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|  |                         What is this site ?                          \
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    | This site is a tribute to MUDA. MUDA was a Multi User Dungeon       |
    | Adventure, a multiplayer text adventure. If you are thinking MUD,   |
    | you are right.                                                      |
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    | (See http://tinyurl.com/2wptl3 for a definition of MUD).            |
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    | The not-so-standard part was that this game was written in REXX     | 
    | (with a few but important assembly parts), was running on an IBM4361|
    | mainframe and the network that had access to it was not internet,   |
    | but BITNET.                                                         |
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    | MUDA was active from late 1988 (i think, i am not sure), until      |
    | September 29 1994. I was the creator and main programmer of the     |
    | game, although several people helped with the coding later. Stelios |
    | wrote the assembly parts and some players started to write code     |
    | later. Back then i was using the name Gandalf and some times Merlin |
    | and i was one of the "gods" of the game.                            |
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    | The BITNET node where the game has been installed for the first time|
    | was GRCRUN11. Later the game moved two times. the first time to a   |
    | mainframe in Venice, Italy (IVEUNCC) and then back to University of |
    | Crete (GREARN). The last installation was in U. of Thessaloniki,    |   
    | Greece (GRTHEUN1), where MUDA moved in November 1991.               |
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    | But it was too late for these mainframes and as one after the other |
    | were decommissioned, MUDA's code and data ended up in one magnetic  | 
    | tape that i have not the faintest idea where it is now.             |
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    | The main page of this site is from the only advertising post i ever |
    | made about the game (almost spam). The post was posted to GAMES-L (a|
    | BITNET mailing list) in September 15 1992 and it is still available |
    | if you search in the well-known newsgroups archive.                 |
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    | If you were one of the MUDA players, i would be happy to hear from  |
    | you and even post anything you would like to say about MUDA in this |
    | site. Mail SYSTU003 in this node to reach me.                       | 
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    |                                                    Gandalf the God  |
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    |   /  (Last update: Nov 10 2012)                                         /
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