OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Aug 28 22:35:01 2002

--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get a selection of games that will work on a Serial
> Terminal up and running on my OpenVMS server...

> I'm really looking for copies of the following that will work on an Alpha
> running OpenVMS:
> zcode emulator

About 15 years ago, I ported a UNIX zcode engine to VAX-C 2.3(?). IIRC,
it was "pinfocom" - it would be a Z3 and *maybe* a Z5 interpreter. Back
then, we were still reverse-engineering the data format. By 1994, it
was all laid bare and there were plenty of interpreters in C to chose
from.

If you have C skills, you might consider a fresh port from a more
modern zcode runtime for UNIX. Fancier game files might need a port
of the curses library or similar for screen formatting, though.

-ethan


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