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ROM 2.4b6 + OLC - Nick Gammon Windows Port
Historical Nick Gammon Windows port of ROM 2.4b6 with Ivan Toledo's OLC, MOBprograms, source, world data and a bundled executable and default account.
About this resource
Complete historical ROM 2.4b6 source, world and executable package ported to 32-bit Windows by Nick Gammon. The root README is dated 29 January 1999 and identifies Ivan's OLC 1.81. This is distinct from the Unix OLC package. Credits ROM: Russ Taylor (Alander), Gabrielle Taylor, Brian Moore and rom.credits contributors. Merc: Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD: Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. OLC: Jason Dinkel, Hans Birkeland, Surreality and Locke, with The Isles 1.1 ancestry. Preserve all individual source and area notices and OLC version/author/date/credit strings. Nick Gammon: Windows port. Ivan Toledo: ROM 2.4 OLC adaptation. Markku Nylander: MOBprograms v0.98g, based on N'Atas-ha's concept; KERMiT: documented update. MOBprogram source permits copying and distribution under the ROM license. License warning Preserve doc/license.doc, doc/license.txt, doc/rom.license, doc/rom.credits and all README documents. DikuMUD, Merc and ROM terms are layered, not an unrestricted-use grant. Conditions include copyright and license retention, required login/help attribution, applicable notification requirements, noncommercial/no-distribution-charge restrictions and ROM derivative-identification/naming conditions. Preserve all component notices. Historical email addresses may no longer work. Archive availability does not establish that all redistribution conditions have been satisfied. The ROM terms also appear as doc/license.rom. Compatibility and safety warnings The root README reports OLC 1.81 while source headers retain 1.8 wording. MOBprogram patch documents target earlier ROM b2/b4 versions and are not turnkey instructions for this integrated b6 snapshot. Includes a 32-bit x86 Rom.exe and a pre-supplied administrator account with a documented default password. Replace inherited credentials and review player data before deployment. Modern compiler and operating-system compatibility are unverified. The package has not been compiled, boot-tested, malware-certified or comprehensively security-audited. Do not execute bundled programs or scripts blindly. All original files and notices are retained unchanged.
Compatibility
Historical 32-bit Windows port; modern Windows/compiler compatibility unverified.
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Attribution stays with the work.
License
Inherited DikuMUD/Merc/ROM terms and OLC/component notices
Original Author
Nick Gammon, Ivan Toledo and inherited ROM/OLC contributors
Credits
ROM: Russ Taylor (Alander), Gabrielle Taylor, Brian Moore and rom.credits contributors. Merc: Michael Chastain, Michael Quan and Mitchell Tse. DikuMUD: Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen and Katja Nyboe. OLC: Jason Dinkel, Hans Birkeland, Surreality and Locke, with The Isles 1.1 ancestry. Preserve all individual source and area notices and OLC version/author/date/credit strings. Nick Gammon: Windows port. Ivan Toledo: ROM 2.4 OLC adaptation. Markku Nylander: MOBprograms v0.98g, based on N'Atas-ha's concept; KERMiT: documented update. MOBprogram source permits copying and distribution under the ROM license.
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