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╠┼╪╔╦╧╙
┴ ═ULTIPURPOSE ┼DUCATIONAL ╨ROGRAM
╞OR THE ├OMMODORE 64
╟┼╬┼╥┴╠ ─┼╙├╥╔╨╘╔╧╬
╠EXIKOS WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A
LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN A CLASSROOM
SETTING. ╘HE USER IS PRESENTED WITH 1╧
PROBLEMS (USUALLY WORD DEFINITIONS)
SELECTED AT RANDOM FROM THE LIBRARY
OF ╠EXIKOS GAME FILES PREVIOUSLY
CREATED BY THE TEACHER. ╘HE STUDENT IS
GIVEN A LIMITED TIME TO TYPE A CORRECT-
LY SPELLED WORD THAT MATCHES THE ON-
SCREEN CLUES. ╘HREE CLUES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR EACH PROBLEM. ╨OINTS ARE LOST FOR
TIME DELAYS AND CLUE REQUESTS. ╘HE
HIGHEST SCORE IS SAVED, ALONG WITH THE
STUDENT'S NAME, AND PRESENTED TO THE
NEXT PLAYER AS A CHALLENGE. ╘HE PROBLEM
MAY BE ANYTHING FROM A SIMPLE VOCAB-
ULARY OR SPELLING LIST TO A COMPLEX
PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTIONS WITH SHORT
SPECIFIC ANSWERS.
╟┼╬┼╥┴╠ ├╧╬╙╔─┼╥┴╘╔╧╬╙
╠EXIKOS IS INTENDED FOR USE BY STUDENTS
AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. ╔T IS ASSUMED THAT
THE STUDENT CAN READ SIMPLE INSTRUC-
TIONS FROM THE SCREEN. ╔T IS ALSO
ASSUMED THAT THE TEACHER WILL STRUCTURE
THE GAME FILES TO FIT THE INDIVIDUAL
CLASS NEEDS. ╘HIS PROGRAM MAY BE USED
WITHOUT MODIFICATION WITH THE ├OM╓OICE
OR ╨RO╓OICE (╓OTALKER64) SPEECH SYNTHE-
SIZER. ╠EXIKOS WAS DESIGNED FOR THE
├OMMODORE 64 WITH A 1541 DISK DRIVE.
╔T MAY ╬╧╘ WORK WITH SOME FAST LOAD
UTILITIES.
╠╧┴─╔╬╟ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
╔F YOU PLAN TO USE ├OM╓OICE, ╨RO╓OICE
OR ╓OTALKER, BE SURE THE CARTRIDGE IS
IN PLACE THEN TURN ON THE COMPUTER AND
DISK DRIVE. (╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ WILL WORK WITHOUT
THE SPEECH CARTRIDGE). ╘YPE ╠╧┴─
"╠┼╪╔╦╧╙",8 (OR ╠╧┴─"╠*",8). ╫HEN THE
╥┼┴─┘ PROMPT APPEARS, TYPE ╥╒╬. ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙
WILL THEN FINISH BOOTING ITSELF SELECT-
ING THE SAME GAME FILE USED DURING THE
LAST PLAY ALONG WITH ANY SPECIAL
FEATURES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
╨LAYING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE
ON SCREEN. ╘O CHANGE GAME FILES OR
SELECT SPECIAL OPTIONS, ENTER "Y" WHEN
ASKED IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE SETUP.
┼NTERING "N" OR WAITING 15 SECONDS WILL
WILL CAUSE ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ TO BOOT AS PREVI-
OUSLY SETUP. ╘O READ, PRINT, EDIT OR
CREATE NEW GAME FILES, ADD OR DELETE
NAMES FROM THE PLAYER ROSTER, CHANGE
TEACHER'S PASSWORD, READ PLAYER
RECORDS, OR CHAMP'S NAME, TYPE ╠╧┴─
"═┼╬╒",8. ╫HEN THE ╥┼┴─┘ PROMPT
APPEARS, TYPE ╥╒╬. ╘HE MASTER MENU MAY
BE CALLED FROM WITHIN ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ BY
FOLLOWING THE TITLE SCREEN PROMPTS TO
EXIT. (╚OLD ├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESS X)
├╥┼┴╘╔╬╟ ╟┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╘HE ╠EXIKOS DISK CONTAINS ONE GAME FILE
NAMED "SAMPLE". ╘HE TEACHER SHOULD NOW
CREATE ONE OR MORE GAME FILES FOR HIS/
HER STUDENT'S NEEDS. ╙ELECT ITEM 1 FROM
THE MASTER MENU. (╟┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘)
┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR A FILE NAME.
╔F THE FILE EXISTS, THE NEW WORDS MAY
BE ADDED. ╔F THE FILE DOES NOT EXIST,
IT WILL BE CREATED. ╒P TO 1╧╧ WORDS
MAY BE USED IN EACH FILE, HOWEVER IF
THE HINTS AND DEFINITIONS ARE VERY
LONG, PART OF THE FILE MAY NOT BE READ
WHEN LEXIKOS IS RUN. ┴╠╠ ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ ╟┴═┼
╞╔╠┼╙ ═╒╙╘ ┬┼ ╙┴╓┼─ ╧╬ ╘╚┼ ╙┴═┼ ─╔╙╦
╫╔╘╚ ╘╚┼ ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═╙. ┼ACH FILE
MAY BE DIVIDED INTO AS MANY AS 1╧
CHAPTERS. ┴T RUN TIME, ╠EXIKOS MAY BE
CONFIGURED TO SELECT AN ENTIRE FILE OR
SPECIFIC CHAPTERS FROM THAT FILE. ┘OU
WILL BE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE CHAPTER
NUMBER, THE WORD (OR QUESTION ANSWER),
A DEFINITION FOR THE WORD (OR THE
QUESTION), AND ONE CLUE. ╘HE COMPUTER
WILL GENERATE TWO ADDITIONAL CLUES
LATER. ╞OLLOW ON-SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS TO
SAVE THE NEW FILE. ╘HE ╟┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼
╒╘╔╠╔╘┘ ALSO ALLOWS ONE TO DISPLAY,
EDIT, PRINT OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF
ANY ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ GAME FILE. ╙ELECT THESE
OPTIONS FROM THE ON-SCREEN SUBMENU.
╨┴╙╙╫╧╥─
╘O PREVENT INNOVATIVE STUDENTS FROM
ALTERING THE WORD FILES OR CHANGING
PROGRAM CONFIGURATION, A PASSWORD MUST
BE ENTERED WHEN REQUESTED. ╘HE PASSWORD
MAY BE CHANGED BY SELECTING OPTION 7 AT
THE MAIN MENU. (╘HE PASSWORD PROVIDED
WITH THE NEW DISK IS "999/LEX".
╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙
╘O USE THESE SPECIAL FEATURES, LOAD
"╠┼╪╔╦╧╙",8 THEN ╥╒╬. ╫HEN THE FIRST
TITLE SCREEN APPEARS, YOU WILL BE ASKED
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE SETUP. ╨RESS
"┘". YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR THE
PASSWORD. (SEE ABOVE). ╙ELECT SPECIAL
FEATURES FROM THE SETUP MENU.
╨╠┴┘ ╠╔═╔╘┼╥: ╙AVES THE NAMES OF THE
LAST 20 PLAYERS AND WILL NOT LET A
PLAYER PLAY A SECOND TIME UNTIL 2╧
OTHER STUDENTS HAVE HAD A TURN.
╬┴═┼ ╓┼╥╔╞╔├┴╘╔╧╬: ┴ ROSTER OF ALLOWED
PLAYER NAMES MAY BE CREATED BY SELECT-
ING OPTION 3 AT THE MAIN MENU. ╫HEN
╠EXIKOS ASKS FOR THE STUDENT'S NAME, IF
IT IS NOT ON THE LIST, THE STUDENT IS
NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY. ╬AMES MUST BE NO
LONGER THAN 2╧ LETTERS (╔ USE THE NAME
CHECK WITH THE SPEECH SYNTHESIZER TO
KEEP THE COMPUTER FROM SAYING INAPPRO-
PRIATE NAMES.) ╬AME VERIFICATION MAY BE
BYPASSED BY ENTERING "╠┼╪╔╦╧╙" AS THE
NAME THEN ENTERING THE PASSWORD OR BY
NOT SELECTING THIS OPTION DURING SETUP.
├╠┼┴╥ ├╚┴═╨'╙ ╬┴═┼: ╫HEN THIS OPTION IS
SELECTED, THE CURRENT CHAMP'S NAME AND
SCORE ARE ERASED. ╘HIS OPTION IS ╬╧╘
SAVED AS PART OF THE SETUP. (╔T WILL
FUNCTION ONLY ONCE WHEN SELECTED.)
├╠┼┴╥ ╨╠┴┘ ╥┼├╧╥─: ╘HIS OPTION CLEARS
THE RECORD OF THE LAST 20 PLAYERS. ╘HIS
OPTION IS ╬╧╘ SAVED AS PART OF THE SET-
UP. (╔T WILL FUNCTION ONLY ONCE WHEN
SELECTED.)
╙┼╠┼├╘ ╞╔╠┼ AND ├╚┴╨╘┼╥: ┼NTER THE FILE
NAME AT THE "-->" PROMPT. ┘OU WILL THEN
BE ASKED WHAT CHAPTERS TO READ. ENTER
THIS INFORMATION. ╒NTIL ANOTHER FILE
IS SELECTED, THIS IS THE FILE THAT
WILL LOAD EVERY TIME ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ RUNS.
╙╨┼┼├╚: ╔F THE ├OM╓OICE, ╨RO╓OICE OR
╓OTALKER 64 CARTRIDGE IS IN PLACE WHEN
╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ IS BOOTED, THE STUDENT WILL BE
CALLED BY NAME AND GIVEN SPOKEN
COMMANDS AND REMARKS.
─╔╙╦ ─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘
╘HE DISK DIRECTORY MAY BE VIEWED USING
THE ─╧╙ COMMAND ╠╧┴─ "$",8 LIST
╬OTICE THAT THE GAME FILES ARE PREFIXED
WITH A "+" AND THE CHAMP'S NAME AND
SCORE FILE IS PREFIXED WITH A "#". ╔F
YOU ATTEMPT TO SCRATCH OR COPY FILES
FROM THIS DISK USING ─╧╙ COMMANDS, YOU
MUST INCLUDE THESE PREFIXES AS PART OF
THE FILE NAME. ╘HIS IS ╬╧╘ REQUIRED
WHEN USING THE ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ EDIT FILE
OPTION. ╬╧╘┼: THE # SYMBOL MAY CONFUSE
SOME COPY AND ARCHIVE UTILITIES.
─╔╙╦ ┬┴├╦╒╨
╠EXIKOS DOES SEVERAL READ/WRITE OPER-
ATIONS EVERY TIME THE GAME IS PLAYED.
┘OU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A COPY
OF THIS DISK. ┘OU WILL NEED A FILE
OR DISK COPIER TO DO THIS. ╔F YOU
ARE USING SEVERAL COMPUTERS, IT IS A
GOOD IDEA TO MARK EACH COPY OF ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙
SO THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE USED IN THE
SAME DISK DRIVE. ┬E SURE TO COPY ┴╠╠ OF
THE PROGRAMS AND FILES ONTO THE BACKUP
DISK. ╙AVE THE ORIGINAL AND USE THE
COPY.
├╧╨┘╥╔╟╚╘
┘OU ARE FREE TO COPY THE ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ PRO-
GRAMS AND FILES AND PASS THEM ALONG TO
OTHER EDUCATORS AND FRIENDS. ┴LL COM-
MERCIAL RIGHTS TO THESE PROGRAMS ARE
RESERVED. ╨ERMISSION IS GRANTED FOR
NON COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION ONLY!
(C)1986 ╥OBERT ╚. ├ROSWELL
╞╥╧═ ╘╚┼ ┴╒╘╚╧╥
╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ IS THE PRODUCT MANY HOURS OF
PROGRAMING, EXPERIMENTATION, AND CLASS-
ROOM TESTING. ╔T IS OFFERED AS (C) NO-
CHARGE SOFTWARE. ╘HE AUTHOR REQUESTS
THAT USERS OF THIS PROGRAM SEND NOTE
INDICATING WHERE AND HOW IT IS BEING
USED AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE. ╘HE ONLY MONEY THAT THE
AUTHOR RECEIVES IS WHAT IS DONATED BY
PROGRAM USERS. ╔F YOU FEEL IT IS WORTH
A DONATION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND
FIVE DOLLARS, OR WHATEVER YOU THINK IT
IS WORTH ALONG WITH YOUR REPLY. ╔F YOU
INCLUDE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS ╔ CAN LET
YOU KNOW IF LATER REVISIONS ARE RELEAS-
ED. ╘HE CONTRIBUTION IS VOLUNTARY. ╞EEL
FREE TO USE THE PROGRAM FOR YOUR EDU-
CATIONAL APPLICATIONS.
╥OBERT ╚. ├ROSWELL
╥T. 2, ┬OX 2╧
╘RAPPE, ═D. 21673
╙╧╒╥├┼ ╞╔╠┼
╘HE ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ DISK CONTAINS COMPACT
BASIC AND COMPILED PROGRAM AND
SEQUENTIAL DATA FILES. ╘HE MENU, GAME
FILE, UTILITY AND THE MAIN GAME PROGRAM
WERE COMPILED WITH ┬ASIC-64. ╘HE
╘HE SOURCE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
USERS WHO WISH TO MAKE PROGRAM MODIFI-
CATIONS. (╙END $1╧.╧╧ TO COVER THE COST
OF DUPLICATION AND POSTAGE TO THE ADD-
RESS ABOVE.) ╘HE PROGRAMS WILL BE ON
5 1/4 INCH DISKS IN 1541 FORMAT. ╘HE
┬┴╙╔├ CODE WILL RUN, HOWEVER BASIC'S
LACK OF SPEED AND VERY SLOW GARBAGE
COLLECTION DEMAND THAT THE PROGRAMS BE
RECOMPILED AFTER ANY CHANGES ARE MADE.
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├OM╓OICE AND ╨RO╓OICE ARE PRODUCTS OF
╟ENESIS ├OMPUTER ├ORPORATION. ┬ASIC-64
IS A PRODUCT OF ┴BACUS ╙OFTWARE.
╓OTALKER 64 IS A PRODUCT OF ╓OTRAX
(╔ HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY ╟ENESIS THAT
├OM╓OICE IS NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED
AND THAT ╨RO╓OICE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY
╓OTALKER 64 WHICH THEY SAY IS COMPAT-
IBLE.)
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╘HE ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ PACKAGE IS PROVIDED AS IS
WITH NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLI-
ED AS TO THE FITNESS OF THIS SOFTWARE
PRODUCT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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