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by Abethor

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Abethor2009-01-14 16:09:28
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Romero's attack rebounds off your magical shield.
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Romero begins to chant and raises his arms. Shafts of blue light rise up around
the location, like the bars of a prison.
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Romero empties out an emerald vial into his mouth.
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You gag a bit as you inhale your own stink.
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You execute the Kd maneuver: STRIKE ROMERO RLEG.
Your vision blurs as your target suddenly shifts away from you, causing you to
lose track of your target.
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You execute the Hp maneuver: SMITE DOWN ROMERO.
You must regain equilibrium first.
You have recovered equilibrium.
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You execute the Kd maneuver: STRIKE ROMERO RLEG.
Your action causes the nearly invisible magical shield around you to fade away.
Focusing on his right leg, you strike at Romero with a torrential hammer of the
sea, who smoothly steps away from the blow. You almost lose your balance as your
thrust fails to connect.
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You execute the Hp maneuver: SMITE DOWN ROMERO.
With a heavy overhand stroke, you slam a torrential hammer of the sea down upon
Romero. You smite his chest, leaving a small bruise.
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Flames lick around you - you are on fire!
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Romero hurls a tarot card with the image of the Hanged Man on it at you. As it
reaches you, a huge mass of rope bursts out of it, entrapping and hindering you.
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You twist and turn as you struggle to break free of the ropes that bind you.
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Romero takes some salve from a vial and rubs it on his chest.
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Romero takes some salve from a vial and rubs it on his chest.
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With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
Your blood boils as it throws off the effects of the poison rushing through your
veins.
Your blood settles down, its poison immunity fading.
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You have recovered balance on your legs.
You have recovered balance on your right arm.
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You twist and turn as you struggle to break free of the ropes that bind you.
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You have recovered balance on your legs.
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You have recovered balance on your left arm.
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You twist and turn as you attempt to escape from your entanglement.
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Romero points at you and shoves a hideous archdemon towards you. Wicked steel
implements appear in his claws as he jumps on you, then begins to carve deeply
and slowly into your flesh. You scream and convulse in abject agony during this
obscene torture.
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You have writhed free of your ropes.
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You execute the Kd maneuver: STRIKE ROMERO LLEG.
Focusing on his left leg, you strike at Romero with a torrential hammer of the
sea, who smoothly steps away from the blow. You almost lose your balance as your
thrust fails to connect.
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With a cold smile, a hideous archdemon digs his claws into your flesh, sending a
bolt of excruciating pain through your body.
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You execute the Cw maneuver: STRIKE ROMERO HEAD.
You are shackled and cannot do that.
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The cold of the grave seeps into your bones, causing you to shudder.
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You have recovered balance on your right arm.
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You take a drink from an onyx vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
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The Nil Grim Horror grabs ahold of you with a rotting taloned claw, draining all
warmth from your body.
The raging fire about your skin goes out.
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SIP FIRE!

You take a drink from an emerald vial.
A feeling of comfortable warmth spreads over you.
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You take a drink from an emerald vial.
The potion flows down your throat without effect.
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You bleed 396 health.
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With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
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You slowly hobble north.
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Romero quickly flings a tarot card at you, and you feel unreasonable lust for
him.
You shake your head and glare hatefully at all your surroundings.
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You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
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You are bound and cannot move.
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You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
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You take out some salve and quickly rub it on your legs.
The bones in your right leg mend.
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You twist and turn as you struggle to break free of the shackles that bind you.
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Romero points at you and shoves a hideous archdemon towards you. Wicked steel
implements appear in his claws as he jumps on you, then begins to carve deeply
and slowly into your flesh. You scream and convulse in abject agony during this
obscene torture.
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You take a drink from an onyx vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
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You may apply another salve to yourself.
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You have recovered balance on all limbs.
You bleed 743 health.
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Romero laughs at empty air.
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A hideous archdemon forms a ball of darkness in his palm, then hurls it at you,
striking you full in the chest. Shadowy tendrils burst forth and slither over
your skin.
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You twist and turn as you attempt to escape from your entanglement.
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"Let's get cHaOtic!!!" Romero exclaims.
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You have writhed free of your shackles.
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The Nil Grim Horror grabs ahold of you with a rotting taloned claw, draining all
warmth from your body.
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SIP FIRE!

You are paralysed and cannot do that.
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PARALYZED - FOCUS BODY

You take a drink from an emerald vial.
A feeling of comfortable warmth spreads over you.
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With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
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You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
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You clear your throat in an attempt to gain the attention of those around you.
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You may drink another purgative or curing potion.
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You take a drink from an onyx vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
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Romero points at you and utters a string of terrible sounds, which leech away
your mental reserves.
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The cold of the grave seeps into your bones, causing you to shudder.
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You bleed 682 health.
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Shafts of blue light spring out of the ground, preventing you from moving in
that direction.
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Clenching his fists, a hideous archdemon screams in rage at you, and a ball of
fire erupts at your feet, briefly enveloping you.
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You have recovered balance on all limbs.
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You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
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You are paralysed and cannot do that.
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PARALYZED - FOCUS BODY

Romero points at you and utters a string of terrible sounds, which leech away
your mental reserves.
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The Nil Grim Horror lunges at you and sinks its rotting fangs into your flesh,
greedily drinking your blood.
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SIP FIRE!

"The voices! The voices! Get them out of my head!!" you moan, holding your head
in pain.
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You bleed 621 health.
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Frustratingly, your body won't respond to your call to action.
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With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
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You take a drink from an onyx vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.
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You gag a bit as you inhale your own stink.
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A dark miasmic taint engulfs Romero, and he plunges his hand into your chest.
You are drawn forward and surrounded by a swarm of shadowy snakes that begin to
consume you.
You realize that your soul is no longer in your body just as your being
disintegrates in the seething mass of unholy darkness.
You have been slain by Romero.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
The corpse of an enormous gorgog falls out of your inventory.
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You are dead and cannot do that.
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You may drink another health, mana, or bromide potion.
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Romero searches the air in front of him, then tugs upon an invisible strand of
force.
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Tight passageway in the caves.
Shafts of blue light form crisscrossing patterns here. This location is flooded
with shallow, crystal clear water. A young male horse with a cropped mane stands
here, pawing the ground. Crafted of fluid mud which flows up from the ground
into its muscular contours, an enormous gorgog stands here with fists clenched.
You see exits leading north and southwest.
0h, 313m, 3492e, 10p ex-say heh
You say, "Heh."
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Tight passageway in the caves.
Shafts of blue light form crisscrossing patterns here. This location is flooded
with shallow, crystal clear water. A young male horse with a cropped mane stands
here, pawing the ground. Crafted of fluid mud which flows up from the ground
into its muscular contours, an enormous gorgog stands here with fists clenched.
You see exits leading north and southwest.
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Your mana drains away as you concentrate on maintaining a link with the living.
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You are dead, perhaps you should "Pray for Salvation".
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Romero, Fist of Luciphage says, "Thanks for trying, more fun."
0h, 163m, 3492e, 10p ex-say I thought I would
You say, "I thought I would."
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Romero, Fist of Luciphage says, "Hate runners."
0h, 163m, 3492e, 10p ex-say for your sake
You say, "For your sake."
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Your mana drains away as you concentrate on maintaining a link with the living.
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You are dead, perhaps you should "Pray for Salvation".

Okay so I need some help. I use Nexus, I have no system. What can I do so I don't just get swamped and die?
Because quite frankly, I died to an easily combatable instakill. I was only surged because I was hunting, I normally wouldn't do that in such a situation.
Enter helpful suggestions.... shocked.gif
EDIT: I use a mac so I don't have options besides Nexus really...
Fania2009-01-14 16:22:10
QUOTE (Abethor @ Jan 14 2009, 08:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Okay so I need some help. I use Nexus, I have no system. What can I do so I don't just get swamped and die?
Because quite frankly, I died to an easily combatable instakill. I was only surged because I was hunting, I normally wouldn't do that in such a situation.
Enter helpful suggestions.... shocked.gif
EDIT: I use a mac so I don't have options besides Nexus really...


Learn how to run really fast, heh heh.

I'm helpful!
Shiri2009-01-14 16:23:21
Honestly wouldn't have helped you much here, but:
1. Clot
2. Unsurge
3. Don't do this:
QUOTE
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With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
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You take a drink from an onyx vial.
The potion heals and soothes you.

4. Don't whiff into stance: he dodged your first attack at his legs, so your next move should have been either to crush it for a knockdown, or hit somewhere else to hopefully distract his parry/stance
5. Don't bash in PK-free areas while that kind of person is around and not obviously busy if you can avoid it

EDIT: I think you can get tinyfugue on macs. Veonira used to and that worked ok for her with Alger's system. I don't think there are any current systems for it though and I don't know how hard it would be to code your own in it

EDIT: 6. Cure paralysis..make sure you have an if then statement so you don't spam it and annihilate your mana
Desitrus2009-01-14 16:27:23
Don't use nexus. Barring that, blow all your power up front. You're a knight, get ahead and get ahead early, crush it up front. As a nexus user you aren't really going to score any finesse points for a powerless kill.
Abethor2009-01-14 16:27:31
QUOTE (Fania @ Jan 14 2009, 10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Learn how to run really fast, heh heh.

I'm helpful!

Ha, that's what I usually do, but I decided I'd 'be a man' so to speak and hold my ground this time. For....ten seconds...

EDIT: I can't code for beans.
Desitrus2009-01-14 16:49:07
QUOTE (Abethor @ Jan 14 2009, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ha, that's what I usually do, but I decided I'd 'be a man' so to speak and hold my ground this time. For....ten seconds...

EDIT: I can't code for beans.


I guess I'll ask the same question I ask a lot of people these days:

Why Nexus? There are actual free up to date systems on free clients in this forum. If it's a work thing or a school thing where you can't install I can understand it, but if this is home use and you come asking questions, the number one thing you can do for yourself is at the very least Mushclient and Treant.
Shurimaru2009-01-14 16:56:05
Even if it is a school/work thing and you can't install, try running something off a Flash drive?

Then again, that may or may not address the Mac problem.
Abethor2009-01-14 16:57:16
Most clients simply don't work on a Mac, and that is my trouble.

Catarin helped me located a workable version of Mudwalker, which is coded in Lua. I'm trying to figure out if I can translate the Treant code to work there, but I'm not having much luck.
EDIT: Not possible, no. So it looks like I'm going to teach myself how to code unless someone wants to help me out.
Isuka2009-01-14 18:08:36
QUOTE (Abethor @ Jan 14 2009, 08:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Most clients simply don't work on a Mac, and that is my trouble.

Catarin helped me located a workable version of Mudwalker, which is coded in Lua. I'm trying to figure out if I can translate the Treant code to work there, but I'm not having much luck.
EDIT: Not possible, no. So it looks like I'm going to teach myself how to code unless someone wants to help me out.


TinyFugue works on a mac, and is actually a very nice client. My Ur'Guard did fairly well using it, and never really saw any slowdown.
Romero2009-01-14 18:14:00
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With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
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What did you do to cure for that much?
Abethor2009-01-14 18:22:43
QUOTE (Romero @ Jan 14 2009, 12:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1840h, 313m, 3492e, 10p exkp-
With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
5652h, 1720m, 3492e, 10p exkp-v

What did you do to cure for that much?

You hit me with recklessness. That's why I ate the horehound a little further down, because I knew that my vitality wasn't THAT good.

EDIT: @Isuka - I can download Tinyfugue but I don't know how to set it up properly.
Celina2009-01-14 18:24:22
QUOTE (Romero @ Jan 14 2009, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1840h, 313m, 3492e, 10p exkp-
With his deadly tail, Romero strikes out at you and stings you.
5652h, 1720m, 3492e, 10p exkp-v

What did you do to cure for that much?


You stung him for recklessness.

Oh rommy.


Ummm, as a nexus user vs an affliction class...your only option is to run.
Romero2009-01-14 18:26:23
Heh. Yeah. I was about to say no way, weird reading it from your side. I can't pick up these things. I r a noob.
Abethor2009-01-14 18:30:17
QUOTE (Romero @ Jan 14 2009, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Heh. Yeah. I was about to say no way, weird reading it from your side. I can't pick up these things. I r a noob.

worthy.gif
Eamon2009-01-14 19:32:20
QUOTE
EDIT: @Isuka - I can download Tinyfugue but I don't know how to set it up properly.


Once you download the package, you should be able to follow the instructions in tf-50b8/unix/README to do a default install on Mac OS X. It's something like:

1. Go to the top folder (tf-50b8)
2. In a terminal window, type
./configure
make install
3. The executable "tf" should now be in /Users/(yourusername)/bin
... at least, that's where it showed up when I installed it.
4. You run "tf" from a terminal window. Just navigate to the folder where the executable is and type
tf
5. To make aliases, triggers, etc... you'll need to make a file called "tfrc" (you can make it in TextEdit or your favourite editor). The help directory that you can download with the source code is *incredibly* useful. There is a sharper learning curve in tf than in say, Mush, but like Isuka's said already, you're getting a fast and versatile client.

Good luck with the system-hunt!

Unknown2009-01-14 19:46:47
Tinyfuge works on Macs, as established. Resources:

forums: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=650747

mailing list: mailto:tinyfugue-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net

TF embedded with Python, as well as libraries and help files: http://sizer99.com/tf/

And attached, a guide written for another MUD. Good luck.
Abethor2009-01-14 19:55:03
QUOTE (Eamon @ Jan 14 2009, 01:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Once you download the package, you should be able to follow the instructions in tf-50b8/unix/README to do a default install on Mac OS X. It's something like:

1. Go to the top folder (tf-50b8)
2. In a terminal window, type
./configure
make install
3. The executable "tf" should now be in /Users/(yourusername)/bin
... at least, that's where it showed up when I installed it.
4. You run "tf" from a terminal window. Just navigate to the folder where the executable is and type
tf
5. To make aliases, triggers, etc... you'll need to make a file called "tfrc" (you can make it in TextEdit or your favourite editor). The help directory that you can download with the source code is *incredibly* useful. There is a sharper learning curve in tf than in say, Mush, but like Isuka's said already, you're getting a fast and versatile client.

Good luck with the system-hunt!

When I do this it says "no such file or directory found."
Eamon2009-01-14 20:05:20
QUOTE
When I do this it says "no such file or directory found."


Are you in the right directory in your terminal? You want the tf-50b8 directory, not the unix one inside of it. You should be able to ls and see the configure executable and the Makefile.
Gwylifar2009-01-14 20:07:25
QUOTE (Celina @ Jan 14 2009, 01:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You stung him for recklessness.

Oh rommy.

You should have tried to convince him his tail had delivered the trueheal poison. If we could get that rumor going, that there's a trueheal poison... I think the Idiots forum would be a lot funnier.
Abethor2009-01-14 20:34:51
QUOTE (Eamon @ Jan 14 2009, 02:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Are you in the right directory in your terminal? You want the tf-50b8 directory, not the unix one inside of it. You should be able to ls and see the configure executable and the Makefile.

That's the thing. I'm so inept I don't know how to change the directory... confused.gif