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From: toma@tekchips.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: INFOCOM games and MSDOS, a question
Message-ID: <85@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 12:27:07 EST
Article-I.D.: tekchips.85
Posted: Mon Feb 24 12:27:07 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 21:43:37 EST
References: <4500002@uicsl>
Reply-To: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Summary: Great news!

In article <4500002@uicsl> thinfilm@uicsl.UUCP writes:
>
>	Could anyone tell me if the newer infocom games are truly MS-DOS
>games (it does seem to say so on the label).  I have a machine which is
>definitely NOT IBM compatible and have noticed that AMFV seems to exist only
>in the IBM pc format now.  ... Could anyone tell me if INFOCOM
>has silently stopped supporting true MSDOS and has decided to support only
>IBM clones? ...
>						Paul Fons
>				{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uicsl!thinfilm

Great news!  Infocom is effectively selling their MS-DOS version as the PC-
Version.  This means:
    (1). Lower prices (i.e. discounts!) for non IBM PC compatible users.
    (2). No Copy Protection!! (For a long time I bought CP/M version to
         avoid this, until I got a copy of ZT16 which allows running the
         pc version under DOS)
    (3). Desktop utilities, such as Sidekick for taking notes, can now be
         utilized.

Only two disadvantages:  ANSI.SYS must be used, and display time is slower.

In conclusion: Three cheers for INFOCOM!!


Tom Almy