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From: svanegmo@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen van Egmond)
Subject: Re: IF archive on CD-ROM
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 22:24:46 GMT
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In article <46j8ea$l49@flood.xnet.com>,
Jason Compton <jcompton@flood.xnet.com> wrote:
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>But the CD would have a potentially huge market-master it in ISO 9660 
>Level 1, put all the interpreters you can compile on it, and then 
>basically anybody with a CD-ROM drive can use at least SOME of the software.

I would hope so!

>Incidentally, my concept also calls for investigating the licensing of a 
>few classic Infocom titles, to increase marketability.  Any thoughts?

Hmm. Visions just came through my mind of people getting together, 
"remastering" the games they were meant to be, and Zorks for everybody.

However, I suspect
			P(Activision will go for it) << .01

but it's worth the shot anyway!

/Steve
