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Hi, My name is: Joop Stokvis and I used to be the sysop of BBS Waterland, Purmerend, The Netherlands. I did start in the 70th with a Commodore C64, a short...
dukejoop
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Aug 5, 2004
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programmer, VB, CL, RPG with as/400 dealings at a .com ... From: "dukejoop" <jstokvis@...> To: <80sBBS@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004...
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Aug 5, 2004
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2882
Funny, me too... Programmer, Perl/PHP/LAMP and pretty much anything I need to learn to keep a .com floating well ;) Ilene...
Ilene Jones
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Welcome! BBS's from AROUND the WORLD! ;-) Marius Broadway BBS Arnold, Maryland, USA ... From: dukejoop [mailto:jstokvis@...] Sent: Thursday, August 05,...
Kevin J. Brennan
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Aug 6, 2004
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2884
The best part was my initial transition into being a "AS/400 Systems Operator" <kof> me and my friends got a serious snicker out of that. I have some PHP and...
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Lol.. just updated my resume.. <g> www.theroughnecks.net, the link is right there.. <g> bored. ... -- Michael J. Ryan - tracker1(at)theroughnecks(dot)com -...
Michael J. Ryan
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Aug 6, 2004
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2886
For those that are interested, 4DOS has recently been made freeware. You can download the DOS and OS/2 version from JP Software - http://www.jpsoft.com g....
Gene Buckle
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Sep 14, 2004
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Hello, My name is Joop Stokvis ans I'am new to this group. I started computering with the ZX 81 I think about 25 years ago. After the ZX 81 came the Commodore...
jstokvis1933
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Sep 14, 2004
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Since this is a nostalgic crowd... Does anyone here remember the Zork games? I am setting up a multiplayer version of the Zork games. -David Jackson...
David Jackson
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Sep 14, 2004
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You should check out the bbs project... There are references to it here and there, but it's basically a documentary about BBSs... The guy doing it went around...
Ilene Jones
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Sep 15, 2004
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We were just talking about Zork on another list :) That's way cool, you'll have to share the info :) Ilene ... From: David Jackson...
Ilene Jones
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Sep 15, 2004
6:44 am
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... yeah, loved those games.. is the source open? etc... a multiplayer version seems like it would simply be a cool mud type thing. -- Michael J. Ryan -...
Michael J. Ryan
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Sep 15, 2004
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Yep! I Have the invisiclues booklets from 1 2 & 3 with maps. Played them for the first time on a TRS-80 model III _Tim_Blystone_ ... From: David Jackson To:...
Tim Blystone
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Sep 15, 2004
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... Information can be found here: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com incidentally. -- coldfront@... / ICQ # 13365630 ...
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Sep 15, 2004
10:27 am
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Cool, a new list! And yeah, Zork was the first thing I bought when I got my spanking new Apple //c back in the early 80s. Followed by Zork 2 and Zork 3, ...
Rich Smith
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Sep 15, 2004
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... Just remember, all these old text adventures are still fully playable :) Infocom games, for instance, are written ("compiled to" for the developers here)...
Jeff Mitchell
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Sep 15, 2004
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I still run a BBS.. If your multiplayer zork uses standard drop files and is FOSSIL compatible (or Synchronet 32 direct compatible) I'd love to run it.. :) I...
The Shrink
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Sep 16, 2004
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Yes! Zmachine.. I've played a bunch of them that way.. I have all the Infocom's and Scott Adams downloaded... Glenn ... From: Jeff Mitchell To:...
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Sep 16, 2004
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Yah, those were some of the best games.. I had them for my C64... :) I still have copies for C64 and Atari 8 bit.. I also have an IBM version that's windows...
The Shrink
theshrink908
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Sep 16, 2004
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I was there was a way to make LORD playable, that game was very hot on my BBS in the early 90's _____ From: The Shrink [mailto:Shrink908@...] Sent:...
TJ
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Sep 16, 2004
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Yes, the goal is to convert anything set in the Zork world, except for Zork Nemesis and Zork Grand Inquisitor (which are graphical). -Especially- the Enchanter...
David Jackson
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Sep 17, 2004
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... Not very good as a single player game, just the same, welcome to logon here, and join in. -- Michael J. Ryan - tracker1(at)theroughnecks(dot)com -...
Michael J. Ryan
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Sep 17, 2004
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There is a way... I can run it on my system if I could find a copy of the thing... People keep asking for it but I can't find it to put up... Glenn ... From:...
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Sep 17, 2004
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2903
I've got the original Zork (Dungeon) running on a PDP 11/70 (ok, ok, it runs on a PC under an emulator, but you can't tell the difference.) and the original...
Mark Firestone
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Sep 17, 2004
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I don't have much free time, but if you need help, this is a project I've wanted to do for years... "But Schindler is bueno! Senior Burns is El Diablo!" ... ...
Mark Firestone
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Sep 17, 2004
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I did find a php version of it for websites. its called Ledgend of the green dragon. It's a copy of Seth Abels LORD, but with different Charictors _____ From:...
TJ
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Sep 17, 2004
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Lord and trade wars were the hot games here. All I have on mine now is scrabble. I just keep it going for a few friends who want to play Kat [Non-text...
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Why single player? Any telnetable BBS can be multi-node... :) Glenn ... From: Michael J. Ryan To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004...
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theshrink908
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Sep 17, 2004
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... Zork running on a PC emulating a PDP 11/70, on the internet. You are hardcore, sir. Hardcore I say. -- coldfront@... / ICQ # 13365630 ...
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Sep 18, 2004
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Hehe.. I've done similar.. Run adventure in emulation of a VAX.. I've also run it on my real VAX though... I own and operate a VAXServer 3100-M76 and a...
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