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- The Game of Life
- written in Turbo Pascal for Windows
- PLIFE.TXT
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- PLife is a Windows program written in Turbo Pascal for Windows that
- illustrates the use of the ObjectWindows application framework.
- This program is copyright (c) 1991, M. Zack Urlocker. All rights
- reserved. This program and its source code may be freely distributed
- for non-commercial use.
-
- The files include:
-
- PLIFE.EXE - Executable program file
- PLIFE.PAS - Turbo Pascal for Windows source code
- PLIFE.RES - Windows resource file
- PLIFE.TXT - This file
-
- If you have received a ZIP file, you must unzip it first.
-
- Using Life
- ----------
-
- This program requires Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later. To start the
- program start Windows and then use the File Run command to start
- PLIFE.EXE. Or run life directly from the DOS C:> prompt by typing:
-
- WIN PLIFE
-
- Like other versions of Life, this version allows you to draw cells
- on the screen and then mutate them according to certain rules.
- If an empty cell has exactly three neighbors it will be born. If an
- occupied cell fewer than two or more than three neighbors it will
- die.
-
- The program features:
-
- - Mouse and keyboard support for drawing cells
- - Zoomable, resizable screen
- - Optional grid
- - Selectable timer speed
- - Trace mode
- - Random and non-random starting patterns
-
-
- NOTES
- -----
-
- Version 1.0 05/02/91
- -Written in Turbo Pascal for Windows
- -Includes keyboard and mouse interface
-
-
- Turbo Pascal for Windows Users
- ------------------------------
-
- This program illustrates some of the basic ideas common to many Windows
- programs including mouse and keyboard handling, graphics, resizing,
- rescaling and the use of timers. Feel free to experiment with the
- source code to learn how to implement similar features in your own
- programs.
-
- You can compile this program with the Windows IDE or the command line
- compiler. To compile with the command line compiler type the following
- at the DOS C:> prompt:
-
- TPCW PLIFE.PAS
-
-
- About Turbo Pascal for Windows
- ------------------------------
-
- Turbo Pascal for Windows is a complete development system for creating
- Windows applications. It includes a Windows Integrated Development
- Environment, ObjectWindows application framework, and Turbo Debugger for
- Windows. You do not need the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
- (SDK) to use Turbo Pascal for Windows.
-
- For more information about Turbo Pascal for Windows
- contact:
-
- Borland International
- 1800 Green Hills Rd
- Scotts Valley, CA 95066
- USA
-
- or your local distributor.
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