I guess people have already talked about the Infocom interpreter source code (https://github.com/erkyrath/infocom-zcode-terps) which I posted a few days ago. Nonetheless, slightly late, here’s my explainer post:

https://blog.zarfhome.com/2023/11/infocom-interpreters

#InteractiveFiction #Infocom

GitHub - erkyrath/infocom-zcode-terps: Historical source code for Infocom's Z-machine interpreters

Historical source code for Infocom's Z-machine interpreters - erkyrath/infocom-zcode-terps

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@zarfeblong I've also compiled the PDP-11 code and run it on RT-11.

It does take a 1-2 line mod to run on the RT-11 runtime for RSTS/E (very minor tweak to the memory allocator).

@ethandicks Ah, very good. I know nothing of these matters

@zarfeblong At VCF East 8.0 (2012) I hacked the RT-11 z-machine to run on Dave McGuire's PDP-11/70 and ran a cable over to my exhibit on Interactive Fiction.

https://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/vcf_herb_1170_4.jpg