Thanks for the post..and apologies, Mike. At first, I mistook you for Steve Scherf. (Another UCSC THX-programmer, turned successful software engineer)

CLP, with his writing of mtrek, strongly influenced my early interests in life, (of the UNIX-terminal variety) which in turn, shaped my skillset that has carried me to where I am (professionally as well as geographically) today.

It is always great to read that another mtrekker remembers the game. While any form of the "original source" is unlikely to ever be compiled again, mtrek and a small piece of clp, will live on as long as there is a single geek in the world, who remembers the significance of:
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