hlabrand Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 A while ago, I came here to ask for help to compile JZIP, an Z-Machine interpreter (for Infocom and Infocom-like files) for the Atari ST. I finally got around to creating a Github repository for it, if anyone is interested : https://github.com/hlabrand/jzip-atariST What's in there is the final release (JZIP 2.1) + some code to support accents, and termcap-related stuff added in. The compiled binary is here : http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip/jzipst-2.1.zip This means you can now play French, German, Spanish, etc. interactive fiction in the z3, z5 or z8 format on your ST! There could be some improvements to the code, particularly in terms of speed (see issues), if anyone wants to take a look at it. (I don't have time right now to look at it, but pull requests are welcome.) I hope someone enjoys it! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariforce Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Is this anything like the interpreter for Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (and variants)? I remember playing with that at one time and it was pretty cool. PS Think I ran something similar under Linux too. Edited March 23, 2021 by DarkLord Updated.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Thanks, bought back nice memories here... long ago now, building ITF using Sozobon 2 to play z-files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariforce Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 1/15/2021 at 6:47 PM, hlabrand said: A while ago, I came here to ask for help to compile JZIP, an Z-Machine interpreter (for Infocom and Infocom-like files) for the Atari ST. I finally got around to creating a Github repository for it, if anyone is interested : https://github.com/hlabrand/jzip-atariST What's in there is the final release (JZIP 2.1) + some code to support accents, and termcap-related stuff added in. The compiled binary is here : http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip/jzipst-2.1.zip This means you can now play French, German, Spanish, etc. interactive fiction in the z3, z5 or z8 format on your ST! There could be some improvements to the code, particularly in terms of speed (see issues), if anyone wants to take a look at it. (I don't have time right now to look at it, but pull requests are welcome.) I hope someone enjoys it! By the way, the readme file from the compiled binary archive states the previous ST compiled version was 2.01 beta3, but there definitely was a beta4...jzipstb4.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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