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The Dungeon Master's Familiar
by Thomas Stalcup, Jr.
Well, these are the doc's. This is my first release of my first
program so bear with me, the program is pretty well self-explanatory.
***Getting Started
To start the program, type dmfam. After that, its pretty straight
forward. Either use a mouse to choose a menu item, and then a treasure
item or type, or press F10 and use the arrow keys to do the same thing.
This program tends to put too much treasure, especially gems and jewelry,
into each type. So if you don't want your characters getting rich, you can
reduce the number of gems or jewelry, leave them out entirely, or just
generate another treasure.
***Caution!!!
One precaution. If you open a bunch of windows at one time, you may
run out of memory, and lock up your computer. I think this will happen
between 100-200 windows, with 640k RAM. This sounds like a lot, but when
you're opening 4 or 5 with one keystroke, it adds up fast. No problem,
just close the windows.
***Registration
This is not free! This program is based on the Shareware concept.
This lets you try before you buy it. I have spent a lot of time on this,
and feel the need to be compensated for it. I don't want to sound mean,
but please register. I hate delay screens and extensively crippled
versions, so I didn't do that. Instead, when you register, you will get
the next version (when it comes out, hopefully around spring 1994,
depending on how many registrations I get) which will include, in addition
to the ever-present bug fixes, a context-sensitive help function. This
will allow you to access a description of each treasure item shown. This
future version will NOT be on any BBS, and should not be copied for
friends. If you do find it on a BBS, please contact me at the address
shown at the end of this doc. Registration is only $10 (U.S. currency,
please), but if you want the next version, please send an additional $3 ($5
if you live outside of the continental U.S.) for shipping and handling.
You can send check or money order to the address at the end of this doc.
Thanks in advance for your support and consideration.
***Bugs and Improvements
If you encounter any bugs in this program, I would appreciate it if
you would report them to me, via the address at the end of this document.
When you do so, please give detailed information about exactly what you
were doing, what kind of computer system you have, if you have any TSR's
installed, that kind of thing. It makes it a lot easier on me if you do.
If you have any recommendations to improve this product, I am open to
suggestions.
***Warranties and Guarantees, other Legal Stuff
The only thing I guarantee is that this program will take up space on
your hard drive. Beyond that, if it breaks into two pieces, you can keep
both of them. To put it simply, there is no warranty, but I need to put
this following text in, so bear with me.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO
PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO
WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE IS OFFERED. TO PUT IT PLAINLY, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES OCCURRING THROUGH THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM.
GOOD DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY
TESTED WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME
THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE
LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.
THE ONLY REFUNDS I GIVE WILL BE FOR DEFECTIVE PROGRAMS. ANY OTHER REFUNDS
ARE SUBJECT TO MY ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I DO
NOT ANTICIPATE GIVING MANY REFUNDS, SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD REASON,
DON'T EVEN ASK!
Shareware libraries and distributors may distribute this program, as long
as they do not charge more than a $6 fee for distribution costs, and as
long as this program or the documentation is not modified in any way. For
more information, contact me at the address at the end of the doc.
***Acknowledgements
This program is written in TurboPascal 6.0, using the TurboVision
units.
***Address
You may NetMail me at fido-net address 1:389/7
or write me at
Cybertech Systems
Thomas Stalcup, Jr.
Rt. 5 Box 314
Jonesboro, AR 72401