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- TOMMY'S SHOW AND TELL MAZE GENERATOR (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #86-034-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- THIS PROGRAM GENERATES MAZES ON THE SCREEN, SHOWING ITS WORK. AFTER IT IS
- DONE, YOU CAN PRINT THE MAZE USING THE 'SHIFT-PRTSC' KEY.
-
- THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR LEAVING ON ALL DAY WHEN YOUR PC ISN'T DOING
- ANYTHING IMPORTANT, IN ORDER TO IMPRESS VISITORS. (YOU CAN MAKE UP A STORY
- ABOUT WHAT IT IS DOING.)
-
- ***TO QUIT THE PROGRAM AT ANY TIME, HIT FUNCTION KEY F7.***
-
- THE PROGRAM PROMPTS FOR MAZE WIDTH (6-79), LENGTH (6-79), MAXIMUM SEGMENT
- SIZE (1-80), AND MAZE PATH WIDTH (2-5).
-
- AFTER THE MAZE IS DISPLAYED, HIT ANY KEY TO RESTART THE PROGRAM.
-
- SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F1 TOGGLES THE SOUND EFFECTS ON AND OFF.
-
- SOUND PITCH: THE UP AND DOWN ARROWS INCREASE AND DECREASE THE BASIC SOUND
- EFFECTS PITCH, RESPECTIVELY.
-
- DEMO MODE: FUNCTION KEY F2 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE. INITIALLY OFF, THE DEMO
- MODE CAUSES THE PROGRAM TO SELECT ITS OWN MAZE PARAMETERS AND DRAW MAZES
- AUTOMATICALLY.
-
- NOTE: TO SWITCH INTO DEMO MODE WHEN THE PROGRAM FIRST COMES ON, HIT FUNCTION
- KEY F2 AND <ENTER> IF NECESSARY.
-
- RESTART: FUNCTION KEY F3 CAUSES THE CURRENT MAZE IN PROGRESS TO BE ABORTED AND
- A NEW ONE TO BE STARTED.
-
- SPEED CONTROL: THE LEFT ARROW KEY DECREASES, AND THE RIGHT ARROW KEY
- INCREASES THE SPEED OF THE PROGRAM.
-
- BOTTOM LINE PARAMETER DISPLAY: THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE SCREEN DISPLAYS THE
- FOLLOWING PARAMETERS:
-
- F: BASIC SOUND PITCH IN HERTZ
-
- # MAZE ROWS X # MAZE COLS
-
- FUNCTION KEY LEGENDS:
- FOR F1 AND F2, THE DISPLAY INDICATES THE MODE THAT WILL BE ENTERED
- AFTER HITTING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT
- AT THE TIME.
-
- P: BRANCH STACK POINTER: EACH TIME THE MAZE CURSOR CHANGES DIRECTION,
- THIS SCREEN LOCATION IS SAVED ON THE BRANCH STACK; WHEN THE CURSOR
- HITS A DEAD END, IT HOPS TO THE LAST BRANCH POINT AND TRIES A
- NEW DIRECTION.
-
- L: MAX SEGMENT LENGTH: EACH TIME THE MAZE CURSOR MOVES, IT GENERATES
- A SEGMENT OF THIS LENGTH IF IT CAN, ELSE AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE UP
- TO THIS LENGTH.
-
- W: MAZE PATH WIDTH
-
- R: CURRENT MAZE CURSOR SCREEN ROW (THE ROWS ARE 1 THRU 24, WITH 1 AT
- THE TOP OF THE SCREEN)
-
- C: CURRENT MAZE CURSOR SCREEN COL (THE COLS ARE 1 THRU 80, WITH 1 AT
- THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN)
-
- TO CHANGE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.
-
- TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
-
- EXAMPLE: >SHOWTELL MS
-
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