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- Message number: 939
- Private message to: CHARLES COTHAM
- From: MARC NEWMAN
- Date sent: 06-JUN-90 18:37:32
- Subject: Converting Infocom to run on CP/M
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- Read message? (Y, N, Q, R, or ? for help) <Y> -=> Yes
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- You may (A)bort or (P)ause . . .
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- First, to get another .DAT file to run, you need to patch the filename at
- location 105 in the .COM file with the new name, 8 characters. You will
- see it with GDT right at the start.
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- I have found that virtually all of the games, with the exception of
- Trinity, Borderzone, Nord and Bert and A Mind Forever Voyaging work just
- fine. There may be a few more, but I don't know. ALL THE ONES ON MY
- DRIVE B: and F: work! Most were bought as CP/M, but several are
- converted. I usually try to buy the MSDOS or Mac versions, as I have
- machines available to convert using these formats. If you cannot get
- them converted, drop me a line, maybe we can figure out something for you,
- like you mail me your originals and I will mail you back a CP/M copy.
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- I have a few Amiga and Commodore versions, but have never tried to convert
- them. Just got a copy from someone else, showed him my boxes and we
- xmodemed the .dat files.
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- Good luck. It is quite a quest. PS, there is a company called Triton
- which now distributes most of Infocom's stuff. Don't have the number, but
- could find it if you need. They may have a 1-800.
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- C U.
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- Marc
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