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- TurboHANG v2.00a Documentation
- ─────────────────────────────────────────
- Copyright (C) 1994-1996,
- by Steve Blinch of Mikerosoft Productions
-
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ TurboHANG Description │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- TurboHANG is an online animated hangman game in which the user
- attempts to solve word puzzles before his "man" is hung. If the user
- wins, his "man" is released, and waves a thank-you. If the user does
- NOT win, the man receives a timely execution in full technicolor (er,
- as full-color as you can get with 16-color ANSI... :)
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Legal Stuff │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ■» Disclaimer
-
- As a formality, this had to be included. TurboHANG *should* be 100%
- safe to use on just about any IBM or compatible, but...
-
- TurboHANG comes with no warranty of any kind, either express or
- implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of mer-
- chantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to
- this software and accompanying documentation. In no event shall
- Steve Blinch, Michael Helliker, or any other member of Mikerosoft
- Productions be liable for any damages (including loss of business
- profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or
- other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use
- this software, even if Mikerosoft Productions has been advised of
- the possibility of such damages. The execution of THANG.EXE or any
- other executable packaged with TurboHANG signifies your agreement to
- the above terms.
-
- ■» Distribution
-
- TurboHANG may be freely copied and distributed and provided that the
- following conditions are met:
-
- 1) TurboHANG must be distributed in UNALTERED form, with all doc-
- umentation and support files.
-
- 2) The TurboHANG executables may not be modified, disassembled,
- cross-assembled, re-assembled, or in any way changed without
- express written permission from the author (Steve Blinch).
-
- 3) Only the UNREGISTERED version of TurboHANG may be distributed.
- Registered copies (and/or registration keys) may NOT, for any
- purpose, be used by any person other than the person to whom
- the key belongs.
-
- 4) It is preferred that the original compression style (the RAR self
- extractor) is maintained. However, if absolutely necessary, the
- compression format may be changed (preferably to the regular RAR
- format, but if a change to another archiver is necessary, so be
- it.)
-
- 5) No fee may be charged for the distribution of TurboHANG.
-
- ■» Use of TurboHANG
-
- TurboHANG may be used unregistered for a single evaluation period
- of not more than 30 days, to allow the user to see if it meets his
- or her needs. After this period has expired, the user MUST either
- register TurboHANG with the author (Steve Blinch) or stop using it.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Registration │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Please see REGISTER.DOC for important information about registering.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Authenticity Verification │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- All authentic Mikerosoft archives should have AV (Authenticity Ver-
- ification) signatures. When you run the TurboHANG self-extractor
- (TH????.EXE), the TurboHANG logo should come up, and then you should
- see the following:
-
- ─[cut]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Verifying authenticity information ... Ok
-
- Extracting (filename) Ok
- .
- .
- .
-
- Archive TH200A.EXE
- created at hh:mm:ss dd mmm yyyy
- by Mikerosoft Productions
-
- Done
-
- ─[cut]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- If the AV signature is missing, the verification fails, or our name
- (Mikerosoft Productions) does not appear as shown above, the software
- has been altered since we released it.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ System Requirements │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- TurboHANG requires the following to run:
-
- ■» An IBM XT/AT/386/486/Pentium/P6+ or compatible
- ■» A modem, 300-115200 BPS
- ■» A FOSSIL communications driver (BNU/X00 or 100% compatible)
- ■» DOS 3.0+, or any DOS-compatible OS (Win, Win95, OS/2, & DV tested)
- ■» DOOR.SYS or DORINFO1.DEF (produced by your BBS program)
- ■» A terminal supporting ANSI emulation (user only)
- ■» ~300k on your hard disk
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Installation │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ■» Easy Setup
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- TurboHANG requires very little setup to use. As a matter of fact,
- the Unregistered version of TurboHANG requires no setup at all.
- Simply run:
-
- THANG -P<bbspath>
-
- To load TurboHANG. (This assumes you have a single-line system,
- see below if you run a multiline system).
-
- If you use the Registered version of TurboHANG, THANG.CTL becomes
- available. This plain ASCII textfile may be used to configure
- certain aspects of TurboHANG which are unavailable in the Unreg'd
- version. Please see THANG.CTL for more information.
-
-
- ■» Command-line Parameters
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- The following command-line parameters are available:
-
- ∙» -L Specify local mode (no dropfile required)
- ∙» -P<path> Specify path to your dropfile. If you're not
- running TurboHANG from your dropfile path, you
- MUST use this parameter.
- ∙» -N<#> Specify node, replace <#> with the number.
- ∙» -1 Force DORINFO1.DEF (do not use DORINFO2.DEF for
- node 2, etc.).
- ∙» -! Use DOOR.SYS instead of DORINFOx.DEF.
- ∙» -@<x> Force multitasker, replace <x> with one of the
- following:
- D = DESQview W = Windows N = NetWare
- 2 = DoubleDOS O = OS/2 X = Force NO detection
- If you don''t use this parameter, the multitasker
- will be detected.
- ∙» -% Force flushing of modem buffers after every modem
- write. NOT usually used, slows down OS/2 and
- Win95 horribly.
- ∙» -S<###> Release timeslice every <###>/100ths of a second
- (default is 100/100ths, or every 1 second) when
- NOT idle. If TurboHANG is running slow, play
- around with this.
- ∙» -I<###> Release timeslice every <###>/100ths of a second
- (default is 100/100ths, or every 1 second) when
- idle (waiting for a keypress, etc). If TurboHANG
- is running slow, play around with this.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Game Play │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Game play is relatively simple. A typical game would take the user
- through the following steps:
-
- 1. Main menu. The user can choose to play a game, view the top 10
- high scores, view the solved or unsolved puzzles, or return to the
- BBS.
-
- 2. The user, starting a new game, would be asked which puzzle (1-8)
- they would like to solve.
-
- 3. The user would then be asked whether or not he would like to com-
- pete against the computer.
-
- When competing against the computer, the player and the computer
- take turns guessing letters. Whenever one of the letters is
- correctly guessed, the guesser "steals" one of the opponent's body
- parts. The rest of the game plays exactly as in step #4.
-
- If the computer runs out of body parts and is "hung", the user
- continues guessing letters alone. If he manages to solve the
- puzzle correctly, he receives a 150 point bonus for beating the
- computer.
-
- 4. If the user chooses NOT to play against the computer, he simply
- begins choosing letters. If the user chooses a correct letter,
- every occurrance of that letter in the puzzle is revealed. If the
- user chooses an incorrect letter, he loses a body part.
-
- 5. Game play continues until either all the letters are revealed (in
- which case the "hangman" is freed and the game ends) or the user
- runs out of body parts (in which case the "hangman" is hung and
- the game ends).
-
- 6. If the user wins, he is allowed to type in a NEW puzzle, to re-
- place the one he just solved. The SOLVED puzzle is moved into
- the 'solved puzzle' category which may be viewed from the main
- menu.
-
- 7. The user is then returned to the main menu, back in step #1.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Support, Distribution, and Contacting the Author │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ■» Getting TurboHANG Upgrades
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Please see DISTRIB.TXT for a full list of our support & distrib-
- ution sites, along with our Webpage and FTP sites.
-
- TurboHANG is available for F'req from 1:153/554 (and any other
- Mikerosoft support site) with the magic name of "THANG" (without
- the quotes), 24 hours/day, 33600 BPS.
-
-
- ■» Contacting The Author
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- The author can be contacted via any of the following (in order of
- reliability and recommendation):
-
- Internet E-mail: fvhelm57@ucfv.bc.ca
- Netmail : Crash or Route to Steve Blinch, 1:153/554.1
- Fido Backbone : Post to Steve Blinch in the RA_UTIL conference
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Credits │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- The author would like to thank the following people for assistance in
- creating TurboHANG (in one way or another)...
-
- Mike, Dave, John, Zsolt, and Ryan (the beta team, see below), Damien
- Sam (hellbound.com system administrator), Oscar Olsson (FTP provider,
- Sweden), and all other SysOps and users who contributed suggestions,
- bug reports, and ideas.
-
- The beta team is:
-
- Name BBS Phone Number Fido Addr
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Michael Helliker Mikerosoft BBS +1-604-864-8160 1:153/554
- Zsolt Hengsperger Something For Everyone +1-604-723-7101 1:3410/210
- Ryan Rivas StoneKeep +1-407-380-9529 1:363/321
- John Moeller PC MUNCHLAND +1-706-561-8043 1:3613/4
- David Desrosiers hacker heaven bbs -temporarily unavailable-
- Oscar Olsson AZO BBS Telnet: azobbs.asogy.stockholm.se
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- For a list of our support sites, please refer to DISTRIB.TXT.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ Info │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- TurboHANG was created in about two months, and is just over 2350
- lines long (plus a 2300+ line utility unit, & a 3100+ line communica-
- tions unit). It was programmed using Turbo Pascal v7.0, and most
- importantly, it's Canadian! (eh?)
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░ │ The End │ ░░░░░ │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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