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From: blasius@gmd.de (Volker Blasius)
Subject: Re: Infocom text dumper found!
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 19:20:13 GMT
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In article <schweda.734711186@vincent1.iastate.edu>
   schweda@iastate.edu (Christopher Schweda) writes:
>
>I'll second Neil's request. Maybe the folks at ftp.gmd.de could somehow
>find a way to (a) compile the C source for IBM and Mac and then (b) upload
>the compiled files to ftp.gmd.de in a (c) BINHEX (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) format.

OK, I read it, but it's not folks, it's just me.

>A lot to ask, no doubt, but there's got to be some kind souls out there
>able to do the conversion?!?! (please?)

Dont't despair, help is nigh: I just fetched the file Mark Sachs mentioned 
from oes.orst.edu and discovered that it's an Amiga port of Mark Howell's 
toolkit.zip, sitting here all the time in infocom/decoders. And the only 
thing I know about a Mac is that everything there is absolutely easy; just 
click your mouse, and it does what you mean.  ;-)))

Volker

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