Old Stuff

Introduction

A repository of software I'm not interested in maintaining. Note: since the code is old, it may use language features that are now deprecated.

Eircom mail downloading scripts

• EircomScripts.tgz
• Two Python scripts which I used to automatically download e-mail from my http://home.eircom.net/email account. I wrote them for myself, so they are totally user unfriendly. You might need some Python knowledge to get them to work for you.
• Language: Python
• License: public domain

GetOpts for Clean

• GetOpts-1.0.tgz
• A GetOpts module for the Clean Programming Language.
• A module for interpreting command-line arguments in a standard way.
• Language: Clean
• License: GPL v2.0

Lifewords

• Lifewords.tgz
• A Python script which produces Game of Life patterns out of text.
• Language: Python
• License: GPL v2.0

Mr. Meteoroid Game

• Meteoroid.sis
• MeteoroidSrc.sis
• A lo-fi game for the EPOC operating system (now called Symbian).
• The plot: "Welcomes to you, fellow shield-operatron of planetoid defence. Again, we must defendinate our glorious planetoid against descending space-bits. If only we can achievify high scorings before our inevitable doomage..."
• Language: OPL
• License: Public domain

Paste

• Paste.tap
• Co-written with Glenn Strong, our entrant into the Crap Game Competition 2000. We didn't win.
• The plot: "Oh No! Mrs Botcholochevskichev's babies are all a-wander on the kitchen linoleum. Only a helpful paste bottle can stop them doing themselves a mischief. Paste the babies into a clump to win."
• Language: Sinclair BASIC
• License: GPL v2.0

Gob sources

• gobSources.tap
• The source to the text adventure "Gob" which a friend (Simon Fitzpatrick) and I wrote as teenagers. Even though it's very very bad, the game itself has been uploaded to World of Spectrum.
• Language: The Professional Adventure Writer
• License: GPL v2.0