Sorry! too Old hardware.

2015-05-20 20:38 GMT+02:00, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr>:
> Here the result with Frotz v2.43. Same computer, same game:
>
> http://s11.postimg.org/y8fknk0rn/frotz_v2_43_lost_pig.jpg
>
> Mateusz
>
>
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> On 19/05/2015 23:25, David Griffith wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 May 2015, Mateusz Viste wrote:
>>
>>> Hello David,
>>>
>>> First of all thanks for still caring about DOS in 2015, and on top of
>>> that, caring about how your app works on real hardware :)
>>>
>>> I tested the version of frotz you submitted to us, and I must disappoint
>>> you - it's buggy.
>>>
>>> I tested it using the "Lost Pig" game from the gopher repo you pointed.
>>> My PC is a 486DX4 running at 75 MHz, with 24M of RAM and no sound card.
>>>
>>> The game is loaded all right, I see the introduction text, and I can
>>> type in a few commands, but after a dozen commands, the program crashes
>>> horribly. I tried a few times, and it doesn't crash on any specific
>>> command, just after a few of them (always more than 3, always less than
>>> 10).
>>>
>>> Here is a screenshot of what happens:
>>> http://s27.postimg.org/xu9k4nywz/frotz_lost_pig.jpg
>>
>> Oh dear.  Could you try a couple other games and some other versions of
>> Frotz?  Versions 2.43 and 2.32 for DOS are available at the IF Archive at
>> http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/frotz/frotz243.zip
>> and
>> http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/old/frotz/DosFrotz232Std10.zip
>>
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