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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Game builder
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Carl D. Cravens (ravenpub@southwind.net) wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:51:50 -0400, Scott Kramer <deeto@soho.ios.com> wrote:
> >> difficulty with any of them.  The "big five" are Inform, TADS, Hugo,
> >> Alan, and AGT.  AGT is generally frowned upon, and Alan you have to pay
> >> for even to get a copy.  The other three are all freeware; from what

> I may be wrong, but isn't TADS still shareware?  (i.e. pay $40 or quit
> using it after a certain period.)  Or could I have just waited six
> months and gotten the debugger and manuals on-line for free?

Mike Roberts has announced that it is now freeware; and they're
not accepting payments or sending out registered versions any more. You 
may use it without paying.

However, they have not yet uploaded a version which includes all the 
fancy stuff, or even a version which says "this is freeware."

(I have a copy of his post, if anyone cares. The above is a summary.)

--Z


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