Re: z-code interpreters?

[BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

On Oct 27, 2:21 am, Steve Nickolas
<lyricalnan...@usotsuki.hoshinet.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, BLuRry wrote:
> > It's pretty easy to generate z-code without having to try very hard --
> > so I thought it could be neat to take some z-code produced by Inform7
> > and then boot up the adventure on a //.  Anyone think this might be
> > feasible?
>
> > Inform7 can output Z-Code versions 5, 6 and 8  (well, also Glulx but
> > there's no interpreter for that in 8-bit land)
>
> > Were there any Z-Code version 5 games for the // series?  Wishbringer?
>
> Beyond Zork.
>
> Disk 2 is encoded in a way I don't understand, so I've only been able to
> use small Z5 games. Also the interp is rather buggy.
>
> -uso.

What about Zork Zero?  I remember seeing the prodos prompt when it
started, and I remember it shipped on 5.25 as well as 3.5 disks.  To
get that kind of flexibility, I wonder if they used some sort of
prodos file system variant?

-Brendan