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From: 94mcneim@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (Douglas McNeil)
Subject: Balances: getting the feather
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 16:53:14 GMT
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Methinks something strange is afoot.  I'm trying to learn Inform and was
reading through and playing Graham's "Balances" to get the hang of it.
But for some reason I can't get the feather!

I gathered from the source (maybe I'm wrong) that it would randomly drop
from the flying turtle, but it never does for me.  I'm running XZip on a
Unix machine, and I'm wondering if there's something iffy about the
randomiser.  (Shouldn't be, though, 'cause I think* it does the kittens
right in Gareth's _Looking Glass_).

Any ideas, anyone?


Doug

