SUBROUTINE HISTRY
C** A BRIEF HISTORY OF STAR TREK GAMES
      TYPE*,'    MANY VERSIONS OF STAR TREK HAVE BEEN KICKING AROUND'
      TYPE*,'VARIOUS COLLEGE CAMPUSES SINCE THE LATE SIXTIES. IN'
      TYPE*,'OCTOBER 1972, MIKE MAYFIELD OF CENTERLINE ENGINEERING'
      TYPE*,'AND/OR CUSTOM DATA, COMPLETED A VERSION WRITTEN FOR A'
      TYPE*,'HP-2000C.IT BECAME THE "STANDARD" STAR TREK IN '
      TYPE*,'FEBUARY 1973 WHEN IT WAS PUT IN THE HP DATA'
      TYPE*,'CONTRIBUTED PROGRAM LIBRARY AND ONTO A NUMBER OF HP'
      TYPE*,'DATA CENTER MACHINES.'
      TYPE*,'    LATER IN 1973, DAVID H. AHL CONVERTED AND ADDED TO'
      TYPE*,'THE HP VERSION, IN BASIC-PLUS, FOR DEC"S RSTS-11 '
      TYPE*,'COMPILER. (MARY COLE AT DEC ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS'
      TYPE*,'TASK.) THE SAME YEAR HE PUBLISHED IT UNDER THE NAME'
      TYPE*,'"SPACEWR" IN HIS BOOK "101 COMPUTER GAMES".'
      TYPE*,'    IT WAS ADDED TO AGAIN, BY ROBERT LEEDOM OF'
      TYPE*,'WESTINGHOUSE DEFENSE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS CENTER,'
      TYPE*,'AND PUBLISHED IN THE MAY-JUNE 1975 ISSUE OF CREATIVE'
      TYPE*,'COMPUTING MAGAZINE.'
      TYPE*,'     IT IS PRESENTED HERE, BASED ON THESE PRIOR VERSIONS'
      TYPE*,'WITH ENHANCEMENTS BY MYSELF. THESE ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE;'
      TYPE*,'THE "FOLDING UNIVERSE (I.E. THE ABILITY TO GO FROM'
      TYPE*,'QUADRANT 8,8 TO 1,1), THE ROMULN WITH A CLOAKING DEVICE,'
      TYPE*,' AND GALACTIC STORMS.'
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      TYPE*,'QUADRANT NOMENCLATURE'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'    RECENTLY, CERTAIN CRITICS HAVE PROFESSED CONFUSION'
      TYPE*,'AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE "QUADRANT" NOMEMCLATURE USED'
      TYPE*,'ON ALL STANDARD CG (CARTESIAN GALACTIC) MAPS. NATURALLY,'
      TYPE*,'FOR ANYONE WITH THE SLIGHTEST KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY, NO'
      TYPE*,'EXPLAINATION IS NECESSARY. HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING SYNOPSIS'
      TYPE*,'SHOULD SUFFICE FOR THE CRITICS.'
      TYPE*,'    MOST OF THE INTELLIGENT CIVILIZATIONS IN THE MILKY WAY'
      TYPE*,'HAD OROGINATED GALACTIC DESIGNATIONS OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING'
      TYPE*,'WELL BEFORE THE THIRD MAGELLANIC CONFERENCE (CONFERENCE'
      TYPE*,'HELD AT FEDERATION STARBASE 1, STARDATES 1016-1021), AT'
      TYPE*,'WHICH THE SO CALLED "2**6 AGREEMENT" WAS REACHED. IN THAT'
      TYPE*,'HISTORIC DOCUMENT, THE PARTICIPANT CULTURES AGREED, IN ALL'
      TYPE*,'TWO-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE GALAXY, TO SPECIFY'
      TYPE*,'64 MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS, ORDERED AS AN 8X8 MATRIX. THIS WAS'
      TYPE*,'PARTIALLY IN DEFERENCE TO THE EARTH CULTURE (WHICH HAD'
      TYPE*,'DONE MUCH IN THE INITIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERATION),'
      TYPE*,'WHOSE CENTURY-OLD GALACTIC MAPS HAD ALWAYS SHOWN 16 MAJOR'
      TYPE*,'REGIONS NAMED AFTER CELESTIAL LANDMARKS OF THE EARTH SKY.'
      TYPE*,'EACH OF THESE REGIONS WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR "QUADRANTS",'
      TYPE*,'DESIGNATED BY ANCIENT "ROMAN NUMERALS" (THE ORIGIN OF'
      TYPE*,'WHICH HAS BEEN LOST).'
      TYPE*,'    TO THE PRESENT DAY, THE OFFICIAL LOGS OF STARSHIPS'
      TYPE*,'ORIGINATING ON NEAR-EARTH STARBASES STILL REFER TO THE'
      TYPE*,'MAJOR GALACTIC AREAS AS "QUADRANTS".'
      TYPE*,'    THE RELATION BETWEEN THE HISTORICAL AND THE STANDARD'
      TYPE*,'NOMENCLATURES IS SHOWN IN THE SIMPLIFIED CG MAP BELOW.'
      TYPE*,'    '
      TYPE*,'QUADRANT   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8'
      TYPE*,'  '
      TYPE*,'   1            ANTARIES                SIRIUS'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III   IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   2              RIGEL                  DENEB'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III   IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   3            PROCYON                 CAPELLA'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III    IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   4              VEGA                  BETELGEUSE'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III    IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   5            CANOPUS                  ALDEBARAN'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III    IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   6             ALTAIR                  REGULUS'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III    IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   7          SAGITTARIUS               ARCTURUS'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III    IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'   8            POLLUX                    SPICA'
      TYPE*,'           I    II    III   IV     I    II    III    IV'
      TYPE*,'   '
      TYPE*,'  *** MY THANKS TO JOHN PULLINS OF ABEX CORP ***'
      TYPE*,'            *** FOR THIS TEXT ***'
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