ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) (10/30/85)
There has been a sudden rash of questions about the old Zork adventure game which has made me itchy to give it another go. Does anyone out there have the source available? If there isn't enough need to post it to the net (is it even public domain?!?), I'll be glad to send a S.A.S.Tape to anyone who would take the time. The binaries won't help me much since I'm on a 20 bit machine. --pat traynor-- arpa-- ptraynor@bbncc7.arpa Post-- Pat Traynor BBN Communications Dept 722 70 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02238 Telco- (617) 497-3017
freak@ihlpa.UUCP (c e malloy) (10/31/85)
> There has been a sudden rash of questions about the old Zork adventure game > which has made me itchy to give it another go. > Does anyone out there have the source available? If there isn't enough need > to post it to the net (is it even public domain?!?), I'll be glad to send a > S.A.S.Tape to anyone who would take the time. The binaries won't help me > much since I'm on a 20 bit machine. > > --pat traynor-- > To the best of my knowledge Zork, including the original, is not in the public domain. If the original Zork was public domain, then InfoCom could not copyright Zork I because everything in Zork I was in the original Zork game. From inside the Tesseract of Clancy Malloy (ihnp4!ihlpa!freak) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Everyone looked up and realized that we were only tenants of this world; | | We have been given a new lease, and a warning, from the landlord. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (11/01/85)
Zork source is available (under the name DUNGEON) through DECUS. The database file might be encrypted and in DEC Fortran binary format, but that's easy enough to fix.
somner@lasspvax.UUCP (David Somner) (11/01/85)
In article <441@bbnccv.UUCP> ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) writes: >Does anyone out there have the source available? If there isn't enough need >to post it to the net (is it even public domain?!?), I'll be glad to send a >S.A.S.Tape to anyone who would take the time. The binaries won't help me >much since I'm on a 20 bit machine. I too would like the sources for Zork, if more for personal pleasure than anything else. I'm also willing to send anyone a tape for them. Binaries won't help, unless someone has a binary-to-c uncompiler??? :-) ****************************************************************************** * UUCP: ...!{decvax, ihnp4, allegra, vax135}!cornell!lasspvax!somner * * Arpa: somner@lasspvax.tn.cornell.edu.arpa * * Bitnet: ruuj@cornella.bitnet * * My opinions are my own and no one else can have them! * ******************************************************************************
somner@lasspvax.UUCP (David Somner) (11/03/85)
In article <2690@brl-tgr.ARPA> gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) writes: >Zork source is available (under the name DUNGEON) through DECUS. Okay, I don't want to seem ignorant or anything like that, but HOW??? I don't understand "through DECUS".
ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) (11/05/85)
In article <637@lasspvax.UUCP> somner@lasspvax.UUCP (David Somner) writes: >In article <441@bbnccv.UUCP> ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) writes: >>Does anyone out there have the source available? > >I too would like the sources for Zork, if more for personal pleasure than >anything else. I'm also willing to send anyone a tape for them. I was swarmed with many requests like the above and even a few people OFFERING the source. Alas, the source is in fortran and my knowledge of the language ends with the spelling of the name. A few people offered the source to me and several offered conflicting reports as to its public-domainness, etc. One person pointed out that the source has a copyright on it, keeping it out of the public domain. I noticed that Search and Hack are covered with copyright notices. Infocom probably owns "Zork", but there is a look-alike called "Dungeon" that, as far as I know, is distributed by Decus. If anyone knows for sure that "Dungeon" cannot be freely passed around, please post a message, giving the source of your knowledge of such. Otherwise, I suggest this: Since I haven't the time to learn fortran enough to do the bit twiddling neccessary to make it work on my machine, perhaps one of those who would like the source could also take on the job of dist- ributing it to others who want it via SASTapes. I'm not sure that sharring fortran source would get good reviews from the net.purists. So, in the efforts of keeping the newsgroup clutter-free, could the following send messages directly to me: a) The person who would donate the source. b) The person who would take the resposibility of distributing it. c) The person who knows that it's illegal to do this and will spoil all our fun. to: ptraynor@bbnccv.arpa Once it's all arrainged, I'll post a note with the distributor's address.
cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) (11/07/85)
In article <641@lasspvax.UUCP> somner@lasspvax.UUCP (David Somner) writes: >In article <2690@brl-tgr.ARPA> gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) writes: >>Zork source is available (under the name DUNGEON) through DECUS. > >Okay, I don't want to seem ignorant or anything like that, but HOW??? I don't >understand "through DECUS". Digital Equipment Computer Users Society 249 Northboro Road BP02 Marlboro, MA 01752 (617) 480-3419 for membership information (617) 480-3422 for order-placing information DUNGEON, Version 2.5, October 1980 is DECUS program 11-370 Source language is Fortran IV, Fortran IV+, Macro-11 Comes on 3 8" single-density floppies or 1 600' magtape. -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego {ihnp4|decvax|akgua|dcdwest|ucbvax} !sdcsvax!mplvax!cdl
billr@tekred.UUCP (Bill Randle) (11/15/85)
I have a copy of the DECUS dungeon that has been converted to f77 to run under Unix. It works quite well on split i/d pdps and vaxen. I'll send a copy for a S.A.S. Tape. -Bill Randle Tektronix, Inc. tektronix!tekred!billr (uucp) tekred!billr@tektronix.csnet (CSnet) tekred!billr%tektronix@csnet-relay.ARPA (ARPA)