I have been using the Mac version of TADS for some time now
and I am very happy with its user interface, the scroll bars
work the way they should, the window resizes, the font is
changable, the menus work right. All in all everything looks
like a Mac application should.
When the story is completed I would like to release stand alone
executables for both Mac and PC, maybe others. I have been
wondering what the PC version of TADS looks like. I am a little
slow when it comes to PCs so please bare with me. Does it have
a Windows interface? Does it look as much like a Windows app
as the Mac version looks like a Mac app? Or is it simply a DOS
style (white on black) character based interface in a window?
Is the DOS interface simply command line style? Or does it have
line graphics and menus similar to many DOS programs?
My story is designed for novice computer users. Can you make
a stand alone executable of a story that can be
run directly from a floppy? (In Windows and/or in DOS?)
For example, as installation instructions I want to say:
1. Insert the disk into the A drive.
2. Type "A:STORY" and the program will start.
3. At the '>' prompt, type "Help".
How do you do this under Windows, OS/2, and NT?
Will the same executable work under DOS, Windows, OS/2, and NT?
How big a game can run, practically, under the standard PC version
of TADS, without the DOS extenders, I want to keep the installation
as simple as possible. (Firewitch, Deep Space Drifter,
Legend, etc?)
Sorry to sound like a dweeb, but I have been out of the PC loop
for quite a while now. Any help would be appreciated.
Bob Way
Xenogenesis Software way@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
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