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- TOMMY'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #86-033-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- YOU ARE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER FOR A BUSY AIRPORT IN THE GREATER
- METROPOLITAN PODUNK AREA.
-
- YOUR AIR SCREEN IS CENTERED AROUND YOUR TWO RUNWAYS, LABELLED 1 AND 2.
-
- AS AIR TRAFFIC ENTERS YOUR AIR SCREEN YOU MUST ROUTE IT TO THE ASSIGNED EXIT
- POINT (E1-E8) OR RUNWAY (R1-R2).
-
- TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIR SCREEN IS THE DATA DISPLAY, GIVING THE LOCATION
- (RELATIVE TO CENTER OF SCREEN), ALTITUDE (1-6), HEADING (1-8) AND FUEL (IN
- TIME REMAINING UNITS) FOR EACH TARGET TRACKED.
-
- THE HEADINGS ARE: 4 3 2
- \ | /
- 5---+---1
- / | \
- 6 7 8
-
- THE EXIT POINTS ARE LABELLED IN THE SAME WAY FOR CONVENIENCE. AN AIRCRAFT
- MUST HAVE AN ALTITUDE >=4 WHEN IT REACHES ITS EXIT POINT.
-
- TARGETS:
- THE RADAR TARGETS ARE GIVEN ALPHABETIC LABELS A-Z AS NECESSARY FOR UNIQUE
- IDENTIFICATION. A TARGET IS DISPLAYED ON THE AIR SCREEN IN THE FOLLOWING
- FORMAT:
- TCAXY
- WHERE:
- T IS THE TARGET ID (A-Z)
- C IS THE COMMAND PENDING FOR THIS TARGET:
- ":" MEANS NO COMMAND IS PENDING
- "L" MEANS TARGET IS CLEARED TO LAND
- "+" MEANS TARGET IS TURNING COUNTERCLOCKWISE
- "-" MEANS TARGET IS TURNING CLOCKWISE
- "U" MEANS TARGET IS ASCENDING IN ALTITUDE
- "D" MEANS TARGET IS DESCENDING
- "C" MEANS TARGET IS CIRCLING IN A HOLDING PATTERN
- A IS THE ALTITUDE (1-6)
- XY IS THE EXIT POINT (E1-E8) OR THE ASSIGNED RUNWAY (R1-R2)
-
-
- COMMANDS:
- ISSUE COMMANDS TO THE AIRCRAFT USING THE KEYBOARD. AFTER TYPING THE COMMAND,
- HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TO TRANSMIT IT TO THE AIRCRAFT.
-
- THE COMMANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
-
- X.N TARGET X ASCEND/DESCEND TO ALTITUDE N (N=1..6)
- X+H TARGET X TURN COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO HEADING H (H=1..8)
- X-H TARGET X TURN CLOCKWISE TO HEADING H
- NOTE: YOU CAN TYPE "_" FOR "-", AND "=" FOR "+"
-
- XL TARGET X CLEARED TO LAND (THE TARGET MUST BE AT ALTITUDE 1
- TO BE CLEARED; IT THEN LANDS ON ITS OWN GUIDANCE)
- XT TARGET X CLEARED TO TAKE OFF (THE TARGET MUST BE ON A
- RUNWAY; IT TAKES OFF ON ITS OWN GUIDANCE)
- XC TARGET X CIRCLE AT PRESENT ALTITUDE
-
- <- <BACKSPACE KEY> ERASE THE COMMAND AND START OVER
-
- EMERGENCY LANDING:
- IF AN AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO AN EXIT POINT HAS <=100 UNITS OF FUEL REMAINING,
- YOU MAY ELECT TO CLEAR IT FOR LANDING INSTEAD.
-
- SCORING:
- A GAME IS 100 AIRCRAFT. YOU GET ONE POINT FOR EACH AIRCRAFT THAT MAKES ITS
- EXIT POINT OR LANDING, HENCE THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE IS 100.
-
- FUNCTION KEYS:
- THE FUNCTION KEYS CONTROL THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS. NOTE THAT FOR 'TOGGLE'
- SWITCHES, THE FUNCTION KEY LEGEND ALWAYS DISPLAYS THE MODE THAT WILL BE
- ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT AT
- THE TIME.
-
- FUNCTION KEY FUNCTION
- ------------ --------
- F1 SOUND EFFECTS ON/OFF TOGGLE.
- F2 TOGGLE DEMO MODE. IN DEMO MODE, THE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES
- ITSELF. *WARNING* PRESSING THIS KEY ZEROES THE SCORE!
- F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
- F5 QUIT THE PROGRAM.
- F10 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR.
-
- CLOCK PITCH: THE UP ARROW KEY (ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD) INCREASES, AND THE
- DOWN ARROW KEY DECREASES THE PITCH OF THE CLOCK.
-
- STARTUP SHOW: TO BYPASS THE STARTUP SHOW, HIT THE ENTER KEY TWICE INSTEAD
- OF ONCE WHEN RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
- * SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
-
- EXAMPLE: >ATC MS
-
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