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Frogm4n · 02-22-2025, 11:18 AM

I'm glad you mentioned that about the file types. It got me to see if the gnu file command could tell me which kind the files are before I renamed them.

Code:

games$ file *.dat
Lurking.dat:  Infocom (Z-machine 3, Release 221, Serial 870918)
Nordandb.dat: Infocom (Z-machine 4, Release 19, Serial 870722)
Hitchhik.dat: Infocom (Z-machine 5, Release 31, Serial 871119)

I changed those extensions to the matching .z# based on those results. Gargoyle now opens them right away. Of course there's still the missing keyboard issue, but I haven't found a pattern to it yet. Hopefully it's not too much of a headache to find and fix.

02-22-2025, 11:18 AM	#8
Frogm4n Fanatic Posts: 502 Karma: 3579239 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Scribe 2022, OA2, PRS-350	I'm glad you mentioned that about the file types. It got me to see if the gnu file command could tell me which kind the files are before I renamed them. Code: games$ file *.dat Lurking.dat: Infocom (Z-machine 3, Release 221, Serial 870918) Nordandb.dat: Infocom (Z-machine 4, Release 19, Serial 870722) Hitchhik.dat: Infocom (Z-machine 5, Release 31, Serial 871119) I changed those extensions to the matching .z# based on those results. Gargoyle now opens them right away. Of course there's still the missing keyboard issue, but I haven't found a pattern to it yet. Hopefully it's not too much of a headache to find and fix.