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From: rwhe@netcom.com (Ron Hale-Evans)
Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS (was Re: AGT Materials)
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 04:50:38 GMT
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unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:

>In article <rwheCvCxrw.LHt@netcom.com>, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@netcom.com> wrote:
>>Given that people have been willing to put in time on interpreters like 
>>ZIP, where there is essentially only one game that requires the 
>>interpreter (Curses, however excellent), I request that someone port the 

>	BS.  All of the Lost Treasures of Infocom files with versions less
>than 6 (which is the vast majority) work with ZIP, and that's exactly what I've
>ported ZIP for.  The interpreter that came with my version of LTOI sucks,
>so I ported ZIP.

>	To say that there's only one game ZIP works with is completely bogus.

What a polite fellow.

If you look above, you'll see I said "there is essentially only one game
that REQUIRES the interpreter". Infocom games come with their own 
interpreters. It could be argued that _Curses_ does not require ZIP or 
ITF either in most cases, since actual Infocom-brand interpreters are 
available for many, many machines.

p.s. I recommend some study of General Semantics. Hayakawa's _Language 
and Thought in Action_ is a good place to start. Email me if you want the 
URL of the G.S. home page; I don't have it handy.

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 I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose." -- Jack Handey
