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Message   Shane O'Neill    Android8675   Re: Infocom games user display issues...   May 16, 2019
 1:34 PM *  

 An> I found a program called Waffle Infocom that I run on synchronet, but it
 An> only works with Z3 files (first 20 or so, published Infocom games), so
 An> anything v.Z4 and above won't work.

Cool, I will give that a try, maybe some of the old infocoms that are not
displaying like Nord and Bert might with Waffle Infocom!

 An> An interpreter like Frotz might help you out if you can get it to work.
 An> For some reason I could never get the Windows version to work with
 An> Netfoss. I've heard Frotz will work just dandy under Linux with BBSs,
 An> but I haven't tried it yet.

Yeah I too played with Frotz, no luck for me either again being in Windows.
Like you said I read folks in Linux have luck with it though.

 An> Lots of people have suggested finding a Python Interpreter like Viola!
 An> (https://intfiction.org/t/viola-a-z-machine-in... and
 An> converting it for use with Mystic, but that's beyond my abilities.

You and I both! But might be enough to open my mind and dust off the old
programmer in me and see what can be done. I say that like I have time and
patients! LOL

Thanks for the reply I will explore your suggestion of Waffle for sure!!!!
S.

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