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Tale of Ancient Land

A text-based RPG written in Turbo Pascal 3.0 for various retro systems. Designed to be runable primarily on CP/M 2.2 (and CP/M+ aka CP/M 3.0).

Systems tested

• Windows terminal (ANSI)
• Commodore 128 (ADM31)
• Amstrad CPC 6128
• Elwro 800 Junior
• BOSMAN-8
• Indus GT (disk drive for Atari 8-bit computers)
• Atari 1090XL
• SVI 738 (MSX)
• ZX Spectrum 128+3
• FDD 3000 (disk drive for ZX Spectrum / Timex computers)

How do I transfer a compiled file to a floppy disk image?

Amstrad CPC

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using CPCDiskXP

Elwro 800 Junior

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using ElwroDiskManager

ZX Spectrum +3

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using CPCDiskXP

ZX Spectrum 48 / Timex 2048 with FDD 3000

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using cpmtools package

Commodore 128

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using RDCBM

Spectravideo SVI 738 (MSX)

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using cpmtools package

BOSMAN 8

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using cpmtools package

Atari 1090XL

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using DOS2COPY included in CP/M bootdisk

Atari XL/XE with Indus GT / LDW Super 2000 / California Access 2001

Use a pre-made disk image or transfer files using File Explorer in Altirra

Note: Altirra up to Altirra version 4.40-test8 has broken CP/M filesystem support. Use Altirra version 4.40-test9 or higher.

Other

Most systems can also be handled using the cpmtools package

Programming and story: dely / New Generation + Blowjobb.

Testing: krap, Peri Noid, Bocianu, dox

Additional assistance: drac030 / DLT, Steev

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