infocom on other systems

bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Mon Sep 1 21:46:23 CDT 2008


Rick Murphy wrote:
>
> Good luck with getting the interpreter running on the PDP-8. I'd say 
> that it's pretty much impossible.
> Getting something as simple as Adventure fit onto the PDP-8 was a lot 
> more work than I'd like to admit. Anything more complex is out of the 
> question.
In 1965, I don't think many people expected a PDP8 to have games
on a  ~ 20  grand  machine.  What is  wrong with  the  4K chess  program 
any how
instead :)
>     -Rick
>
>




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