Seeking Startrek Game in Magazines

I have in my collection the following 8.5x11 paperback books:

1) 101 Basic Computer Games, David H. Ahl, Digital Equipment Corp., 1973

2) Basic Computer Games Microcomputer Edition, David H. Ahl, Workman Publishing, 1978 ISBN 0-89480-052-3

3) Basic Computer Games Microcomputer Edition, David H. Ahl, Creative Computing, 1978 ISBN 0-916688-07-0

Each of them has a Star Trek game in BASIC, probably descended and copied in chronological order. In 1) the program is named SPACWR, in 2) and 3) it is named "Super Star Trek". Casual visual DIFF of 2) and 3) seems to indicate that they are identical except for page numbering.

The game in 2) and 3) appears to be the same, again by casual visual DIFF.

The introduction to the game in 2) is as follows: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief History

Many versions of Star Trek have been kicking around various college campuses since the late sixties. I recall playing one at Carnegie-Mellon Univ. in 1967 or 68, and a very different one at Berkeley. However, these were a rar cry from the one writen by Mike Mayfield of Centerline Engineering and-or Custom Data. This was written for an HP2000C and completed in October 1972. It became the "standard" Star Trek in February 1973 when it was put in the HP contributed program library and onto a number of HP Data Center machines.

In the summer of 1973, I converted the HP version to BASIC-PLUS for DEC's RSTS-11 compiler and added a few bits and pieces while I was at it. Mary Cole at DEC contributed enormously to this task too Later that yera I published it inder the name SPACWR (Space War -- in retrospect, an incorrect name) in my book 101 Basic Computer Games. It is difficult today to find an interactive computer installation that does not have one of these versions of Star Trek available. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I" above is of course David H. Ahl.

In 3), another paragraph has been added to the intro: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Of course, a program like Star Trek does not stay static for long. Of the many extensions I have seen, by far the best is by Bob Leedom of Westinghouse Defense and Electronic Systems Center. It's presented here as SUPER STAR TREK. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Now what shall I do with these books that have been sitting on the bottom shelf of the bookcase for the past two and a half decades? Oh, I also have More Basic Computer Games, David H. Ahl, Creative Computing Press 1979, ISBN 0-916688-09-7.

carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego