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From: rcmartin@netcom.com
Subject: Re: How to play ftp.gmd.de games [Re:Anyone know of If-fiction FTP sites?]
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 07:03:35 GMT
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In <4ovkg6$437@st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz>, Stephen Griffiths <stevgrif@moc.govt.nz> writes:
>I wrote ...
>>
>>The C64 & Apple II programs are to read copies of Infocom's commercial 
>>games.  You don't need these programs to play any of the games at 
>>ftp.gmd.de.
>
>Ooops, sorry !  I need to explain that paragraph a bit better !!
>
>I mean you don't need the C64 or Apple programs to play the Infocom format 
>games at ftp.gmd.de. (The Infocom-format games are in directory 
>if-archive/games/infocom.  You can play the infocom-format games on a 
>PC with the Jzip program.) 
>
>There are specific directories for Apple and C64 format games at 
>ftp.gmd.de for which you *do* need those programs ...
>    if-archive/games/c64
>    if-archive/games/appleII  (& subdirectories)
>
>Sorry my posts are more confusing than illuminating.
> 
>
>
Not at all. Thank you very much for the information.
Rosemarie
