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Re: Codename G-OS
- Subject: Re: Codename G-OS
- From: nrw20@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
- Date: 1997/10/09
- Newsgroups: alt.c64, comp.sys.amiga.emulations, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.m6809, comp.sys.msx, comp.sys.oric, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- References: <34394CFA.MD-0.198.zhulien@alphalink.com.au> <61dakp$f1s@cletus.bright.net>
"Tom Hunt Sr." <tomhunt@bright.net> writes:
[big SNIP]
> I would also like to point out that there is another "virtual machine"
> system already available for most types of personal and home computers. It
> is the z-machine that Infocom created. I have used the Inform 5.5 compiler
> and an atari 8-bit version 3 interpreter to create the Infocom-style games
> found at:
> ftp://cth.dynip.com/ftp/pub/Atari_8bit/More_Atari8bit/CTH_SHAREWARE/TGAMES.A
> RC . These particular games will boot the atari 8-bit version 3
> interpreter. But the actual (z-code) games will run on ANY machine that has
> a version 3 interpreter! Pretty nifty.
I just have to say that, for anyone -really- interested in the z-code
interpreter, (ie: text adventures), you must look at the if-archive:
ftp.gmd.de/if-archive
No other place you need to look.
Not one.
Nope.
(They've recently received much information on the Magnetic-Scrolls
adventures too, coooool.) :-)
Not forgetting all the Level 9, Scott Adams, blah blah waffle waffle....
:-)
Nathan.