There are three versions of Macintosh NetHack 3.0j in distribution. The original
version was released in Feb. ╘91 and was believed to compatible for all Macintoshes. It was later discovered that that version had problems with some machines under some circumstances (most notably the mac IIfx and usage under system 7.0).
Macintosh NetHack 3.0j fixes an extremely rare and minor bug in the original patchlevel 10 release. This version can run in a minimum 750kB MultiFinder partition but has the same ╥problems╙ as the original release in some circumstances.
Macintosh NetHack 3.0j+ is a workaround version for environments that cannot run
the above versions of NetHack. It requires a 3MB MultiFinder partition as it keeps all
of its code segments in memory at all times. This has a side benefit of running faster
(unless you╒re using Virtual Memory, which may require memory swaps).
This second distribution of Macintosh NetHack requires that you choose only one of the versions of NetHack and place it into the Dungeon folder along with the other
NetHack files. The other version, if kept, should remain encoded (compressed) to avoid Finder confusion.
As always, problems comments, suggestions, etc. should be directed to:
nethack-bugs@linc.cis.upenn.edu
The Macintosh NetHack Development Team trusts you will enjoy the game.
