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Question about Infocom Interpreter Versions
In reading the specs for the Z-Machine, I notice that the following
12 codes are used to denote various interpreter flavors:
1 | DECSystem-20 (Infocom's own mainframe)
2 | Apple ][e
3 | Macintosh
4 | Amiga
5 | Atari ST
6 | IBM PC
7 | Commodore 128
8 | Commodore 64
9 | Apple ][c
10 | Apple ][gs
11 | Tandy Color
This leaves me with a few questions, though which I'm hoping someone can
clarify.
1) How did they designate the "other" platforms which they supported?
(e.g., CP/M, PDP-11, TRS-80 Model 1/3)
2) Can I assume that the differences on the various CP/M flavors was
mostly one of disk format? Did they also tune the interpreter to
the platform? (i.e., Did the Osborne-1 version only use 52 columns?)
3) What *is* the difference between the Apple //e and //c versions?
Thanks in advance... <<<John>>>
P.S. If the O-1 version really only was 52 columns, does anybody have
a spare interpreter they could send my way? (I have all the games courtesy
of LTOI 1 and 2, just would like to find an interpreter.) Thanks.
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John Ruschmeyer jruschme@csc.com
Computer Sciences Corp.
Eatontown, NJ 07724 908-542-8383