Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!mcnc!idis!dan From: dan@idis.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: VAX ZORK bugs Message-ID: <214@idis.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Jul-83 20:29:38 EDT Article-I.D.: idis.214 Posted: Sun Jul 3 20:29:38 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 02:52:56 EDT References: garfield.430 Lines: 25 Several bugs in the VAX native version of ZORK on the USENIX tape have been fixed. The major problems were the vax native random number generator in the DECUS ZORK distribution (it wasn't very) and the improper use of the "movtuc" instruction in the early versions of the VAX printf() code. I am willing to give a new ZORK binary to one person who 1) sends me a mag tape in a stamped and self addressed return envelope, and 2) is willing to redistribute the binary to everyone else who wants a copy (and provides a mag tape in a stamped return envelope). Perhaps I should provide a ZORK binary for the next USENIX tape. Dan Strick [mcnc|decvax]!idis!dan University of Pittsburgh 833 LIS building 135 N. Bellefield Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 P.S. The ZORK source is available from DECUS.