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- Jet Combat v2.10 Beta
- Compiled (09/22/90)
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- (* Sysop Documentation *)
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- By: John Richardson
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- Top Gun ][ BBS
- (414) 796-8408
- Fido-Net [1:154/300]
- RBBS-Net[8:972/1001]
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- Registration
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- Jet Combat is distributed as shareware. Please read and return the registration
- form in REGISTER.FRM. If you are already a registered user (ie. you sent in
- $20 for some version previous to 2.00), then you are entitled to a registered
- version of Jet Combat 1.09 without paying any additional fee.
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- Warranty
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- This is product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The
- entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by
- you. Further more, I the author do not warrant, guarantee, or make any
- representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the program,
- and you rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. I the author
- cannot accept responsibility for system damage, loss of profit, or any other
- special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or
- inability to use this product.
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- Copyright
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- The Jet Combat On-Line Game is distributed as SHAREWARE.
- Under this concept you may use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a
- reasonable period of time, which I consider to be two weeks, after which you
- must either register your copy or discontinue usage.
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- Distribution
- ============
- You are free, in fact encouraged, to distribute the SHAREWARE (unregistered)
- version of Jet Combat On-Line Game provided that all files
- contained in the original Jet Combat archive are distributed in their
- original unmodified state.
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- What is Jet Combat?
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- Jet Combat is a multi-user simulation of user-to-user dog-fighting game.
- Users battle mig 29's and other jets of their type to become the best of
- the best! (TopGun which it is called!). It features fifteen different
- types of jets from the airforce that the users will be able to use. These
- jets are also sysop configurable. This game is completely ansi menu driven.
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- Sysop Options In Jet Combat
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- o Full Support For PCBoard 12.x, PCBoard 14.x, GAP, WildCat, RBBS, QuickBBS
- Remote Access, Force, Phoenix, and SpitFire.
- o Full Fossil and Interrupt Communications Supported.
- o Baud rates up to 38.4k locked are supported.
- o Com Ports 1 through 4 are supported. Com Ports 1 through 16 are available
- if using BNU by David Nugent.
- o Supports CTS checking, even at 300 bps, for error free transmissions.
- o Does not require Watchdog, CTTY or Doorway
- o High Speed Input & Output Routines.
- o Informative Status Line.
- o Callers Time can be increase - decreased - Up/Down.
- o Detects loss of carrier.
- o Terminates cleanly through an error back to the board.
- o No "Screen Bleeds" under Multi-Tasking.
- o Has its own built in ansi driver for fast screen displays.
- o Written in Borland's Turbo Pascal v5.5 for Speed and Size.
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- File List
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- This document is a simple instruction to use to setup Jet Combat for your BBS.
- The following files are included:
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- SYSOP.DOC - SysOp Documentation (What you are reading right now).
- REGISTER.FRM - SysOp Game Registration Form.
- TOPSOFT.TXT - SysOp List of Current TopSoft Software Programs.
- PLAYER.DOC - Users Documentation.
- JCINIT.EXE - The Initialization Program.
- COMBAT.EXE - The main executable file.
- COMBAT.OVR - The main overlay file (this is here only if overlay version)
- JCEDIT.EXE - The player editor.
- JCBLTGEN.EXE - The bulletin file generator.
- JETS.TXT - The text file that contains the jets and prices.
- ARMS.TXT - The text file that contains the weapons and prices.
- WHATS.NEW - The file that tells you the history of the program.
- COMBATG - The main welcome screen (ansi)
- COMBAT - The main welcome screen (ascii)
- COMBAT.SYS - The main file that contains the registration info.
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- Executing And Configuring Jet Combat
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- To configure Jet Combat, you must first run the JCINIT.EXE program and that
- will setup the main COMBAT.CFG and PRICES.CFG. If you would like to edit
- the prices and or options such as locked baud rates, monochrome mode, comport,
- which comm routines, then use a text editor (i.e. QEDIT) to edit the (.CFG)
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- Jet Combat is invoked like this.
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- COMBAT nodenumber
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- If you would like to invoke Jet Combat in local mode, then you must execute
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- COMBAT /L
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- The /L means local mode.
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- Restarting a new game
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- At any time should you wish to start a new game, simply delete all the data
- files [DEL *.WAR] in the Jet Combat directory. Then afterwards run the
- JCINIT.EXE program once again.
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- Sysop Functions
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- Up Arrow o This key will add two minutes of game time to the current
- users game session.
- Down Arrow o This key will subtract two minutes of game time from the
- current users game session.
- Alt-C o This key is used to initate CHAT mode. This allows the
- SysOp to converse with the user. Jet Combat supports full
- word wrapping in CHAT mode.
- Alt-H o Brings up a full screen help for the sysop.
- ESC o The escape key is used to terminate CHAT mode.
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- Epilog
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- Please enjoy the program and feel free to contact TopSoft Support Systems.
- The author can be reached under the name of John Richardson or
- Steve Richardson. You may also reach us through the following RBBS-Net/
- Fido-Net echo's:
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- DOORWARE
- ON_LINE_GAMES
- DOORGAMES
- TAG_DOORS
- RBBS-DOORS
- DDSDOORS
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- I am also directly netmailable through fido or rbbs-net. The node numbers
- are listed below.
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- Thanks,
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- John Richardson
- TopSoft Support Systems
- (414) 796-8408
- PC-Pursuitable D/WIMIL/24
- Fido [1:154/300,1:154/301]
- RBBS-Net [8:972/1001,8:972/1000]
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