Unofficial port of Frotz (interactive fiction)

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This maintenance release corrects a initialisation problem on the Pico 1.

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Works fine now! The new home screen is really cool.

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It was announced this week that the source for Zork I-III was released!

Of course, you can play these games today using PicoCalc Frotz! :wink:

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Sorta new hereā€¦ And very new to messing with the Pico. Any tutorials on how to install Frotz on the pico? Canā€™t seem to find anythingā€¦

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I updated the README with instructions on how to update your PicoCalc.

I should have had that in the README from the start!

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So, I dropped picocalc-frotz-v1.2-pico.uf2 onto my Clockwork PicoCalcā€¦ I turn it on, and per the READ ME, it should just start? Is there something else I need to do first? Also, do I need all the updates, or do I load the latest one? Sorryā€¦ Iā€™m VERY new to thisā€¦

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You need to have a Stories directory at the root of your SD cardā€™s filesystem and you need to put the Z-machine files for whatever interactive fiction you may want to play in there ā€“ Frotz will ask you which you want to play on boot. I suggest reading the README in full because this is all in there.

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Can we have subdirectories under /Stories? For example, I would like to put my Infocom Z files in one folder and the hints Z files in another folder.

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That youā€™d have to ask @BlairLeduc.

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No, you can only place your z-machine files in the /Stories directory. You can place your saved games in subdirectories below /Stories.

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Does it sort of walk you through the process end to end? Like, Iā€™ve put it together, but after that, I am totally lost.

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Iā€™m on a Pico2W. I also did the nuke flash, followed by Pico Frotz UF2, but I also get a blank screen. Not sure what Iā€™m doing wrong hereā€¦.

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You need the Pico 2 UF2, which you can get from here.

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So, now when I turn it on, I get a message that says ā€œError Opening /Stories directoryā€. Do I need to add a stories folder to the SD card?

The good news isā€¦ thereā€™s something on the screen! Thatā€™s a first. Thank you!

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Yes, the PicoCalc port of Frotz expects there to be a Stories directory in the root of the SD card because that is where it looks for Z-machine files for interactive fiction (e.g. Zork).

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I added a folder (/Stories)ā€¦ same problem.

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Did you put any Z-machine files in that directory?

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I did. planetfall-invclues-r10-s880531.z5. I can open on my Mac, but same message on the PicoCalc

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What filesystem is your SD card formatted with, and how is it partitioned?

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Used Disk Utility to format, Format MSDos(Fat32)