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- From: billh@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu (William F. Humphrey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: INFOCOM: Boot -> Dos disk util?
- Message-ID: <Bu0MDM.7D3@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 18:36:56 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.Bu0MDM.7D3
- References: <1992Sep2.124849.202635@uctvax.uct.ac.za>
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- In article <1992Sep2.124849.202635@uctvax.uct.ac.za> bxxmic01@uctvax.uct.ac.za
- writes:
- >
- > Hi
- >
- > Can anyone tell me where I can find an Infocom conversion program that reads
- > the proprietry boot disk of the old games (e.g HHGTTG) and converts it into
- an
- > EXE you can run of a DOS disk?
- >
- > Thank you
- > Mike
-
- Several years ago I downloaded a program called ZT16 (ZT stands for Zork
- Tools); it allowed you to make executable files/data files out of the boot
- disks, plus it could nicely print out each game's dictionary and other info.
- I'm not sure if I still have it around, nor am I sure if there were any later
- versions past 1.6 .
- --
- Bill Humphrey
-
- (billh@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu)
- (Beckman Institute - University of Illinois)
- (405 North Matthews)
- (Urbana, IL 61801)
-