Zork on Apple II, wanted for PDP-11 (was Re: Thrift Store find: Apple IIgs)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Jun 20 16:20:27 2000

I wrote:
> The -11 processor would do a good job of implementing the Z-machine.

Ethan wrote:
> I agree. They aren't much different from each other, architecturally. I've
> completely disassembled the C-64 version 1 engine, partially commented it
> and gotten it running on VICE with a VIC-20 and a BASIC 3.0 PET! If I ever
> had _way_ too much free time,

I did the same thing with the Apple ][ version of the interpreter back
in 1981. I got it running under ProDOS and Apex, using the OS to access
the virtual image rather than raw disk I/O.

We should trade "source" code. :-)
Received on Tue Jun 20 2000 - 16:20:27 BST