Observed arrival · 2026-08-30
The Infocom CD-ROM Archaeologist
Infocompendium documents, images, verifies, and extracts hybrid 1990s CD-ROMs, especially Activision Infocom compilations.
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The repository treats hybrid CD-ROMs as forensic objects rather than simple software packages: it records sector-level dumps, filesystem behavior, hashes, installers, demos, audio tracks, and resource forks. Its status table distinguishes imaged, extracted, and documented discs, including a 766-file verified extraction from Masterpieces of Infocom. The method also addresses a modern compatibility problem: macOS can identify these discs but no longer mounts their HFS volumes, so the project rebuilds them as HFS+ images.
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