Mastodawn

Time to figure out those ZIL grammar flags that Steve Meretzky said were confusing! (Back in 1989.)

https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/zil-grammar-flags

Those ZIL grammar flags

A couple of months ago I referred to a quote from Infocom's internal ZIL manual: The other four tokens—ON-GROUND, IN-ROOM, HELD, and CARRIED—are incredibly confusing, and no one really understands them except Stu, so he should probably write ...

Zarf Updates

Information Dec 12, 2025

Zilliqa (ZIL): A Primeira Blockchain com Sharding Nativo#Criptomoedas #ZIL #Zilliqa Enquanto a maioria dos entusiastas de criptomoedas debate sobre Bitcoin versus Ethereum, um projeto silenciosamente revolucionário tem reescrito as regras da escalabilidade blockchain desde 2017. O que torna Zilliqa extraordinário não é apenas sua capacidade de processar milhares de transações por segundo, mas sim como...
https://cryptoativo.com/zilliqa-zil-a-primeira-blockchain-com-sharding-nativo/?fsp_sid=27318

Zilliqa (ZIL): A Primeira Blockchain com Sharding Nativo Veja Agora Principais Cripto | Melhores Corretoras Forex

Zilliqa é um software que visa incentivar uma rede global e distribuída de computadores para executar uma plataforma de blockchain que visa aumentar a escalabilidade

Investimentos e Trading

Retrópolis Dec 4, 2025

Zork agora é código aberto… E o que descobrimos a respeito.

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/12/04/zork-agora-e-codigo-aberto-e-o-que-descobrimos-a-respeito/

#MundoRetro #Activision #adventure #Blizzard #CdigoAberto #GitHub #infocom #microsoft #MIT #ZIL #zork

Zork agora é código aberto… E o que descobrimos a respeito. - Retrópolis

Falamos sobre a série de adventures de texto Zork nos episódios onde dissecamos os adventures, e foi o episódio 42 (faz tempo, hein?). Também falamos sobre recuperação do código-fonte do interpretador Z da Infocom, para CoCo, além da criatividade da Infocom para lidar com os fãs. Mas então, Zork I, II e III agora é

Retrópolis - A cidade dos clássicos

Jonathan Arnold 🇺🇦Nov 24, 2025

Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

#Infocom #zil

Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source

Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.

John M. Gamble Nov 21, 2025

Possibly the most important software news of this decade.

#zork #zil #infoCom

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/microsoft_zork_source/

You are likely to be eaten by the MIT license: Microsoft frees Zork source

: Redmond dusts off Infocom's classic text adventures and puts the originals into public hands

The Register

SetSideB Nov 21, 2025

Microsoft & Open Source Items Of Interest
Microsoft's Evil Quotient (EQ) has fluctuated over the years. On the average it was trending down for a while, but their sponsorship of OpenAI, and their ruining of Windows 11 and forcing many people to buy new machines to use it, have caused it to shoot right back up again.

But they have made tw
https://setsideb.com/microsoft-open-source-items-of-our-interest/
#niche #retro #basic #code #infocom #microsoft #niche #opensource #retro #zil #zork

Microsoft & Open Source Items Of Interest

Microsoft's Evil Quotient (EQ) has fluctuated over the years. On the average it was trending down for a while, but their sponsorship of OpenAI, and their ruinin

Set Side B

Rafael Pérez ☀️Nov 21, 2025

Microsoft Open-Source Programs Office Director Stacy Haffner, and Developer Community VP Scott Hanselman announced today in the wake of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, that they have just released the source code for the games Zork 1-3 under a MIT open-source license.

"Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source"

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

#programming #mdl #muddle #zil #foss #zork #opensource #github #preservation #mit #microsoft