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--- research:zzt_preservation_phonebook [2021/03/08 20:01] – created asie
+++ research:zzt_preservation_phonebook [2021/10/30 15:17] – asie
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 This is a rough document listing information on services which have had valuable content related to ZZT preservation, and any potential notes useful for preserving them.
+===== Official ZZT Distributors =====
+==== Confirmed ====
+  * USA: Epic MegaGames (already contacted)
+  * UK (early): Nildram Software (already contacted)
+  * UK (later): Epic MegaGames UK
+  * Canada: Distant Markets, Box 1149, 194-3803 Calgary Trail, Edmonton, AB Canada T6J 5M8
+==== Unconfirmed ====
+  * Germany: CDV-Software, Ettlingerstr. 5, 7500 Karlsuhe 1, Germany (official Epic reseller, but did they sell ZZT?)
+  * Australia: BUDGETWARE, PO Box 496, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia (official Epic reseller, but did they sell ZZT?)
+==== Shareware-only? ====
+  * Finland: unknown (mentioned on sale in Pelit 1994/03, likely just the shareware copy)
+  * Poland: unknown (mentioned on sale in Computer Studio #10, likely just the shareware copy)
 ===== Bulletin Board Systems =====
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 The SysOp was Chip Hageman (mythran42). No success in contacting so far - the Internet record ends with a dead end in mid-2018.
+==== Software Visions BBS Distribution Sites ====
+  Software Visions Official BBS Distribution Sites-
+   Alternative Dimension        Tol Eress?a
+   (602)955-4720                (801)296-0617
+.4k baud                   14.4k baud
+   Rob's Place
+   (705)497-3028
+.4k baud
+   Gator Country BBS            Warp Zone BBS
+   (904)783-4071                (607)324-7084
+.2k baud                   38.4k baud, 4pm-12am
+   Around Town-Islip Terrace    Romantic Bytes BBS
+   (516)859-0703                (206)776-2836
+.4k baud                   19.2k baud
+   Metal Alternative Music BBS  The Black Realms
+   (312)463-8535                (812)424-3781
+.4k baud                   14.4k baud
 ==== Others ====
+  * **Rose Media**, **Canada Remote Systems** - Canadian BBSes mentioned in an early game by Darren Hewer.
+  * **The StrongHold BBS** - mentioned in The Lost Monkeys as an official support channel.
+  * **KastlerocK BBS** - source of "Escape from the Land for Noz"; operated from 1992 to 2004 by Jamie Kowinsky, see [[http://bbslist.textfiles.com/724/|Textfiles BBS List]].
   * **Da Warren BBS** - [[https://www.crummy.com/warren/files/zzt/|preserved]] by the SysOp, Leonard Richardson, in 2008!
+  * Multiple BBSes are listed in the final release of Warlord's Temple.
 ===== Pre-Internet Online Services =====
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   * **CompuServe** - Hard drive dumps and their owners exist, but it seems they are very fractional and don't cover the ZZT community on CompuServe.
   * **GEnie** - No information.
-  * **Exec-PC** - bbs.execpc.com stopped responding sometime in the last few years. Unfortunately, we didn't get to it in time.
+  * **Exec-PC** - It appears that all the ZZT-related files still up on Exec-PC have been archived. No information on any further discussions/etc.
 ===== Forums ====
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 ==== Epic MegaBoards ====
-Used to have a ZZT section. No further information available.
+Used to have a ZZT section. Hosted on ''http://megaboard.epicgames.com/'' in the late 90s; a few posts are preserved by the WayBack Machine.
+It appears the section saw very little activity, with the only preserved threads (from March 18th, 1999) being copy-pastes of posts from another forum or an announcement of such copy-pasting ongoing.