What needs to happen is someone with a remote viewing of the pac mate needs to see if the whole of the game is displayed and, if not, how to zoom in on it so it is. Also, font size must be very small--but I don't know how to adjust that with Tads. If you can't do a say all effectively, do two jaws finds for the greater than symbol--then do a say all. That puts you right on the last printed message. Ken Downey President DreamTechInteractive!
And, Coming soon, Blind Comfort! The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Getting Back into Interactive Fiction > Hi Lora, > Yes, I'm also getting back into Interactive Fiction as well, I'll try and > give you an overview. Many games take different interpreters. Sorry if I'm > explaining what you already know, but am just not sure how much you've > played Interactive Fiction before. Interpreters open the game files like > word processor, you get different interpreters that can be used in Windows > like Tads, Frotz, etc. I think your best bet is when you go to the > interactive fiction archive, for each year of the interactive fiction > competition they put together a nice installer of all games and > interpreters > of that year. I still can't use .z80 files, but that is just that I'm not > good at converting them with the command line tools. The interactive > fiction > archive will have everything for you, maybe you should download the > ashes.exe file from the /starters directory, but you can email me off-list > if you have problems. > As for the Pac Mate, I've heard you can play IF on it, but it was me who > asked the questions, as I am having trouble in getting frotz for the > pocket > pc to load games, as well as tads to even read the screen properly. I > think > I'll try and write to Freedom Scientific to see whether they can't make it > more accessible with scripts or something. If you want me to send you > privately, I have got some games which are really cool beginner games for > interactive fiction, you just choose from a menue. > Ari > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1136 - Release Date: > 11/17/2007 2:55 PM > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
