Re: Seeking Z-code interpreter for old old DOS machine


Mon, 10 Apr 95 19:49:24 -0500

Stefan Jokisch <jokisc00@marvin.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

>>Does anybody know where to find a Z-code (Infocom) interpreter that
>>will work on an old PC-XT running DOS 3 with an IBM Monochrome
>>adapter? The ITF and ZIP interpreters both run but neither manages
>>the screen properly. I've compiled hack and omega for this machine in
>>the past using the PCCURSES library, if that helps anyone.

I run version 3 games on an XT/mono machine by using DEBUG or a hex editor
to modify an original Infocom interpreter (WISHBRIN.COM, etc.). Replace
the bytes at offset 0103 with the game data file and the bytes at offset
0144 with the save filename. The original interpreters also have an advantage
in speed and size (11 or 12K).