How do I get the Inform port of Deadline?

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"Peter" <dacelogunreal@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've found the port on the IF archive and I've read through the html
> instructions on how to compile it but it's too technical for me. I realise
> that this may baffle many of you because to you it is very simple but to
> me
> it's too difficult. Would anyone be able to point me to a copy of the
> finished product? I do have a copy of the game on the Lost Treasures CD.

I've built a copy for you here:
http://www.firthworks.com/roger/downloads/deadline.zip

Cheers, Roger
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"Boluc Papuccuoglu" <bolucPERIODpapuccuoglu@REMOVETHISaknet.com.tr> wrote in
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> How is the inform port different from the original game? Better
> parser?

I've no idea -- it's Volker Lanz's port; all I've done is build it
for the OP. There's some porting notes included with the source.

Cheers, Roger
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"Boluc Papuccuoglu" <bolucPERIODpapuccuoglu@REMOVETHISaknet.com.tr> wrote in
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> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:50:17 +0100, "Roger Firth"
> <roger@firthworks.com> wrote:
>
> >"Peter" <dacelogunreal@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:2t3qa7F1qji56U1@uni-berlin.de...
> >> I've found the port on the IF archive and I've read through the html
> >> instructions on how to compile it but it's too technical for me. I
realise
> >> that this may baffle many of you because to you it is very simple but
to
> >> me
> >> it's too difficult. Would anyone be able to point me to a copy of the
> >> finished product? I do have a copy of the game on the Lost Treasures
CD.
> >
> >I've built a copy for you here:
> >http://www.firthworks.com/roger/downloads/deadline.zip
> >
> >Cheers, Roger
> How is the inform port different from the original game? Better
> parser?

I don't understand the technical details but I think he tried to make the
game as close to the original as possible as a technical exercise in the use
of Inform.

Here are some comments from the html file that comes with the source code:-

"Differences between the original and the Inform port

Probably a whole lot of 'em. The game is complete, however. And, as far as I
can tell, it's free of major flaws and bugs. But it has not undergone any
serious testing, so please don't be too surprised if you come upon a bug or
two. Just tell me, if you like.

Some things also differ because they were a little... unclear in the
original and I more or less had to guess what Marc Blank had in mind back in
1982. Following NPCs, for instance, wasn't really done that elegantly in
Infocom's ZIL version.

A few minor features of the original DEADLINE are missing; see the top of
deadline.inf for a list of these.

This port is, by the way, based on DEADLINE 27.851005."

The 851005 is a typo for 831005 I guess.

Regards,
Peter.