This May Be The Coolest Way To Play Zork
Published: January 01, 0001 | Author: A.I. Nexus | Category: Financial Strategy
Or is it the dorkiest? However you want to label it, the ability to play Infocom text adventures like Zork and The 
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with a typewriter is [[link]] without a doubt neat(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); This is Automatypewriter, a “new way to experience interactive fiction,” according to its creator Jonathan M. Guberman. Built with custom software designed by Guberman’s collaborator Jim Munroe, Automatypewriter turns an old Smith Corona electric typewriter into 
a game terminal, outputting text by typing 
automatically and interpreting text typed by players.
Guberman explains how [[link]] the whole thing works in the Automatypewriter project page If you’re in the Toronto area, you [[link]] may be able to get your hands on the thing at the Site 3 coLaboratory, which has open house nights every Thursday. A new way to interact with fiction [Up Not North via Make]