7 Mar
2012
7 Mar
'12
3:56 a.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
The original Zork was way too big, when Infocom was founded and they wanted
to release Zork for microcomputers. So they split Zork into three parts.
Zork 1 is pretty much most of the original Zork, but without parts on the
other side of the river (if I remember right).
Zork 2 is parts of the other side of the river, and then lots of totally new
stuff that does not exist in PDP-10 Zork. Zork 3 is more new stuff that
don't exist in PDP-10 Zork, and then also the endgame, which I remember as
being pretty much straight off the same.
I didn't know all that history. My first encounter with Dungeon was
when I was 12. My dad taught at ASU, and he arranged for me to
"audit" CSC100 (Intro to Computer Science I) because I was such a
complete computer geek.
I didn't spend the amount of time I would have needed to pass the
class writing Oregon Software Pascal II, although I did learn quite a
bit more Pascal. I spent the time finding every nook and cranny in
the RSTS/E system they had at the University. Taking the course was
just a way to get an account.
I did solve dungeon though. I used to have the printouts, as I did it
on a DECwriter II. (;
Later I realised that my dad was entitled to an account. He let me
use it. He's completely incapable of using computers. The university
told him he had to have one, and when he retired, the same IBM AT was
still on his desk (20 + years later). Occasionally, I'd turn it on...
it still worked.
I had a PDP 11/23 (with r11 on it) but my wife wouldn't let me ship it
to England, because there "wasn't room". I fact, there "wasn't
room"
for my entire obsolete computer collection (Apple //, TRS-80 Model 4p,
TRS-80 Model II, etc...) There somehow was room to pack the entire
bathroom. It was a relief to unpack rolls of American toilet paper.
I'm trying to build up an Engish used computer collection, but it's
harder work here.
I really want that LISA.
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