[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Re: C-64 to drive Mdl. 15 TTY (andprobablyothers..)

[drlegendre .]

Err, what?

Here's the ref from Zork. The 'joke' appears in both Zork and Zork II.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC

"References to the EBCDIC character set are made in the classic Infocom
adventure game series Zork. In the "Machine Room" in Zork II, EBCDIC is
used to imply an incomprehensible language:

“ This is a large room full of assorted heavy machinery, whirring noisily.
The room smells of burned resistors. Along one wall are three buttons which
are, respectively, round, triangular, and square. Naturally, above these
buttons are instructions written in EBCDIC... ”
A similar description can be found in the "Maintenance Room" in Zork:

“ This is what appears to have been the maintenance room for Flood Control
Dam #3, judging by the assortment of tool chests around the room.
Apparently, this room has been ransacked recently, for most of the valuable
equipment is gone. On the wall in front of you is a group of buttons, which
are labelled in EBCDIC. However, they are of different colors: Blue,
Yellow, Brown, and Red. ”"

That's all I know (so to speak..).


On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 1:01 AM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, drlegendre . wrote:
>
> > My knowledge of EBCDIC is limited to a line in one of the ZORK games. I
> > believe it was ZORK II. ;-)
>
> Ah, here it is:
>
> http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~pjbk/humour/polynomial.html
>
> Warning: mathematical knowledge required; contains axial references, etc.
>
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