> To my knowledge "Zork" was a word used by computer geeks at MIT for just
> about everything, as in "give me that zork over there."
That's what I've read in every article about the original mainframe Zork
(Dungeon). It's possible the MIT term derived from the Brunner novel.
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To my knowledge "Dungeon" was dropped out of fear that the people behind
"Dungeons & Dragons" might claim a TM conflict.
Marco
Peter Olafson schrieb:
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> While not entirely contradicting the source you suggest, this page
> suggests around origin, http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Zork
To my knowledge "Zork" was a word used by computer geeks at MIT for just
about everything, as in "give me that zork over there."
Its origins are lost in time; it may have been the book you mentioned,
but its not the only place the word "zork" was used. For example,
Mattel, I think, had toys named
While not entirely contradicting the source you suggest, this page suggests around origin, http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Zork
"Originally, 'Zork' was a name that any unfinished program around MIT got. When the game was finished the implementors called it Dungeon, but people went on ca
I don't know if it's true, but here's some info that may help.
"Hastily ..." was written by John Brunner, a well-regarded scienece fiction author, and published in 1974, Nice bio at http://members.aol.com/tishede/brunner.htm.
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