Frotz on iOS is usable too. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 18, 2016, at 1:28 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > It's been a while but, last I checked, the Zoom app to play various Infocom > games was fairly accessible. > > http://www.logicalshift.co.uk/unix/zoom/ > > CB > >> On 1/18/16 1:56 PM, E.T. wrote: >> Oh Zork! Is it still alive? I never got far in it but twas a neat text >> advcenture game. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited >> in the past. What if it were true? >> >>> On 1/18/2016 9:47 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> Back in the day I actually paid good money to "The Source" plus long >>> distance to read news from the 84 Olympics at 300 BAUD. That and >>> downloading walkthroughs for Zork :) >>> >>> CB >>> >>>> On 1/18/16 11:46 AM, E.T. wrote: >>>> Not to overlook 300 baud. We are not in that much of a hurry are we >>>> these days? We can stand to sit and wait a week for a download. can we >>>> not? >>>> >>>> Its all in the name of progress. If its moving too fast, people can >>>> jump off at the next stop. There is always the next train. >>>> >>>> 78s? There are those who probably swore at the invasion of LPs. >>>> >>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> Many believe that we have been visited >>>> in the past. What if it were true? >>>> >>>>> On 1/18/2016 8:37 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>>>> So history rhymes a lot. Why would Apple go with that funky 3.5" disk >>>>> when I already had boxes of 5 1/4" floppies. Dropping ADB for keyboards >>>>> and mice to adopt the unknown USB means I had to get all new devices. >>>>> What was so awful expensive about a CD drive that they had to leave it >>>>> out of the newer machines? What were they thinking going with the little >>>>> 3.5mm jack when my 1/4" quadrophonic Koss headphones are still good? In >>>>> all these cases Apple just moved on before the consumers really knew >>>>> where the trends were going. Wouldn't it be possible that IF Apple >>>>> dropped the last bastion of analog I/O they might actually include >>>>> headphones with the new fangled connector? For those with nice high-end >>>>> headphones a little adaptation might be in line but years from now we'll >>>>> look back and wonder what the big deal was. In the end it's all >>>>> disposable, just happening sooner than some would like. Sure some niche >>>>> or luddite realms linger, but Apple doesn't seem to care as much about >>>>> those. Vacuum tubes and vinyl LPs anyone? Yes, those are fighting words >>>>> in some camps :) >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>>> On 1/18/16 10:36 AM, E.T. wrote: >>>>>> Change is ever so very difficult yet change is exactly what brings us >>>>>> to this point in time. With change comes the task of breaking old >>>>>> obsolete habits and forming new ones. >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, look at the mad rush people make to trade in the last >>>>>> generation of iPhones even if it is perfectly functional, or stand in >>>>>> line overnight to get that new Apple TV. >>>>>> >>>>>> So Apple has very good reason for change. Its simple. People want >>>>>> change. >>>>>> >>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>>> Many believe that we have been visited >>>>>> in the past. What if it were true? >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/18/2016 7:12 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >>>>>>> Yes, the 3.5 m jack would go bye bye. You'd have to get new >>>>>>> headphones, >>>>>>> if this wind up being true which would have a lightning plug on the >>>>>>> end, >>>>>>> like your charger, instead of the rounded 3.5M plug. >>>>>>> Chris. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> *From:* Kawal Gucukoglu <mailto:kgli...@icloud.com> >>>>>>> *To:* Macvisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 18, 2016 10:01 AM >>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Apple's headphone scam >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please could someone tell me how headphones could fit in a >>>>>>> lightening adaptor? You mean there would be a different kind of >>>>>>> thing to put in a socket? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don’t understand this headphone lightening connector thing. When >>>>>>> I sell my I phones, I normally sell the headphones as well if they >>>>>>> are still working by then. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kawal. On 18 Jan 2016, at 14:37, Sabahattin Gucukoglu >>>>>>> <listse...@me.com <mailto:listse...@me.com>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I’m afraid I just can’t quite bring myself to be sufficiently >>>>>>>> moved. I don’t like planned obsolescence or proprietary >>>>>>>> standards >>>>>>>> either, but I’m also in the market for a new pair of travel >>>>>>>> headphones, and I actually would love a digital path between my >>>>>>>> iPhone and my headset. I was not among those poor souls hurt by >>>>>>>> the 30-pin to Lightning transition, because I was not quite so >>>>>>>> silly as to buy expensive equipment with that connector. And, >>>>>>>> yes, electronic waste is a terrible, terrible thing, but I doubt >>>>>>>> Apple will fail to provide a transition for users of the 3.5-mm >>>>>>>> plug. 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