Ztools, the Infocom Toolkit by Mark Howell,
                 currently maintained by Matthew T. Russotto
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                      It contains the following tools:

 check    - checks story file integrity, same as $verify command. Works on all
            types except for V1, V2 and early V3 games which have no checksum
            in the header. Optionally outputs a new story file of the correct
            length.

 infodump - dumps header, object list, grammar and dictionary of a given
            story file. Works on all types. Grammar doesn't work for V6
            games yet.

 inforead - converts IBM bootable disks to story files. Only for IBM PCs,
            requires Microsoft C or Borland C.

 pix2gif  - convert IBM MCGA/VGA (*.MG1) picture files from V6 games to
            individual GIF files, viewable on most platforms.

 txd      - disassembles story files to Z code assembly language, plus text
            strings.  Works on all games from V1 to V8. Also supports Inform
            assembler syntax.

Current version: 7/3.1 (07nov98). Some of the executables below contain older
versions of Ztools which may not support all of the game files mentioned above.

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Mac_TXD.sit          Mark Howell's TXD (and some associated zTools) ported to
                    the Macintosh by Grey Lowell
                    fat binary for 68020 or better and PowerPC

ZTools71MPW.cpt.bin  Ztools version 7/1 compiled as Macintosh MPW tools
                    by Matthew T. Russotto

infotoolkit.shk      Infocom Toolkit by Mark Howell, probably version 14apr93,
                    ported to the Apple IIGS by Matt Ackeret.
                    Runs under Orca or GNO or any compatible shell.
                    Packed with ShrinkIt.

mactxd.sit.hqx       txd II (27jul96, version 5/10) for the Macintosh,
                    ported by Robert M. Dickau

mactxd_readme.txt    description of mactxd.sit.hqx

zt2_72.zip           OS/2 executables version 7/2 (03aug97); ported by
                    John W. Kennedy.  OS/2 Warp executable, OS/2 source code,
                    and the original source.

ztools-73-beos.zip   BeOS executables version 7/3 (07feb98), compiled by
                    Stephen van Egmond.
                    PowerPC and Intel x86 versions included

ztools72.zip         MSDOS executables version 7/2 (03aug97), supplied by
                    Stefan Jokisch

ztools73.lha         Amiga executables version 7/3 (07feb98), ported by
                    David Kinder

ztools731-FreeBSD.tgz  FreeBSD executables, version 7/3.1.

ztools731.tar.gz     portable source code version 7/3.1 (07nov98) for Amiga,
                    DOS, Mac, Unix and VMS

ztools731_win32.zip  Win32 (Windows 95/98/NT) executables version 7/3.1,
                    ported by Kirk Klobe