From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 04:17:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Comments on the history.
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Comments on the history.
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diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index a7b3232..7d8cc98 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
   then existed.  (This would be partly so people can try the original
   non-"super" version Matuszek and Reynolds wrote.)
 
-  Dave Matuszek tells me that SRSCAN, MOVE, PHASERS, CALL, STATUS,
-  IMPULSE, PHOTONS, ABANDON, LRSCAN, WARP, SHIELDS, DESTRUCT, CHART,
-  REST, DOCK, QUIT, and DAMAGE were in the original non-"super" version.
-
 * Code to hurl you out of quadrant if a supernova occurs as you warp in 
   seems to hang.
 
diff --git a/planets.c b/planets.c
index 1d1d1b8..69ca327 100644
--- a/planets.c
+++ b/planets.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void deathray(void)
 	skip(1);
 	prout("Lt. Uhura-  \"Graaeek!  Graaeek!\"");
 	skip(1);
-	prout("Spock-  \"Facinating!  . . . All humans aboard");
+	prout("Spock-  \"Fascinating!  . . . All humans aboard");
 	prout("  have apparently been transformed into strange mutations.");
 	prout("  Vulcans do not seem to be affected.");
 	skip(1);
diff --git a/sst.c b/sst.c
index 8d30bde..7c238fe 100644
--- a/sst.c
+++ b/sst.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#define INCLUDED	// Define externs here
+]#define INCLUDED	// Define externs here
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -11,6 +11,26 @@
 	
 /*
 
+Dave Matuszek says:
+
+  SRSCAN, MOVE, PHASERS, CALL, STATUS, IMPULSE, PHOTONS, ABANDON,
+  LRSCAN, WARP, SHIELDS, DESTRUCT, CHART, REST, DOCK, QUIT, and DAMAGE
+  were in the original non-"super" version.
+
+  Tholians weren't in the original. Dave is dubious about their merits.
+  There weren't even planets.  He says the bit about the Galileo getting
+  turned into a McDonald's is "consistant with our original vision".
+
+  Dilithium crystals weren't in the original.  Dave is OK with this idea.
+
+  Dave also says the Space Thingy should not be preserved across saved games,
+  so you can't prove to others that you've seen it.  He says it shouldn't
+  fire back, either.  It should so nothing except scream and disappear
+  when hit by photon torpedos.  It's OK that it moves when rammed, but it
+  didn't in the original.
+
+  The Faerie Queen was in the original.
+
 Here are Tom Almy's changes:
 
  Compared to original version, I've changed the "help" command to