Re: Portability (was Inform Competition ?!!)


25 May 1995 17:12:40 GMT

Ben Chalmers (Ben@bench.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: OK <Acorn PR mode on>
: Acorns exist in a variety of niche markets around the world. Most commonly
: Acorn are found in education (especially in the UK although also in Australia
: and New Zealand). The Acorn is treated as a professional DTP system in
: Germany and also is quite popular in Holland and Scandanavian countries.

: Acorns can also be found in education in Canada and are slowly appearing in
: the USA due to a powerful score-writing package which impresses profesional
: musicians.

: Also, a large percentage of Acorn owners have access to a copy of Inform
: since it has been distributed on the cover of the most popular Acorn magazine
: in the UK.

: <PR mode off>

: Just because a computer isn't popular doesn't mean it should be ignored.
: People that program in Inform are therefore doing a service to all the systems
: you suggest _and_ to people with Psions, Acorns, and other computers able to
: run the games.

: Ben

Commodore computers are FAR more wide spread that the Acorn will ever
dream. However, people in this area have seen fit to totally write off
the Commodore computers. There is NO way that any of the recently
written inform or TADS IF games can be played on a C=. There is no
reason that any or all of them could not be played on a C=128. If I had
the knowledge I would write an interpreter myself. The 64, I belive is
were mainstream IF made its mark and yet has been totally abandoned. I
don't really want to hear complaints about you not being about to play
games on your Acorn.

Mike