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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: MaxTADS 1.0.1
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Matthew Amster-Burton (mamster@u.washington.edu) wrote:
>  Seriously, though, how hard would it be to
> combine the two programs into one executable that can handle both TADS
> and Z-machine files?

Just hard enough that I don't want to do it. The number of little tiny 
differences, deep in the program internals, is really amazing.

Sorry.

PS: MaxTADS now at /if-archive/programming/tads/executables/MaxTADS-101.hqx.

--Z

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