Subject: Re: The Westfront PC Translation Project
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Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 19:13:36 -0500



A complication is with the size of the program, I can't get Applesoft to take
it all in (via EXECing the text source).  So right now I'm trying to see if
GSoft BASIC can handle it... now I just need to dig out my manual.  Yes that
would make it GS only, but I'll try the easy way first.

Jon Bettencourt wrote:

> In article(Paul Allen Panks) wrote:
> > I am the author of Westfront PC: The Trials of Guilder, a new
> > public domain text adventure for the Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000
> > operating systems.
> > I am looking to port the game to the following platforms:
>

Jon wrote

> If you send me the source code I could help port it to the Apple II and
> (to some extent; it would need Chipmunk BASIC or HyperCard) to Mac.
>
> If you just want suggestions on how to port it, and don't want people
> muddling with your code, just change CLS to HOME, ignore COLOR commands
> (if they are what I think they are [text color?]), and you should be able
> to just type it in to the Apple II and save it.