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		pronoiac on Nov 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zork Zcode Interpreters Appear Out of Nowhere Did anyone else trip over the unclear usage of ZIP? Z-machine program files and PKZIP files share the .zip file extension, but not file formats.

duskwuff on Nov 21, 2023 [–]

> Z-machine program files and PKZIP files share the .zip file extension

Modern Z-machine programs typically use extensions like .z3, .z5, and .z8 for Z-machine programs (with the digit depending on the version of the VM used). I've only seen .zip used within Infocom, before PKZIP was a thing.

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