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- ZIP - Infocom Z-code Interpreter Program V2.03
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- A slightly modified version of Mark Howell's Zip V2.0
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- This interpreter will run all Infocom V1 to V5 games. It includes
- support for timeouts in Border Zone, screen displays in Beyond Zork
- and implements the #record debugging function, etc.
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- Author:
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- Mark Howell (howell_ma@movies.enet.dec.com)
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- Modified by Stefan Jokisch (jokisc00@marvin.informatik.uni-dortmund.de),
- so please don't blame Mark for any new bugs.
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- Changes since 2.0:
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- - support for the graphic font ('Beyond Zork')
- - support for mouse and number pad keys ('Beyond Zork')
- - command line editing
- - command line history
- - additional switches for colour setting
- - additional switch for setting the Tandy bit
- - low- and high-pitched beep sounds
- - cheat functions
- - minor bug fixes (the form in 'Bureaucracy', for instance)
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- Special keys:
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- cursor left - move one character to the left
- cursor right - move one character to the right
- ctrl-cursor left - move to previous word
- ctrl-cursor right - move to next word
- home - move to beginning of line
- end - move to end of line
- backspace - delete character to the left
- delete - delete character below cursor
- escape - delete whole input line
- cursor up - get previous command
- cursor down - get next command
- page up - scroll status window up ('Beyond Zork')
- page down - scroll status window down ('Beyond Zork')
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- Program options:
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- -d # set the display mode (see below)
- -c # set the number of context lines to keep when scrolling
- -r # set the right margin
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- -f # set the foreground colour
- -b # set the background colour
- -e # set the emphasis colour
- -F # set the foreground colour for reverse mode
- -B # set the background colour for reverse mode
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- -o monitor object movement
- -O monitor object locating
- -a monitor attribute assignment
- -A monitor attribute testing
- -H monitor header flag testing
- -t set the Tandy bit
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- Graphic font:
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- The graphic font for 'Beyond Zork' is built into the interpreter, so
- you don't need the DOS version of 'Beyond Zork' to view the font; any
- other version will do equally fine. Please note that the graphic font
- cannot be displayed in text mode; this is why Zip switches to graphic
- mode when running 'Beyond Zork'. The new program option -d lets you
- choose a different resolution: -d1 selects low resolution, -d2 turns
- on EGA resolution and -d3 activates VGA mode. If you find the graphic
- mode undesirable, you can force the interpreter to text mode by -d0.
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