10 Jan
2007
10 Jan
'07
5:33 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
ADVENT was always FORTRAN (until it was ported to
BASIC in the
8-bit-micro era, and C as well for UNIX, then 16-bit micros).
It is the PDP8
version of source that was lost. I suspect it still
is on dec tape somewhere.
When
you say "MDL", you are probably thinking of Dungeon/Zork. The sources
are not lost (there's a copy on Bob Supnik's pages), neither are
compiled versions for at least TOPS-20 (it's on the Panda distro), but
what _is_ lost, AFAIK, is the MDL compiler and environment. So one
can inspect the source (at least one version, anyway), and one can
play the game (two versions for 36-bit that I've personally run), but
not turn source into a playable game.
Nothing like closed source languages. :(
I just got ADVENT running on my SBC6120 only to discover the terminal
I am using has a flakey keyboard. Just what do you use for a termial
with the SBC6120?
-ethan