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| Thanks for the info guys. But not being one who usually gets into games and the like, Is zork a kind of game that some people put on their TI-83 calculators, or am I way off on that one? Hasta La Vista, Sean P.S About that xyzzy command, does fool (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) In the Before Time of Long Long Ago, computers rarely used graphics (we're talking 1970's). Most things were text. Computers simply couldn't handle complex graphics in a timely sense, and often, because storage was so expensive back then, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) xyzzy doesn't work, fool! Before there was Zork, there was Colossal Cave. 'xyzzy' only works in Colossal Cave. Both programs were named 'adventure' at one time, though Zork also went by the name 'dungeon'. There were family resemblances: you (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Did that 'xyzzy' have anything to do with the 'xyzzy' BITNET chat program (It was kinda like 'talk' on UNIX but not really,) I remember using on the VAX at my university oh way back when??? -Kyle (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Assuming the TI-83 has a reasonable way to input text, I would say theoretically yes. It seems to use the same Z-80 processor that the TRS-80 used, and appears to have enough RAM. Some models come with Flash ROM, which if useable for user (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) any of the games I worked on made it into the hall of fame. :-) There was the Scott Adams abbreviated version around that time. Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) So did any make it? Frank (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Wasteland and Heroes of Might and Magic. I didn't work on the original Bard's Tale except for conversions, so I don't count that one. Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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