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Fuzzing the Z-Machine
- jburgess777 7y agoI was disappointed this wasn’t about fuzzing the other Z machine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_Pulsed_Power_Facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_Pulsed_Power_Facility
- MrRadar 7y agoIn case you haven't seen, the latest entry on The Digital Antiquarian blog is about how the Z-Machine was resurrected and ended up underpinning the 90s text adventure renaissance: https://www.filfre.net/2019/10/new-tricks-for-an-old-z-machine-part-1-digging-the-trenches/ https://www.filfre.net/2019/10/new-tricks-for-an-old-z-machi...
- pmoriarty 7y agoThat whole blog is just a treasure trove. I highly recommend reading all the articles on it, if you have even the remotest interest in anything computer game-related.. especially if you're interested in older games.
- MrRadar 7y agoEven if you don't have a particular interest in retro computer games, his 9-part series on the history of Microsoft Windows in the 16-bit era (covering the period from the early pre-Windows GUI systems for IBM PCs (and why they all failed) to Windows 3.1 (which finally brought the GUI to the masses)) is an absolute must-read for anyone who has a interest in computing or business history in the mid-late 80s: https://www.filfre.net/2018/06/doing-windows-part-1-ms-dos-and-its-discontents https://www.filfre.net/2018/06/doing-windows-part-1-ms-dos-a...