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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: YES! YES! TADS HAS BEEN UPLOADED!!!!!
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Paul Francis Gilbert (pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:
> Absolutely, unbesmegging-levable! I have an automatic macro that runs whenever
> I log into GMD to check the incoming directory, and I found found the TADS
> system loaded! Yes!

> There's:
> 	DEEP2.ZIP and DEEP2SRC.ZIP	The Ditch Day Drifter sequel
> 	FLAMES.ZIP and FLAMESRC.ZIP	Perdition's flames I presume
> 	IFSTART.SIT	Not quite sure if it's part of the TADS package, I'm
> 				downloading it now.
> 	TADSMAN.ZIP	The manual! Currently in TeX, but I'm sure there's be
> 				conversions quick smart.

(And updated versions of TADS2EXE for the Mac and PC)

If I get struck by lightning and the IF CD project totally flops, it
will at least have accomplished this much: nudging the TADS people to 
finish up these freeware releases. :-)

I've also nudged Dave Baggett into creating updated versions of the 
Unkuulian games and Rylvania. (I've got them in my grubby little hands.
No, I won't upload them -- not my place -- but hopefully he will.)

I also helped out with parts of Mars back when God was... oh, sorry. That 
was a dream.

> But here's most incredible, fantastic, most froody news of all!
> Mike Roberts has released the TADS SOURCE CODE!!! Yes!! Yes!! The file
> TADS_SRC.ZIP has the full C source code, with subdirectories for the PC,
> AMIGA, and MAC.

> My hat goes off to Mike Roberts for this fantastic gesture to the IF community.
> He is truly a great guy.

This, on the other hand, is an unhoped-for bonus.

Once upon a long time ago, I said that the day I got my hands on 
distributable TADS source code, that day I would start working on MaxTADS 
for the Mac. Now I don't know how long it will take -- in particular, I'm 
not promising to finish this in time to get it on the GUA CD -- but 
*hot* damn, I know what I'm doing when I get home tonight.

--Z

-- 

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
