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From: svanegmo@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen van Egmond)
Subject: Re: Z machine spec,
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:58:00 GMT
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In article <4s6va2$qhi@morwen.dd.chalmers.se>,
Torbj|rn Mattson <f92toma@dd.chalmers.se> wrote:
>
>Me and a friend are trying to implement a Z interpreter but we find the Z machine
>Specification on GMD to be kind of vague. Are there any more detailed
>specifications around? 

It depends which one you were reading.  If it was the one authored by 
Graham Nelson, it is probably the most complete one you will find.

An implicit specification can be found from the source code for frotz, in

if-archive/infocom/interpreters/frotz/

There has also been a "newsletter" intended for discussion matters 
arising from specification 0.2, available in

if-archive/infocom/interpreters/

