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- Peter Donnelly
- 1301 Ryan Street
- Victoria BC
- Canada V8T 4Y8
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- The software accompanying this document is free: yours to enjoy just as I
- enjoyed creating it. However, if you do want to express your thanks to the
- author with a donation of $10 or more, you will receive a disk containing
- the programs listed below. Please specify 5¼" or 3½" disk.
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- JOTTO
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- The classic word-guessing game. Not Hangman - more like Mastermind. Your
- deductive powers will be taxed as you use ten guesses to discover the
- hidden word. The on-screen scratchpad will help.
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- KAYAK
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- Two kayaks race across an ocean strait, contending with wind, currents,
- tide-rips, and passing freighters. Two players, or you versus the computer.
- Not an arcade game; more of an exercise in vectors. Includes documentation
- on the nature of tidal currents and the problems they pose for navigators.
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- PAN1091
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- Complete setup for the Panasonic KX-P1091 or Roland PR-1011 printer.
- Includes on-screen drawing of downloadable characters so you can design
- your own monograms, dingbats, foreign characters etc.
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- XIANGQI
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- An ancient Chinese version of chess. Play against the computer, save and
- restore positions, set up problems. Complete documentation and on-screen
- help. Mouse optional.
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- None of the above requires a graphics card. Those below do.
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- ANIMAL
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- Another Chinese strategy game, this one more suitable for younger people.
- Try to get one of your eight animals into the opponent's den without being
- eaten. EGA 640x350 graphics.
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- TP-ICON
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- A drawing tool for programmers. Create images of up to 68 by 94 pixels for
- use with the PutImage procedure in Turbo Pascal or Turbo C. Two levels of
- zoom for easy placement of pixels. Automatic line, circle, and rectangle
- draw, ten fill patterns, and complete palette control (use any 16 of 64
- colors). Move, flip, and merge images. Documentation includes complete info
- on how to incorporate image files into your programs, and an animation demo
- in both languages. Mouse and EGA or VGA required.
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- DRAWMOUSE
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- Another programmer's tool. Enables easy on-screen drawing of mouse cursors
- for incorporation in graphics programs. Works in three resolutions: low-
- and high-res CGA, and hi-res EGA. Documentation includes a fully commented
- Turbo Pascal unit containing all the common mouse functions.
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- PCXPAS
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- Two Turbo Pascal units for decoding and displaying .PCX graphics files.
- The package supports CGA color and b/w, EGA 16-color, and VGA 16-color and
- 256-color modes. Decoding is done in assembly language and is very fast.
- Includes Pascal and assembler source code and sample implementations.
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