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....
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...
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...
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...
... 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 -...
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:...
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, ...
... Just remember, all these old text adventures are still fully playable :) Infocom games, for instance, are written ("compiled to" for the developers here)...
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...
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...
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...
... 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 -...
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:...
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...
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!" ... ...
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:...
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...
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...
Hehe.. I just enjoy my VAX.. I used to be a VMS admin... Glenn ... From: David Jackson To: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 3:16 PM ...
... In '93 or so I used to have a VAX 8250 that I bought from Mannesmann-Tally for $500. It came with four RA-81 drives and a TU-81+ tape drive. My friend Rob...
I'm actually a programmer too.. Considering writing a D-Dial like chat for it (if ya ever saw a D-Dial)... I'd love to fuss with a big iron VAX like that.....
...will be released today as Open Source. w00T! :) g. -- "I'm not crazy, I'm plausibly off-nominal!" Proud owner of 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only...
... You should join the mailing list at http://www.classiccmp.org. I'm sure you could easily get an 11/750 or a an 11/750 fairly easily. There's an ...