  Decide to cry in it instead at first opportunity.
		     Realize it's been weeks since last beer.  Make dinner
		     of gooey Ramon noodles.  Eat some, give rest to dog.
		     Dog looks at me disgustedly and leaves the room.  Dream
		     of real food.  Look at dog interestedly.  Dog stew?
		     Dog kabobs.  Hmmm.  Dog burgers.....Large pieces of
		     shredded dog roast on Ramon noodles?  Hmmmm.  Hope
		     a registration letter comes in soon.  Running out
		     of pets....<G>

March 28             Realize that Franz is a genius.  Fixed share violations
		     by removing a dos call.  Recompiled with Opendoors 6.
		     New version has _better_ internal comm routines and
		     all kinds of stuff I don't even know about!
		     Released sdloco20.zip.  Promise myself
		     that I will _not_ release another version until the
		     32 bit version is ready.   Get free tickets to Sun's
		     game, and worry about program through the whole game.
		     Decide to drink lots of brew tomorrow.

March ?              Released sdl147ck.zip with fix for slow machine lock
		     ups.  Stuffed wrong order form in zip file.  Uh oh.
		     People are gonna wonder why they want to register
		     Figgit in place of Stardock Loco, and Figgit isn't
		     even public yet...No one knows that Figgit is a cool
		     multi configuration door system that takes care of
		     all your problems with doors and puts them into one
		     really big problem.  <G>  Decide to ax Figgit.

March ?              Talked with Franz (Author of NY2008 door game).
		     Puts idea in mind that share problems could be dos
		     calls.  Lock up problems could be od_kernal() calls
		     needed in loops for slower machines.  Ignored him...

March ?              Bunch of e-mails on share violations and lock ups.
		     Revamp idea that share violation is Bill McGate's fault.

		     Own up to my programming faults....

March 8              Re-released game with multi configuration
		     option to allow multiple node configs.   Same game.

March 3              Banzai'd the game all over arizona.

March 1              Figured share violation problem was fault of WIN95.
		     Released game. sdloco14.zip (Dumb...dumb...<G>)

February             Beta beta beta.  Jumped up and down on disk containing
		     game.  Going bananas.  Player list looks like it's been
		     run over by cement truck.  Fixed bug that corrupted
		     the player list.  BAD BUG!  BAD BAD BAD!!

January              Beta beta beta....Started wide beta in middle of month.

December 17-30       Went crazy trying to program game and finish it over
		     school break.  Decided that it was Loco (Crazy), and
		     I was batty as well.  Finished up game.  Added own
		     personal ansi screens.  Sleep-program-eat-sleep-program
		     eat-program-sleep-eat-eat-program-sleep-program-program
		     cycle continues for days.  Wake up at 3 am and fix bug
		     that miraculously was solved in dream.  Worked too!
		     Game forms into a pretty good door.

December 15-17       Found a friend that had bbs.  Finished prototype.
		     Game works after a few days of fiddling.   Game is
		     named Stardock 10.  Game stinks at this point.

December 13          Realized I was trying to re-invent the wheel.  Searched
		     local bbs's for comm libraries.  Found Opendoors 5.0,
		     converted printf's to od_printf's.  Now they go over
		     the phone line!!  Yeeehaw!  Tried to connect door game
		     over computers without help of bbs.  Doesn't work...

December 4-12        Began programming serial comm library.  Read mega books.
		     Start looking at ASM (assembler).  Vomit.

December 3           Realized that printf statements don't run well over
		     telephone lines.  Kick C book around room.

December 2, 1996     Learned C printf statement.  Decided to write a door game.
