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From: "Jeffrey L. Susanj" <jeffrey.l.susanj@boeing.com>
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Peer Schaefer wrote:
>
> dgriffi@cs.csuabk.edu wrote in message news:<agbaa4$3iunt$1@hades.csu.net>...
> I don't know, but maybe that's not neccesary. You can download ZORK
> for CP/M from here:
> http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/games/games.htm
> (Don't be afraid - it's legal. Zork is freeware now.)
>
> The archive contains a file "ZORK1.DAT". You can rename any Z3-Code
> file (e.g. most Infocom originals) to ZORK1.DAT. When you run
> ZORK1.COM it will load and start ZORK1.DAT (= your game).
>
> I played some games in this way. It works well and is stable. And, of
> course, playing IF on a CP/M machine is DEFINITIVELY cool...
>
> Cheers,
> Peer

Another option is to make a copy of the interpreter for each game.  Then
edit the .com file and change the 'zork1' to whatever game you are
interpreting.  It saves guessing what game you recently renamed
'zork1.dat'.  Unfortunately, the zork interpreter is not compatible with
all of the infocom games.


Jeff S.
