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Hangman, Children's Hangman USER-SUPPORTED SOFTWARE User-supported software, which is also known as Shareware, is an experiment in microcomputer software distribution based on the following principles: 1. That the value or worth of a program is best judged by the individual user using the program on his/her own machine. 2. That the creation and distribution of microcomputer software can be financially supported by users at reasonable cost. 3. That the copying and sharing of software can and is encouraged. Anyone may request a copy of a user-supported program by sending a blank, formatted disk to the author of the program. An addressed, postage-paid return mailer must accompany the disk (no exceptions, please). A copy of the program, with documentation on the disk, will be sent by return mail. The program will carry a notice suggesting a contribution to the program's author. Making a contribution is completely voluntary. Free distribution of software and voluntary payment for its use eliminates costs for advertising and copy protection schemes. Users obtain quality software at reduced cost. They can try it out before buying, and do so at their own pace and in the comfort of their own home or office. The best programs will survive based purely on their quality and usefulness. Please join the experiment. If you share a belief in these principles, your contribution is requested to help make this work. Regardless of whether you make a contribution, you are encouraged to copy and share this program. PERMISSION TO COPY Individuals, clubs, and other non-profit organizations are granted permission by the authors to freely copy this program and documentation and share it with their members, so long as: 1. No price is charged for the software or documentation. However, a distribution, copying cost or charge for the cost of the diskette, so long as it is not more than $6.00 total. 2. Club members be informed of the user-supported idea and encouraged to support it with their donations. 3. The program(s) or documentation are not modified in any way and they are distributed together. Your Contribution Please send your contribution, $5 is suggested for Hangman, Children's Hangman, and Hangman Two. Also please send your name address, version number, where you obtained your copy and diskette size to the following: James Huckabey 3621-A Fraser Street Bellingham, WA 98226 (206) 671-2868 This puts you on my mailing list, registered users receive notices of updates and new programs. It is important that your current version number is on all correspondence. The program consists of: HANGMAN.EXE HANGMAN2.EXE CHANGMAN.EXE HANGMAN.DOC HANGMAN2.DOC HANGMAN.LST CHANGMAN.LST HANG.BAT HANG2.BAT READ.ME FILE_ID.DIZ. They may be freely copied and passed on (non-altered programs), they may be combined with other shareware programs but all segments must be included. I would also enjoy just hearing your likes and dislikes about any of my programs. I am open to suggestions on how our programs might be improved, all suggestions are evaluated. If you are having program problems, you may be running an altered and/or non-authorized version. Please send a note along with the version number and the problem you are experiencing. Please include a self addressed stamped envelope if you expect a reply. There are no exceptions. Please give complete details, printouts, screen dumps, etc. You can make notes directly on printouts showing problems or suggestions. Thank you. DISCLAIMER In no event will the Author be liable to you for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the program or unfamiliarity of the user with DOS, BASIC, BASICA/GWBASIC or BASIC compilers, even if the Author has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party. If you use these programs you agree to these terms. Children's Hangman, Regular Hangman These two programs run exactly the same and the Children's version has slightly different Heckler sayings. The default dictionary for Hangman (HANGMAN.EXE) is HANGMAN.LST and Children's Hangman (CHANGMAN.EXE) default is CHANGMAN.LST. If the dictionaries are not found the programs abort. Starting with version 6.0 the dictionaries are no longer internal to the program. These files must be in the current directory. To create your own dictionary you need an editor or word processor that can read and write ASCII files (DOS text files). It is preferred that you enter the words in uppercase only. The program converts all entries to uppercase and in alphabetical order (displays look better). Enter your words one to each line. No punctuation can be used in any of the words and the length limit is 16 characters. The list can be up to 500 words long. You can use more than one list of words and they can be called anything that you want. Please do not change or rename the default files (HANGMAN.LST and CHANGMAN.LST). Here is how to construct two different kinds of batch files for running the program. The first example (included in the archive) is to run any text file. Our example is called HANG.BAT: Echo Off ;Turn echo to screen off C: ;Get to the correct drive Cd \Education\Hangman ;change into proper directory Hangman %1 ;%1 here means any filename CD \ ;change to the root directory on exit %1 means that you can type in any file name. Example: HANG MY.LST This would start Hangman and load in a text file called MY.LST. HANG MARY.TXT This would start Hangman and load in a text file called MARY.TXT. HANG This would start Hangman and load in the default dictionary named HANGMAN.LST. If there is no command line entry the %1 is ignored. Our second batch file loads the same file each time it is run. It is called HANG2.BAT; Echo Off ;Turn echo to screen off C: ;Get to the correct drive CD \EDUCATION\HANGMAN ;Change into proper directory HANGMAN NEW.LST ;Start and load dictionary CD \ ;Change to the root directory on Exit These types of batch files can be duplicated for each person or child and be named for that child or person. This way you and your children only have to know how to type in your/their name to run the program. You can also make a batch file to run just the program with the default dictionary: Echo Off ;Turn echo to screen off C: ;Get to the correct drive CD \EDUCATION\HANGMAN ;Change into proper directory HANGMAN ;Start with default dictionary CD \ ;Change to the root directory on Exit These can be repeated for either versions of the program. Playing the Game To start the program type in either HANGMAN or CHANGMAN and press <ENTER>. The screen Displays the same menu only the title is different: ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ H A N G M A N M E N U ║ ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <A> New/First Game <F> Erase Top Ten ║ ║ ║ ║ New Player <G> Help/Information ║ ║ ║ ║ <C> Continue Game <H> Sound = ON ║ ║ ║ ║ <D> View Words Tried Exit The Program ║ ║ ║ ║ <E> View Top Ten ║ ║ ║ ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ Press Choice <A-I> ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ J A M E S H U C K A B E Y Press choice <A> to . You cannot continue a new if you have started a game. You cannot view scores when the are none to display. Pressing <A> or <ENTER> starts a game. The first step on the first game is to get your name. If you do not enter your name the program picks one of ten random names. Any letter can be typed in from the keyboard to erase press <BACKSPACE> and when finished press <ENTER>. At the top of the play screen the program keeps track of how many words you have tried and gives you your percentage of correct ones. There are nearly 500 words in Hangman and 100 in Children's Hangman. Each word is displayed only once and if you should try all words the program starts over. The words are picked at random and each time you run the program they are in a different order. The letters tried, but not used, are displayed down the upper right side. At the bottom of the screen is a row of dashes that represent the number of letters in the word(s). If you press 'E' and there are two or more Es in the word they are all displayed. The letters found can only be entered once. Letters not found can be entered more than one time and each time counts as a miss. Remember you have only 11 misses before you are hung. When you press <M> for menu the game ends and you are shown your current score and then returned to the menu. If you use this option you cannot restart the game. You current score if it is greater than position number 10 is added to the score file. You most have 50% or better to get into the Top Ten and the number of words tried must be higher than the tenth entry. Pressing takes you to the name entry routine. Pressing <C> will restart an aborted game. If you press <ESC> during the play you exit the current game. Pressing <C> lets you restart it. Pressing <D> lets you display the words that you have tried during the current game. This is true even if you have quit the current game (pressed <M> to exit). Pressing <E> displays the Hangman Top Ten that is stored on the disk(ette) drive. Pressing <F> prompts you for a 'Y' to confirm the deletion of the current Top Ten. It is suggested that you do this from time to time when the scores start getting pretty high. If you are instructing your children you should warn them about not using this option unless they really know what they are doing. Pressing <G> displays the author information and then the two help screens, which only highlight information. The program is pretty straight forward. Pressing <H> turns the sound on and off. The menu reflects the status of the sound ON or OFF. The program default is Sound=ON. Pressing exits the program. James Huckabey 3621-A Fraser Street Bellingham, WA 98226 (206) 671-2868 (voice)