From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64] helo=data.home ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17vJCO-00068r-00 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:08:04 -0400 Received: from geoff (helo=localhost) by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17vHnT-0000g7-00 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:38:15 +1000 Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:38:15 +1000 (EST) From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Infocom games locally?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 4 3 2 3 1 1) wrote: > > > I'll check out the telnet as well. Can you get an infocom interpreter and > > games anywhere to run right at home?? > > > > I remember the frotz things for dos, but is there a lin version of > > things?? Thanks as always. There is a linux version of frotz. It is a debian package and may also be packaged in other distros. You can also get it from http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3222/frotz.html and you can find a wealth of stuff at http://www.ifarchive.org . BTW: Frotz is located on ifarchive in the infocom/interpreters section, in case you can't find it. There's also a wealth of non-infocom games - some are even GPL, and if you really get keen, you can learn inform and write your own. Geoff.