I'm having problems converting Infocom .d64-Files with Pippin: The size of the converted .pdb is only 745 Bytes. (I tried Planetfall, Enchanter, Deadline.) Does anybody know a solution for this?
Martin
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I can help here! one of my first major tasks at the time. you don't play them on the c64 emulator- you must convert the z files with a z file converter- then you can play them on the palm with a couple of choices. personally- I like to use frobnitz- now its been awhile and I'm away from my notebook- but this is what I remembering doing:
you gather the programs of the games you want. don't forget to get copies of some of the 'extras' that came in the box. get the z file converter, drag and drop your game into it, load fronitz into the palm and play your game on that. some of the old same shortcuts still work too! I have been able to get every game converted and going except the Sherlock Holmes one- only because at the time I wasn't great with doing sound.
If you search- you could find the 'invisiclues' too.
btw, z files like z3, z4, z5, etc. are the types of files the games are, depending on the size. why 'z'? it was named z files after Zork.
when I get back to my nb- I'll turn you onto the addresses and the official names of things.
red
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Hi,
I'm having problems converting Infocom .d64-Files with Pippin: The size of the converted .pdb is only 745 Bytes. (I tried Planetfall, Enchanter, Deadline.) Does anybody know a solution for this?
Martin
I can help here! one of my first major tasks at the time. you don't play them on the c64 emulator- you must convert the z files with a z file converter- then you can play them on the palm with a couple of choices. personally- I like to use frobnitz- now its been awhile and I'm away from my notebook- but this is what I remembering doing:
you gather the programs of the games you want. don't forget to get copies of some of the 'extras' that came in the box. get the z file converter, drag and drop your game into it, load fronitz into the palm and play your game on that. some of the old same shortcuts still work too! I have been able to get every game converted and going except the Sherlock Holmes one- only because at the time I wasn't great with doing sound.
If you search- you could find the 'invisiclues' too.
btw, z files like z3, z4, z5, etc. are the types of files the games are, depending on the size. why 'z'? it was named z files after Zork.
when I get back to my nb- I'll turn you onto the addresses and the official names of things.
red
Copy the .d64 file to SD-card into folder /Palm/programs/Frodo and use it without conversion.
Regards,
Tom