ZTools Index

ZTools version 07nov93, the Infocom Toolkit by Mark Howell.

The ZTool package contains the following tools:

check - check story file integrity, same as verify command. Works on all types. Optionally outputs a new story file of the correct length.

infodump - object, verb and dictionary dumper for story files. Works on all types. Verb list doesn't work for type 6 games yet.

inforead - converts IBM bootable disks to story files. Only for IBM PCs, requires Microsoft C.

pix2gif - convert IBM MCGA/VGA (*.MG1) picture files from type 6 games to individual GIF files, viewable on most platforms.

txd - disassembles story files to Z code assembly language, plus text strings. Works on type 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 games.

Source

• Amiga, DOS, Unix and VMS.

  Also in an Amiga LHA file v1.2 (19feb95) or an DOS ZIP file.

• OS/2

  OS/2 source code.

• Amiga

Executables

• Apple IIGS

  Probably version 14apr93, ported to the Apple IIGS by Matt Ackeret. Runs under Orca or GNO or any compatible shell. Packed with ShrinkIt.

• DOS

  Contains txd (the dissassembler) and infodump (the object/verb/dictionary dumper) from Mark Howell's Infocom Toolkit, recompiled from the new ztools.sh.Z
  Thanks to Stephen van Egmond, who discovered that the executable version ztools.zip doesn't disassemble Curses.

• DOS

  DOS executables.

• OS/2

  Executables for OS/2; ported by John W. Kennedy.