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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: More rogue hacking trivia
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Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 11:03:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 26 11:03:00 1984
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Ok, someone claims that rogue does not write the binary file size
in with the saved file and then check it when it restores. I will 
go along with that. But how the hell (sorry Mom) does it tell the
difference between a save file created with a different binary. We
have two versions of rogue running here, one normal and one that
promises one party/treasure/monster room per level. The only difference
between the two is that one has 4 or so instructions NOP'd. They
are still exactly the same size. But a saved game created by one
version will not run under the other version. Anyone know why??

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