Short:    Tools for Infocom games, release 5/10
Author:   jokisch@ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Uploader: kinder@teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk
Type:     game/role
Action:   NoStart

This package contains the following tools for manipulating Infocom game
datafiles:

check    - checks story file integrity, same as $verify command. Works on all
           types except for V1, V2 and early V3 games which have no checksum
           in the header. Optionally outputs a new story file of the correct
           length.

infodump - dumps header, object list, grammar and dictionary of a given
           story file. Works on all types. Grammar doesn't work for V6
           games yet.

pix2gif  - convert IBM MCGA/VGA (*.MG1) picture files from V6 games to
           individual GIF files, viewable on most platforms.

txd      - disassembles story files to Z code assembly language, plus text
           strings.  Works on all games from V1 to V8. Also supports Inform
           assembler syntax.


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
    9996    6230 37.6% 26-Nov-95 14:41:42  check
   28556   15469 45.8% 26-Nov-95 14:41:54  infodump
   13552    8153 39.8% 26-Nov-95 14:42:06  pix2gif
    2251    1038 53.8% 26-Nov-95 14:35:48  readme.1st
   38744   20320 47.5% 26-Nov-95 14:42:24  txd
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
   93099   51210 44.9% 15-Dec-95 11:15:30   5 files