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From: mknewman@lescsse.jsc.nasa.gov (Marc K. Newman)
Subject: Re: Infocom games on unix??
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Date: 25 May 93 14:36:30 GMT
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In <1993May18.092727.4423@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> kickstart@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:

>Suppose I had a Unix system and I wanted to play some old Infocom games on it.

>From what I've been told, I could purchase a game for another format (such as
>IBM) copy some files over to the unix system then run a parser made for unix.

>Is this true?  If so, where could I find the parser program?  Has there been
>any real success/failures in doing so??


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You would also need a compiler or a nice friend to compile itf-src.tar.Z which
is the public domain Infocom interperter for version 3-6 games.  It works just
fine on my system (SCO Open Desktop) and I have about 35 games online.

Marc
mknewman@blkbox.com (NOT THE ABOVE ADDRESS!)
