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- LOCK JAW
- version 1.0
-
- a PCBoard 14 door
-
- by Norman Meadows
-
- Copyright(1991) by Namida Software
-
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ****************
-
-
- Lock Jaw was written in Turbo Pascal 5.5 using Sam Smith's Prokit
- version 3.1. Thank you, Sam Smith for an excellent SourceWare package
- that turns the drudgery of writing doors into a likeable experience.
-
-
- Many thanks go out to Tom Hammond (SysOp of Widow Maker BBS) for
- his ANSI support and bug testing. His tireless efforts and constant
- availability have helped tremendously in the creation of this door.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- WARRANTEES AND GUARANTEES
- -------------------------
-
- None, absolutely none. None implied, none expressed. None, period.
- This software is offered "as-is" with no guarantees of compatability
- with your system hardware or software.
-
- This door has been run harmlessly and successfully on quite a few
- BBS's and has caused no damage. It's an excellent door of an
- addictive and competetive nature and is not expected to cause any
- damage to your life or possessions in any way whatsoever. The boards
- that have run this door in the past have had no such problems. I
- don't expect you will either.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- ***********
-
- Sysop Stuff
- -----------
-
- Lock Jaw is capable of handling up to 100 players and runs on single
- node only. Look to future releases of this program for a multi-node
- version. That all depends on the kind of support received from this
- release. By registering this copy you will receive all future
- upgrades free of charge. This distribution copy of Lock Jaw is not
- crippled in any way. It is a full working copy.
-
- This door is for ANSI user's only. It is filled with ANSI
- positioning commands and such. Even though the output is ANSI only,
- users who are running from a monochrome monitor can use this door as
- long as they have ANSI.SYS installed on thier system, and color mode
- turned on from the BBS.
-
-
- Playing the Game
- ----------------
-
- The rules of Lock Jaw are displayed to the user in the opening
- screen, so you don't have to worry about sharing the information in
- this document with the users.
-
- Lock Jaw is reminiscent of the old classic game of Master Mind but
- with markable differences. The game is played using numbers on a
- grid. When you play the game you will have the option of choosing a
- series of from 3 to 6 digits. The higher the number you choose, the
- higher the score you get if you guess the correct series of numbers.
-
- You will have anywhere from 9 to 15 guesses to get the series and
- sequence correct. If you get the series wrong after the last chance
- you're given, you will be returned to the main menu and will have the
- opportunity to play the game again. If you guess correctly, your
- score will automatically be written to the high score bulletin (that
- way if your game is interrupted for some reason, you haven't lost your
- track record).
-
- You can see your current standing from the menu using the 'H'
- command (just think "High Scores"). It is updated after every hand of
- play. If you are not in the top ten, it will tell you what position
- you hold.
-
- If you exceed your time-limit on the board while in this door you
- will be warned. Your scores will all remain intact (again). If you
- drop carrier (heaven forbid!) the door will return to the BBS which
- in-turn should log you off.
-
- For a description of how the scores are figured use the menu's 'S'
- command. It gives a full and uncomplicated description.
-
- Again, the above information is all available to the users within
- the door.
-
-
- INSTALLING LOCK JAW
- *******************
-
- FILES INCLUDED WITH THIS PACKAGE
- --------------------------------
-
- LOCKJAW.PLY - The player record file
- LOCKJAW.CFG - The configuration file (as described below)
- LOCKJAW.DTE - The date record file
- LOCKJAW.DOC - This file
- LJRESET.EXE - Run this to RESET the game to NO players and NO scores
- LOCKJAW.EXE - The door program
-
-
- Create a sub-directory for all this stuff and put all these files in
- it.
-
- THE LOCKJAW.CFG FILE
- --------------------
-
-
- If you're at all familiar with setting up doors, then this should be
- a breeze. The following is my LOCKJAW.CFG file. Yours should be VERY
- similar:
-
- ----------------------------------> INTERRUPT
- | --------------------------------> Fountain Head BBS
- | | ------------------------------> Norman Meadows
- | | | ----------------------------> D:\BBS\DOORS\LOCKJAW\HISCORES.BUL
- | | | | --------------------------> 20
- | | | | | ------------------------> 0
- | | | | | | ----------------------> Zippety Do Dah
- | | | | | | |
- | | | | | | -> It doesn't matter what you put on this line, as long as
- | | | | | | you put something. For registered versions only.
- | | | | | |
- | | | | | ----> This is where the registered password goes. Put a 0
- | | | | | here until you register the door.
- | | | | |
- | | | | -----> The number of turns to allow a player per day.
- | | | |
- | | | -------> The path and filename you want the high score
- | | | bulletin to be written to.
- | | |
- | | ---------> The Sysop's name (that's you!).
- | |
- | -----------> Your BBS name as you want it to appear.
- |
- -------------> as is. Put the word "INTERRUPT".
-
-
- Once you've created the .cfg file put it in the same sub-directory
- as your LOCKJAW.EXE file. I keep mine in my \BBS\DOORS\LOCKJAW
- sub-directory.
-
-
-
- THE BATCH FILE
- --------------
-
- Once you've done all of the above you'll need to create a .bat file
- to call the door. It's format should be as follows:
-
-
-
- echo off
- cd\bbs\doors\lockjaw
- lockjaw lockjaw.cfg d:\bbs
- cd\bbs
- board
-
-
-
- Line 1: Echo off if you want it off. It doesn't really matter, now
- does it?
-
- Line 2: Change directory to where you've put your LOCKJAW.EXE,
- LJRESET, .CFG, .DTE and .PLY files.
-
- Line 3: First put the word LOCKJAW, then the name of the .cfg file as
- you created it with the instructions layed out earlier in this
- document. I call mine LOCKJAW.CFG. Then put the path to your
- main BBS directory. These three things should all be
- separated by a space, of course.
-
- Line 4: Change back to your main BBS directory when the program's
- finished running.
-
- Line 5: Tells it to run the board when everything's finished.
-
-
-
- For Zylem BBS's your DOOR??.BAT file will look something like this:
-
- echo off
- pcb14dcp
- cd\bbs\doors\lockjaw
- lockjaw lockjaw.cfg d:\bbs
- cd\bbs
- board
-
-
-
- RESETTING THE GAME
- ------------------
-
- To reset Lock Jaw, simply CD to the directory Lockjaw is running
- from and type:
-
- LJRESET
-
- Please use this program to reset the game rather than trying to edit
- the .ply file. Manually editing the .ply file can (and probably will)
- cause errors to crop up. If, for some surreal reason, you have
- manually edited the Lockjaw.ply file, it can be fixed with LJReset.
- This file will overwrite your current Lockjaw.ply file. There are no
- prompts, so once you hit the return key you can consider it done.
-
- If you happen to run this program outside of your Lock Jaw
- sub-directory it will cause no harm except to files named Lockjaw.ply.
-
-
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- ------------
-
- This program HAS NOT been released into the public domain. Even
- though the door is fully capable as-is, if you intend to use this door
- after a reasonable amount of testing (two weeks to a month) you are
- required by law to register this door with it's author. This program
- has the capability to show appreciation to the person who contributes
- the money to register it. Upon registration, the program will
- display, for all to see, the name of the registerer along with an
- appreciative note for all to see. You've probably seen the
- "adopt-a-door" schemes going around. This is the same thing and it
- gives your contributing users a nice warm fuzzy by displaying their
- name as a valued user.
-
- To register this door, please print out the following page and send
- it, a self-addressed-stamped envelope and $10 in cash, check or money
- order to:
-
- Namida Software
- 54 Heritage MHP
- Myrtle Beach, SC
- 29577
-
-
-
- LOCK JAW REGISTRATION FORM
-
-
- Your Name:_____________________________________________________
-
-
- Your Voice Phone #:____________________________________________
-
-
- Your BBS Name and Phone #:_____________________________________
-
-
- Your Mailing Address:_______________________
-
- City:_______________________
-
- State:_____ Zip Code:_______
-
-
-
-
- Comments about the door or suggested improvements for upcoming
- versions:
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
-
- Once this form has been received you will sent information through
- the mail on how to awaken the registered functions of this door.
- Please print ledgibly. Your registration may depend on it!
-
-
- Thank you for your contribution toward the Shareware concept and for
- making it possible to bring to the public high quality software at
- reasonable prices.
-
-
-