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Article #73817Re: byte order patent
From: Paul Campbell
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1991 06:20
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1991 06:20
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Infocom (bought out by Activision) games ALL used a standard format. You could copy any of their adventures from machine to machine (the data file) and use the machine-specific interpreter to play them.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,c6a2e40b3dadbbd1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-19 23:56:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!ox.com!umich!gumby!wmu-coyote!campbell From: campbell@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Paul Campbell) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: byte order patent Message-ID: <1991Jul20.062010.6037@sol.cs.wmich.edu> Date: 20 Jul 91 06:20:10 GMT References: <23141@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: campbell@coyote.cs.wmich.edu Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept. Lines: 4