The discussion centers on various methods for playing Zork on modern systems, highlighting a Go-based CP/M emulator that uses local filesystems instead of disk images. Participants also share alternative tools like frotz and RunCPM, while noting performance issues such as CPU throttling in some emulators.
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RunCPM
C2021–2024
MockbaTheBorg / RunCPM
RunCPM
RunCPM is a multi-platform, portable, Z80 CP/M 2.2 emulator.
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RunCPM is a multi-platform, portable, Z80 CP/M 2.2 emulator.
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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1 sourcesLPlproven·Mar 29, 2022
Just out of interest... there was a pre-existing CP/M emulator for the Pico.
https://github.com/guidol70/RunCPM_RPi_Pico
It's a port of RUNCPM:
https://github.com/MockbaTheBorg/RunCPM
In Running CP/M on the Raspberry Pi Pico