22 Apr
2006
22 Apr
'06
8:13 a.m.
For my 11/750
I will need a copy of some OpenVMS version first, because
I promised to wipe the disks
Hmm... depending on which memory controller you have (likely to be
either the 8MB max or 12MB max), that may affect what version to go
with. We used to run 5.4 on our 11/750 w/8MB. I don't think you
should go any newer unless you have 12MB (but others are free to chime
in). I posted a
request for Zork (PDP-11) on Amazon a year ago, but
never had any response. So, your link to the VMS version is great!
Long ago, via one of the newsgroups, someone *might* have posted a
link to the RT-11 engine - back in the day, it was really just the
same data file as for the contemporary v3 games, plus an engine
written in MACRO-11 for RT-11. I remember seeing "Planetfall" for
RT-11 on the wall of the local DEC shop, but since I couldn't afford a
PDP-11 in 1983, there it stayed. :-( Quite a rare beast. If you ever find one, let us
know.
So, list members ... who has a copy of Zork for RT-11, and is willing
to make it available? :-)
In the meantime, I did port one of the early public
domain (open source)
v3 zmachines to VMS. I _might_ have the sources handy, but I'd have to
dig (it's just generic C code with some stuff to handle the status
line, nothing really special). I ran it on that same 11/750 in its
VMS 4.x days.
-ethan
With a Z machine you can run Planetfall, etc. Just need to copy the data
(that's what I have heard/understand) ...
With these games we have a good reason to switch the old machines ON more
often than just once a year :-)
- Henk.
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