[Audyssey] getting frostz to work on the pac mate.

[Ken the Crazy]

I don't know why the heck none of us thought of using the graphics mode!
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Hardy" <grant_hardy at telus.net>
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers at audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] getting frostz to work on the pac mate.


> Hi there,
>
> I am a former BrailleNote user, so like you I am eager to return to 
> playing
> text adventures!  I've done some poking around in the software, and the 
> key
> is to press dot 8 chord (on a BX; I don't know what the equivalent on the 
> QX
> is to enter the advanced settings screen) then press G-chord to turn on 
> all
> graphics.  At this point, press the spacebar to get out of settings and 
> then
> you can access the menu bar.  The top levels of the menu bar are not 
> named;
> they are unlabeled graphics.  But inside those menus are functions like
> "open story", "font"..., which are labeled.  Select the open and browse to
> the game you want using normal procedures.  Before pressing enter, change
> your screen echo to All.  Now, here's the deal.  Blind mode does, 
> arguably,
> work better than the normal mode, although still, I can't figure out how 
> to
> access all the text.  You'll notice that often you hear only part of the
> text, or some text is missing.
>
> I've also tried my hand at ZipCE (Google that word for the download). 
> Once
> installed, launch the executable and go into font from the menu bar and 
> set
> it to a really low value like 2.  This will enable you to get the maximum
> amount of text on the screen.  Then go into your menu bar and open, browse
> to the game you want and again set screen echo to all.  In this program,
> I've actually been having better luck accessing the text, though you'll
> still find situations where not all the text is heard.  Let me know how it
> goes, and please reply if you find something else out.
>
> Grant
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gamers-bounces at audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-bounces at audyssey.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tom Randall
>> Sent: February 12, 2007 5:11 PM
>> To: blindgamers
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] getting frostz to work on the pac mate.
>>
>> Ok now I am stuck at the same point the other guy is.  I have downloaded
>> and installed frostz as well as downloading the prequel to zork which I
>> have on a cf card.  When I start frostz it says that no story is loaded
>> and it presents me with an ok button.  I hit enter on this and am on a
>> blank screen and cannot do anything.  The docs on this thing seem a bit
>> sparse, for instance a blind mode is mentioned but there are no
>> directions on how you turn it on and when it is or is not needed.  There
>> also do not seem to be any directions on how to get the thing started
>> unless I missed them somehow.  I don't mean to gripe too much as the
>> thing is free but a little help would be greatly appreciated here.  I'm
>> all fired up to play my old games again on the way to work and
>> especially on long trips.  So if anybody has actually got this thing to
>> work on their pac mate do drop me a note either on here or privately as
>> I realize this thread is not interesting to everyone.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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