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My goodness, I could have written this word-for-word. Similar age, same Apple II BASIC and 6502 upbringing (roll sleeves and call -151) and also wrote to Infoco

My goodness, I could have written this word-for-word. Similar age, same Apple II BASIC and 6502 upbringing (roll sleeves and call -151) and also wrote to Infocom. We were in the UK so even more surprised to get a reply similar to yours several weeks later. Sadly my letter is also lost to various house moves. Or eaten by a grue.

drob518 10mo ago
Ha! They probably assigned an intern to reply to all the kids wanting to help them write the “next one.” Too funny! They had class, Infocom did.
bryanlarsen 10mo ago
Me too, except my letter was to Sierra On-Line and my experience was on TRS-80 6809. Really classy reply asking me to write back when I finished school.
- drob518 10mo ago
  Nice.
- brandall10 10mo ago
  Lovely to hear this about Infocom and SOL. The former was my obsession throughout the mid-late 80s on my Atari 800XL, and then the latter for the next few years after getting a 386SX in '89.
- eej71 10mo ago
  I recall sending a letter to them asking them for information on how they compressed their images for their hi-res adventure games. While they replied, they said it was a trade secret. I was kind of bummed. But being a 12 year old kid who barely understood the 6502, it probably would have gone over my head.
- stavros 10mo ago
  Recruiter pipelines back then were long, huh?
DonHopkins 10mo ago
I wrote them, and after a while I received a brochure in my mailbox, with this stamp: ---v----v----v----v----v--- | _______ | > One / \ G < | Lousy / \ U | > Point | ___ | E < | | (___) | | > <--)___(--> P < | / / \ \ o | > / / \ \ s < | |-|---------|-| t | > | | \ _ / | | a < | | | --(_)-- | | g | > | | /| |\ | | e < | |-|---|_|---|-| | > \ \__/_\__/ / < | _/_______\_ | > | f.m.l.c. | < | ------------- | > < | Donald Woods, Editor | > Spelunker Today < | | ---^----^----^----^----^--- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23114927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23114927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Z1cKUxD9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Z1cKUxD9c https://crpgadventures.blogspot.com/2016/05/zork-victory-sort-of.html https://crpgadventures.blogspot.com/2016/05/zork-victory-sor...

drob518 10mo ago

Ha! They probably assigned an intern to reply to all the kids wanting to help them write the “next one.” Too funny! They had class, Infocom did.

bryanlarsen 10mo ago

Me too, except my letter was to Sierra On-Line and my experience was on TRS-80 6809. Really classy reply asking me to write back when I finished school.

drob518 10mo ago
Nice.
brandall10 10mo ago
Lovely to hear this about Infocom and SOL. The former was my obsession throughout the mid-late 80s on my Atari 800XL, and then the latter for the next few years after getting a 386SX in '89.
eej71 10mo ago
I recall sending a letter to them asking them for information on how they compressed their images for their hi-res adventure games. While they replied, they said it was a trade secret. I was kind of bummed. But being a 12 year old kid who barely understood the 6502, it probably would have gone over my head.
stavros 10mo ago
Recruiter pipelines back then were long, huh?

DonHopkins 10mo ago

I wrote them, and after a while I received a brochure in my mailbox, with this stamp: ---v----v----v----v----v--- | _______ | > One / \ G < | Lousy / \ U | > Point | ___ | E < | | (___) | | > <--)___(--> P < | / / \ \ o | > / / \ \ s < | |-|---------|-| t | > | | \ _ / | | a < | | | --(_)-- | | g | > | | /| |\ | | e < | |-|---|_|---|-| | > \ \__/_\__/ / < | _/_______\_ | > | f.m.l.c. | < | ------------- | > < | Donald Woods, Editor | > Spelunker Today < | | ---^----^----^----^----^--- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23114927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23114927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Z1cKUxD9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Z1cKUxD9c https://crpgadventures.blogspot.com/2016/05/zork-victory-sort-of.html https://crpgadventures.blogspot.com/2016/05/zork-victory-sor...