6 Mar
2012
6 Mar
'12
6:02 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:21 PM, <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> In 1983/84, DEC came out with their own versions
of the Infocom games.
> ?They were in DEC's 'Digital Classified Software' line and were for the
> Rainbow and the DECMate II (and perhaps other systems). ?They came in
> large
> gray sleeves that were different than the usual Infocom packaging. ?Here's
> an example:
I've seen those described on web pages but never held one in my hands.
Do you have examples of the games they released for
the PDP-11?
Here are the ISBN numbers for all the PDP-11 releases (I happened to
have been doing some research last month). If you Google with these,
you'll easily find descriptions in several archives...
0201123878 Zork I PDP-11 (1984)
0201123983 Zork II PDP-11 (1984)
0201124106 Zork III PDP-11 (1984)
0201124157 Suspended PDP-11 (1984)
0201124319 Starcross PDP-11 (1984)
0201124424 Planetfall PDP-11 (1984)
0201124548 Witness PDP-11 (1984)
0201124777 Infidel PDP-11 (1984)
0201125323 Seastalker PDP-11
0201124661 Deadline PDP-11 (1984)
0201124890 Enchanter PDP-11 (1984)
0201123754 Sorcerer PDP-11 (1984)
I personally saw "Starcross" on the wall at the DEC store in downtown
Columbus in 1984. I already owned a PDP-8 (which was why I was in the
store at all, looking for any related info or materials), but a few
months after I saw that game package, I landed a job where I used a
PDP-11 every day (I still own that exact PDP-11 - it's set up on my
basement workshop table)
Unfortunately, I never have run across another instance of an Infocom
package for the PDP-11. Yes, I have ZEMU. Yes, it works great. I'm
still fascinated by the originals.
-ethan