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- DAVE'S TERM : O N L I N E G A M E S I I
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- Programs by David Jansen
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- Text by Fender Tucker
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- We finally come to an end of the DAVE'S TERM 128 saga. It began five
- quarters ago with the publication of the main terminal program on LS 128
- #26. Then on #27 we provided some of its utilities, like copiers, editors
- and a calculator. LS 128 #28 brought you the various archivers and
- graphics drivers that allow you to use the online world more efficiently.
- Then on LS 128 #29 we presented the first batch of online remote games.
- And on the last issue before this one we gave you the DT128 Spell Checker
- module, along with some excellent keyboard overlays and macros by Don
- Graham. And now we have more online games.
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- Whew! DT128 has got to be the biggest "system" ever published by any
- disk magazine -- maybe even any paper magazine -- for the Commodore world.
- If you have the complete system it takes up several 5.25 inch disks and at
- least two 3.5 inch disks. You don't need all of the previous five issues
- to play these games, but you do need the main terminal program (LS 128 #26)
- and maybe the instructions for the remote module (LS 128 #28).
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- Side Two of LS 128 #31 is devoted to five two-player games for use with
- DT128's "remote" mode. The instructions for the remote module are in
- Chapter 17, found on LS 128 #28. They state that this mode allows your
- computer to be a sort of BBS which can be called by a friend. While
- online, you can play:
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- (1) Pinochle
- (2) Risk
- (3) Global War
- (4) Tetris
- (5) Sheepshead
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- You access the remote mode through the RECEIVE A CALL option on the
- main menu. Be sure to first set up your drives and terminal parameters as
- described in Chapter 17 of the instructions. From the RECEIVE A CALL menu
- set the Menu Drive, which is the drive where the files from Side Two of LS
- 128 #29 are found.
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- NOTE: You can copy all of the files to a 1581 disk with the rest of DT128
- (if you use one) or you can leave all of the games files on a 1541 disk
- (like LS 128 if you get the 5.25 inch version) in the drive set by "Menu
- Drive".
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- Then select REMOTE+ from the menu to load the "remote.mod". You'll see
- a directory option which you can use to see all of the files on the games
- disk, or you can press ESC to get back to the RECEIVE A CALL menu.
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- Now select "Receive a Call" and you'll get a prompt, "By your command-
- >". The instructions give you a list of the keys you can press. Press S
- for the Submenu and you'll get another prompt, "Subcommand->". Press E to
- get a menu of the various emulation modes. Then press O for the Online
- games menu. The menu gives you some information about each game, whether
- it's C/G or ANSI, or C/G, ANSI or Proterm. After you choose a game you can
- read a HELP file to see how it's played or start playing.
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- Have fun with the games! LOADSTAR wishes to thank Dave Jansen for
- devoting several years of his life to this project, and Don Graham for
- providing essential help in presenting it on LS 128.
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