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2025-02-09 02:43
Nibelung

Registered: Jul 2017
Posts: 40
The Quill

Hey,

I was talking to Tim Gilberts of Gilsoft this week.
I had some version of The Quill way back in the 80s. A friend had a look and inserted a routine. Arrow Up and a number to load a picture from disk.
Tim was fascinated! He said, if any of such version comes up, he'll include it in his archive.
Sadly, my original disks are destroyed.
So, who can make this possible? And please *only* The Quill version 4WD.

-Nib
2025-02-19 14:49
Nibelung

Registered: Jul 2017
Posts: 40
None? Really?

Aren't you always on the lookout to *jewel* software?
2025-02-19 14:56
Case

Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 143
A quick search brings up the following.

https://csdb.dk/search/?seinsel=all&search=quill&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&..

It seems no one has made a crack of that version.
2025-02-19 21:46
Larry

Registered: Feb 2007
Posts: 28
The Quill had The Illustrator for HiRes "SVG-style" GFX.
To use Multicolor or HiRes Bitmap I'd suggest using DAAD with Maluva instead.
2025-02-20 00:17
bugjam

Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2725
How could it be recognized? Is "4WD" the tag?
2025-02-20 14:26
Larry

Registered: Feb 2007
Posts: 28
The 4WD = 4 word Version was used in the commercial Game Bugsy.
You should get in touch with Stefan Voigt, the guy behind games like The Curse of Rabenstein. IIRC he is active on X and other platforms. He is very deep into stuff like this.
2025-03-03 22:37
Nibelung

Registered: Jul 2017
Posts: 40
Yes, "4WD" was for "Four-Word-parser". Much simpler than Infocom's.Can differ between "bronze sword" or "iron sword".
@Larry: I know about DAAD & DRC & Maluva. But that's not the point.
@bugjam: Yeah, I guess it wasn't cracked. It had no protection. Was useless without any manual. My fault.

You can get it indeed on Stefan Vogt's DAAD-Pages:
http://8-bit.info/the-gilsoft-adventure-systems/

And yes, I know that DAAD is much more advanced. But that still is not the point.

It is, that a friend put a routine in within a weekend, so I guess it's not that hard, to put an arrow up in the location description, together with a number. And it loaded a Koala or something, Art Studio? from disk. It's almost 40 years, dudes!
But this was the idea.
And Tim Gilberts, the founder of Gilsoft, would love to have it!

So again, aimed to the coders. Anyone?
2025-03-05 03:07
Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 771
Probably moot but the ">>> Quill & Illustrator for CBM64" link on Steven Voigt's website appears broken. But I assume it would just download one of the cracks hosted on CSDb anyway?
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