ALAN 2 - Revision history

Effect2: Added reference to 1993 (apparent release) in main body; added year when ALAN 2 development was abandoned; changed wording "versions" -> "version"; added source repository in #Software

2019-02-24T22:14:14Z

Added reference to 1993 (apparent release) in main body; added year when ALAN 2 development was abandoned; changed wording "versions" -> "version"; added source repository in #Software

Effect2: /* Links */ Added the other domain to the links

2019-02-24T21:24:36Z

‎Links: Added the other domain to the links

Effect2: Added some WBM links

2019-02-11T01:01:01Z

Added some WBM links

Effect2: Added to :Category:Multi-file formats

2019-02-11T00:30:27Z

Added to Category:Multi-file formats

Effect2: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Interactive Fiction |extensions={{ext|alan}}, {{ext|ala}}, {{ext|i}}, {{ext|acd}}, {{ext|dat}} |released=1993

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-'''ALAN''' is an [[Interactive Fiction|interactive fiction]] system written by "Göran Forslund" and "Thomas Nilsson" first released in 1985<ref>[http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Alan]. Note that the year of the earliest extant files, in [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/source/compiler286src.tgz], is 1993, and therefore the 1985 claim cannot be verified.</ref>, apparently with a connection to a company named "SoftLab"<ref>[http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/source/compiler286src.tgz], README.SRC</ref>. Although '''versions 2''' has some internal format inconsistencies, they are similar enough that they can be categorized as a single format (See [[#Formats of Compiled Versions]]); however, [[ALAN 3]] is entirely different and is treated here and elsewhere as a separate interactive fiction system.
+'''ALAN''' is an [[Interactive Fiction|interactive fiction]] system written by "Göran Forslund" and "Thomas Nilsson" first released in 1985<ref>[http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Alan]. Note that the year of the earliest extant files, in [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/source/compiler286src.tgz], is 1993, and therefore the 1985 claim cannot be verified.</ref>, apparently with a connection to a company named "SoftLab"<ref>[http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/source/compiler286src.tgz], README.SRC</ref>. Although '''version 2''', released ca. 1993 and superseded by ALAN 3 in 2005<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050728095717/http://www.alanif.se/, section "News" and "Version 3 in the Works"</ref>, has some internal format inconsistencies, they are similar enough that they can be categorized as a single format (See [[#Formats of Compiled Versions]]); however, [[ALAN 3]] is entirely different and is treated here and elsewhere as a separate interactive fiction system.
 As with most interactive fiction formats, ALAN 2 uses a compiler (a program named only "alan") to convert "source" files to portable "compiled" versions, which can then be run with an interpreter ("arun").
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 * [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/old/ Version 2.5 and 2.6 interpreters only, in the IF Archive]
 * [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/source/ The source of the 2.8.6 compiler and interpreter, in the IF Archive]
 * [[Gargoyle]], although it failed when tested

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 * [http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Alan ALAN 2 at the Interactive Fiction wiki]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050319164944/http://junovagen.se/alan/faq.html the ALAN 2 FAQ]
 == References ==

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 * [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/programming/alan/examples/ Source files in the IF Archive]
 * [http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/games/alan/ A mix of ALAN 2 and 3 games in the IF Archive]
 == Links ==
 * [http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Alan ALAN 2 at the Interactive Fiction wiki]
 == References ==

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