Talk:Bones

When was the bones pile feature conceived and implemented? fontppp in #nethack asks and I couldn't find an answer. One of the significant changes from Hack 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 was "A real amulet of Yendor can no longer be found in bones files." so bones are at least as old as (and certainly older than) 1.0.2 which came out in April 1985. Were they in Jay Fenlason's Hack, or introduced in Hack 1.0, or did they originate in Rogue? --Eidolos 04:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I can find no reference on Usenet to bones in Rogue, but they are certainly in JF Hack (source for hack.bones.c) --Jayt 12:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)