6 Mar
2012
6 Mar
'12
9:10 a.m.
All -
Since everybody has been so helpful with my previous queries, I have one
more...
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:
http://yois.if-legends.org/vault.php?id=553
I've been having a heck of a time finding someone who still has these
things. I'd very much like to scan the covers to use with the book. If
anyone has any of these, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
Also, I understand there was a version of Deadline that came with the
Osborne. If anyone has this I'd like to hear from them as well.
Thanks!
- Rick
6 Mar
6 Mar
9:21 a.m.
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:
Do you have examples of the games they released for the PDP-11?
Zane
9:48 a.m.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 09:21:09 -0800, healyzh at aracnet.com wrote:
Hmm, would they work on P/OS ??
ANY GAMES for DEC Professional series ?
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:
Do you have examples of the games they released for the PDP-11?
Zane 
11:11 a.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Stefan Skoglund
<cpuser_stefskog at bredband.net> wrote:
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 09:21:09 -0800, healyzh at
aracnet.com wrote:
Hmm, would they work on P/OS ??
Infocom's releases for the PDP-11 ran on RT-11. I know you can run
RT-11 binaries under RSTS/E, but I can't remember if there was a way
to do that with RSX-11 (which is what P/OS descends from). You could
get RT-11 for the DECprofessional, so the hardware can do it, but I
only ever used P/OS at the menu level.
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:
Do you have examples of the games they released for the PDP-11? ANY GAMES for DEC Professional series ?
I don't remember for certain, but I don't think so, at least not
packaged games that were advertised for the machine. There were often
playable games that came as part of various operating systems, and, of
course, written by users and shared via DECUS and Usenet and such.
-ethan
10:02 a.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
10:07 a.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
I personally saw "Starcross" on the wall at
the DEC store in downtown
Columbus in 1984...
My mistake... it was "Planetfall" - in a package large enough to hold
an 8" floppy (so it looked unusual to a kid who was used to games on
5.25" disks).
Old memory bits need refreshing from time to time.
-ethan
11:36 a.m.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, healyzh at aracnet.com wrote:
I know they had at least Zork I. I sold a command summary card for it a
while ago. I probably shouldn't have done that.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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:
Do you have examples of the games they released for the PDP-11? 
12:14 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
I know they had at least Zork I. ?I sold a command
summary card for it a
while ago. ?I probably shouldn't have done that.
I have an image of a PDP 11 RSTS/E with Dungeon (zork 1 -3) installed.
It's also available to play online... on a "real" emulated PDP 11...
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: ?"The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
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Your mama's so FAT she doesn't support files larger than 4 GB.
12:45 p.m.
Would that be an image usable under SIMH?
Ed
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM, David Griffith
<dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
wrote:
--
Dit is een HTML vrije email / This is an HTML free email.
Zeg NEE tegen de 'slimme' meter.
I know they had at least Zork I. ?I sold a
command summary card for it a
while ago. ?I probably shouldn't have done that.
I have an image of a PDP 11 RSTS/E with Dungeon (zork 1 -3) installed.
It's also available to play online... on a "real" emulated PDP 11...
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: ?"The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
--------
Your mama's so FAT she doesn't support files larger than 4 GB.
1:43 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:45 PM, E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
Would that be an image usable under SIMH?
Ed
It certainly is... I'm quite happy to zip it all up (configuration and
all) and send to whomever wants it.
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: ?"The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
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Your mama's so FAT she doesn't support files larger than 4 GB.
11:07 p.m.
Hi John,
I'd like a copy, please!
re,
Sander
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:43 PM, John Many Jars
<john at yoyodyne-propulsion.net> wrote:
It certainly is... I'm quite happy to zip it all up (configuration and
all) and send to whomever wants it.
--
~ UNIX is basically a simple operating system,
? ? ? ? ? ?but you have to be a genius to understand its simplicity. ~ dmr
1:32 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John Many Jars
<john at yoyodyne-propulsion.net> wrote:
I have an image of a PDP 11 RSTS/E with Dungeon (zork
1 -3) installed.
Which, of course, is available somewhere online to download? :)
It's also available to play online... on a
"real" emulated PDP 11...
Eh?
re,
Sander
--
~ UNIX is basically a simple operating system,
? ? ? ? ? ?but you have to be a genius to understand its simplicity. ~ dmr
2:50 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Sander Reiche <sander.reiche at gmail.com> wrote:
telnet bbs.cortex-media.info
create a bbs account
type game at the prompt
type 2
(if for some reason you can't connect, it probably means my ISP has
had a failure again or my kids have unplugged the aceint dell laptop
that runs the whole thing... let me know and I'll fix it)
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: ?"The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
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Your mama's so FAT she doesn't support files larger than 4 GB.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John Many Jars
<john at yoyodyne-propulsion.net> wrote:
I'm happy to make it available for folks to download. I'd prefer to
send it to folks who are interested then to put it up for general
download, as it is set up for the bbs (the accounts i created for the
bbs all have the same password which is hidden from the users)
I have an image of a PDP 11 RSTS/E with Dungeon
(zork 1 -3) installed.
Which, of course, is available somewhere online to download?
:) It's also
available to play online... on a "real" emulated PDP 11...
Eh? 
3:49 p.m.
> I have an image of a PDP 11 RSTS/E with Dungeon
(zork 1 -3)
> installed.
Dungeon != Zork 1-3
True, but a somewhat excusable mistake for someone who hasn't actually
played them all.
As I recall (it's been a long time since I played any of them, but once
upon a time I did complete all four games), Zork 1 is about 3/4 taken
from Dungeon with 1/4 new material, Zork 2 is about
half and half, and
Zork 3 is 1/4 coming from Dungeon and 3/4 n32. Among the three,
there's not much of Dungeon that didn't get included.
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4:11 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
John Many Jars wrote:
Okay. I stand corrected. All I know is that I failed CSC100, but
solved that stupid game. (;
--
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: ?"The Future Begins Tomorrow"
Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net
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Your mama's so FAT she doesn't support files larger than 4 GB.
I have an image of a PDP 11 RSTS/E with Dungeon (zork 1 -3) installed.
Dungeon != Zork 1-3
Dungeon is a port of mainframe Zork.
3:06 p.m.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Sander Reiche wrote:
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:36 PM, David Griffith
<dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
Hm? Are you the one I sold it to?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
I know they had at least Zork I. ?I sold a command summary card for it a
while ago. ?I probably shouldn't have done that.
Hehe.
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