Appendix B

USEFUL ADDRESSES

MUSE MUD
Multi-User Entertainment Ltd is the company set up to write the software for MUD and its successors. They are responsible for licensing the game and for looking after the users in the new version co-published with British Telecom. A MUD starter pack costs £20. It includes a map, a booklet containing hints and tips, a password protected account and your first three hours in the game free. Thereafter MUD costs between £1 and £2 per hour depending on how much time you purchase in advance.

MUSE Ltd,
6, Albemarle Way,
London EC1V 4JB

Telephone: (01) 608 1171

COMPUNET MUD
Originally set up for Commodore 64 owners, Compunet sell a special modem enabling you to access the original MUD as well as offering various other services. They now offer associate membership to people who have different micros and modems. MUD on Compunet costs around £3 per hour.

Compunet Teleservices Ltd,
Metford House,
15-18 Clipstone Street,
London W1P 7DF

Telephone: (01) 637 0942

Packet Switch Stream
A PSS account is essential if you want to play on Essex University in the middle of the night or don't want to pay for long-distance calls to the MUSE/BT Vax. The University's NUA is A2206411411 and, once through, you LOG 2653,2653. The password is GUESTS. Then you just type MUD. At the tome of writing only 20 players are permitted on the system simultaneously, however. The NUA of the new MUD is not available at the tome of writing but contact MUSE to find it. A PSS account costs around £25 per year and around £1 per hour to play MUD. There are no charges to use the Essex DEC-10 but the hours are unfriendly and it's difficult to get in.

Packet Switch Stream,
GO7 Lutyens House,
1-6 Finsbury Circus,
London EC2M 7LY

Telephone: (01) 920 0661