From: fihsu@athena.mit.edu (Hsu I-wei)
Subject: Announcment:  Release of MUDMONGER .1 alpha
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 02:43:12 GMT

Ok folks, all this talk about the different types of muds can now be put to
rest! Make way for MUDMONGER, the ultimate MUD experience!

MUDMONGER code includes all the features of the following types of MUDs:

Aber, Diku, lp, MUSH (including PernMUSH and other variants), MUSE, MUCK,
Unter, Unber, DUM, MOO, Teeny, TinyMUD.

100% backward compatibility with all version of these types of muds..
With the @MUD command, all users get to customize which type of M*** a 
MUDMONGER will emulate!

Aside from all the features found in current muds, MUDMONGER .1 includes the
following enhancements:

- multi-lingual, complex parser which can understand input in hundreds of
  languages including cliches and slang.  If this is not sufficient, you can
  get an optional neural interface which will attempt to assemble your
  neural impulses.  (CAUTION: This has not yet been throroughly tested, and
  possible feedback may cause permanent mental incapacitation.)

- 3-D graphics, but of course! And with TRUE device independent graphics, you
  can pipe graphics output to any medium!!! The scenario you create is limited
  only by your imagination, and you can appear as absolutely anything!

- anti-netlag provisions. MUDMONGER will search through every available net
  path when transmitting data, and pick the quickest way to send data. Pathways
  are not limited to Internet, but through any transmission medium!  Beware
  to set MUDMONGER to a reasonable max speed for transmission or else it
  WILL be too much for any transmission line to handle.

- With MUDMONGER, you can create VR which stimulates all human senses!
  and MUDMONGER uses Turbo A-ZPEG compression. For example, a beta version of
  Earth has recently been created and stored in a 5K file. And yes, MUDMONGER
  is truly device independent so you can store a MUDMONGER db on any medium.

- MUDMONGER allows intermud travel with any type of M**. CAUTION: Going from
  any other type of mud to/from a MUDMONGER may result in insanity or death
  due to the shock.

- self-protection faculties. MUDMONGER can protect itself against illegal
  shutdowns by sysadmins. MUDMONGER does warn the assailant before resorting
  to force.

Sounds good??  Well, nothing is perfect and needless to say MUDMONGER still has
a few bugs which need fixed.
Thanks to a small group of testers, the following bugs are currently being
worked on:

- a couple of testers ended up becoming part of the MUDMONGER db against their
  will. Solution: a VR -> RL extraction utility is in the works

- reports of inexplicable physical injuries that were supposed to be VR
  injuries in MUDMONGER.  Solution: When the neural interface is completed,
  only physical damage to the brain should be possible.

- reports of strange experiences during VR death, including flashbacks of VR
  life.

- db instability which has cause self-destruction and annihilation of the
  medium the db is stored on.

MUDMONGER version .1 is still in the alpha stage. We have all the testers
we need. In fact, many of the testers have been created BY MUDMONGER! However,
we need suggestions for future versions!


Disclaimer:  MUDMONGER is not to be associated with BLAZEMONGER, the ultimate
             Amiga computer.