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From: unknown@guest.apple.com (Matt Ackeret)
Subject: Re: FAQ?
Message-ID: <1995May16.183906.13660@guest.apple.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 18:39:06 GMT
References: <D8KFr4.Gvy@cc.umontreal.ca> <800452733snz@chrism.demon.co.uk>
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In article <800452733snz@chrism.demon.co.uk>,
Chris Marriott  <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <D8KFr4.Gvy@cc.umontreal.ca>
>           london@ERE.UMontreal.CA "London David" writes:
>>I'm a big fan of adventure-type games (e.g. adventure, Zork, world, ...).
>>But I don't have a PC or a Mac -- I work only on a mainframe. Apart from
>>the 3 games I've mentioned, are there other games written for mainframes?
>>Is there a list of ftp sites where I can get the sources? Thanks for your
>>help.
>
>This may be a silly question, but if you're such a big fan why don't you
>just get a PC?

	He doesn't have to..  Just port the ZIP interpreter, available on
ftp.gmd.de, to your mainframe if it hasn't already been done..  Then, as long
as you at least have access to some machine that can read HFS or MSDOS 
disks or CDs (that list goes far beyond just Macs or IBM PCs/clones), you can
buy the two Lost Treasures of Infocom collections.  Then move the data files 
directly to the mainframe and play the games from there.
-- 
unknown@guest.apple.com		Apple II Forever
These opinions are mine, not Apple's.
