This directory contains files relating to
                       The Specification of the Z-Machine.

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ZMachineArchive-19970602.zip
                       An archive of the postings to the Z-Machine mailing
                       list from March 1997 through early June 1997, in
                       plain text format. Compiled by Allen Garvin.

ZMachineArchive-20020808.zip
                       An archive of the postings to the Z-Machine mailing
                       list from June 1997 through early August 2002, in
                       Unix mbox format. Compiled by Gavin Lambert.

ZMachineSpec-1.0.zip   The Z-Machine Standards Document Version 1.0 (04sep97)
                       (also known as "The Specification of the Z-Machine"),
                       by Graham Nelson.
                       Adobe Acrobat PDF format, converted by Kirk Klobe.

ZSpec10.zip            The Z-Machine Standards Document Version 1.0 (04sep97)
                       (also known as "The Specification of the Z-Machine"),
                       by Graham Nelson.
                       HTML format for web browsers; start with index.html

ZSpec11.txt            Z-Machine Standard 1.1 Document, written by
                       Kevin Bracey and Jason C. Penney.

blorb-infocom-extension.txt
                       A document specifying an extension to Blorb 1.1 to
                       handle the original graphics of the four Infocom V6
                       games, written by Kevin Bracey.
                       [file is linked from infocom/media/blorb/blorb-infocom-extension.txt]

blorb_format.txt       Blorb: An IF Resource Collection Format Standard,
                       Version 1.1, by Andrew Plotkin.
                       [file is linked from programming/blorb/blorb_format.txt]

savefile_14.txt        Z-machine Common Save-File Format Standard, also
                       called Quetzal (Quetzal Unifies Efficiently The
                       Z-Machine Archive Language).
                       Version 1.4 (03nov97), by Martin Frost.

z-spec10-pdf.zip       The Z-Machine Standards Document Version 1.0 (04sep97)
                       (also known as "The Specification of the Z-Machine"),
                       by Graham Nelson, as well as the Quetzal and Blorb
                       formats, and the proposed Standard 1.1.
                       Adobe Acrobat PDF format, converted by Peer Schaefer.

zspec02                A directory for The Specification of the Z-Machine,
                       Standard 0.2. This has been superceded by the 1.0
                       Standard.