Actually, originally, it was ADVENT, for Adventure. Advent was a FORTRAN program, and my first exposure was on a Digital DECsystem-1090. Zork followed Advent.
(My age is beginning to show.) -- .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\ RO-OC-1-13 200 First Street SW /( )\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shimon Lebowitz Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:11 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux mainframe game machine.... ZORK? On 10 Jul 2006 at 11:56, Edward M. Martin wrote: > That was the one with the cave and the secret words (XYZZY and > PLUGH) >