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From: neilg@fraser.sfu.ca (Neil K. Guy)
Subject: Mainframe Zork Text?
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Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1993 23:00:18 GMT
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 Hi, all

 I noticed that ftp.gmd.de has the original mainframe Zork (aka
Dungeon) game in source code form. However all strings are compressed
and therefore unreadable. The docs mention vaguely some program that
permit decompression of the text to ASCII.

 So, I'm wondering if anyone out there has the Zork strings in a
human-readable form. Thanks!

 - Neil K. (neilg@sfu.ca)

 (and no, I'm not interested in cheating. I'm interested in reading
the text for educational purposes. :)
