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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. 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 ===== ===== 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. 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
 +   14.4k baud                   14.4k baud
 +  
 +   Rob's Place
 +   (705)497-3028
 +   14.4k baud
 +  
 +   Gator Country BBS            Warp Zone BBS
 +   (904)783-4071                (607)324-7084
 +   19.2k baud                   38.4k baud, 4pm-12am
 +  
 +   Around Town-Islip Terrace    Romantic Bytes BBS
 +   (516)859-0703                (206)776-2836
 +   14.4k baud                   19.2k baud
 +  
 +   Metal Alternative Music BBS  The Black Realms
 +   (312)463-8535                (812)424-3781
 +   14.4k baud                   14.4k baud
  
 ==== Others ==== ==== Others ====
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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.   * **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.   * **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 ==== ===== Forums ====
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 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. 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.
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