Eric Swenson

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From where did the above zork sources come? Are they official sources from MIT/Infocom? Or are they modified by some user? What were they intended to run on -- what...

But there is something really interesting here. In tell-repl.mud, there is a definition of a a PSTRING function. In our sources, I couldn't find one. And attempts to compile zork...

That's interesting. I saw the `` in DEFS, but no definition for the PSTRING function. I didn't notice the function definition in TELL (but see it now). So I guess...

I just ran into an issue where if you type "u" in the Loud Room (rather than what you need to do), you get a crash. The issue is that...

Ah, I see you fixed this in your version too! But your fix is simpler (and more elegant than mine). You changed the line to simply: `````` which should work...

I found the fix here: https://github.com/heasm66/mdlzork/blob/master/mdlzork_810722/patched_confusion/act1.mud

Thanks. I admit I couldn't figure out who fixed what. Thanks for the explanation.

I probably created a personal tape, and used the tape number 999. That is very much something I might do. I FTP'ed the files from DM to MIT-MULTICS, where I...

@heasm66 Well, I acted with the maturity level of about a 10-year old with respect to mastering Zork and then stealing the sources. While I should have been working on...

Interesting. I've never used ASSLIS and certainly didn't when I created the LISP we're using in DB. I wonder if I should have. I just assembled the midas code manually....