------- !AUInfocom -------

This is still an early version of my port of InfoTaskforces infocom
adventure interperator.

It has two main features to recommend it when compared to Frank
Lancasters excellent 'zip' infocom interperator:
 1) It runs in a desktop window
 2) It can run version 5 adventures (like Beyond Zork, Border Zone
    and Sherlock)

It also has one disadvantage: It's a lot slower ('zip' is written
entirly in assembly language, whereas !Infocom is written
entirely in C.) Some actions can take as long as three seconds
to get a response so dont be concerned.

To run an adventure all you have to do is double click on an infocom
adventure (filetyped 061 to 065)... Double clicking on the !Infocom
directory will do nothing for now.

To save, type "SAVE" while playing the game, and a Save As window will
open for you. To restore just drag a previously saved game into the
game window.

Inside the !Infocom directory are three obey files "Big", "Small" and
"80x24" which simply swap the templates around. You can modify the templates
yourself to make a textscreen that is the right size for your screen, Icon
#1 is the only one that counts--resize that to whatever and the program will
automatically adjust its textarea to suit.

Note Well: You will have to get your own infocom adventures (I can
recommend the excellent Lost Treasures of Infocom I & II packages for
value for money) and move them onto the Arc...

Edouard Poor, May 5th, 1993.

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