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TOMMY'S PLATES (C) COPYRIGHT 1989 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #89-126-1A

INSTRUCTIONS:

"PPNRTYM".  THIS IS A LICENSE PLATE THAT MIGHT BELONG TO A MINISTER.  WHAT IS
IT? (ANS. PEACE IN OUR TIME).  NOW GET READY TO PLAY TOMMY'S PLATES, A GAME
OF SOLVING VANITY LICENSE PLATES LIKE ON TV.

A LARGE DATA BASE OF NEAT VANITY PLATES IS PROVIDED, AND IN ADDITION, YOU CAN
ADD YOUR OWN PLATES AS DESIRED.

PLATES: ARE 7 LETTERS OR LESS.  CLEVER USE OF LETTERS MAKE THEM HAVE
SURPRISING MEANINGS.  FOR EXAMPLE: DUU12C1 MIGHT BELONG TO A DIRTY POSTCARD
SALESMAN.  WHAT IS IT? (ANS. DO YOU WANT TO SEE ONE).

PLAYERS: THE GAME CAN BE PLAYED SOLO, OR BY 2 PERSONS OR TEAMS AGAINST EACH
OTHER.  THE HIGH SCORES ARE SAVED ON DISK AUTOMATICALLY BY THE PROGRAM.

CHIMING IN: FOR TEAM GAMES, EACH TEAM PICKS A KEYBOARD KEY (ANY KEY ON THE 4
ROWS OF THE KEYBOARD BEGINNING WITH 1, Q, A, OR \) TO HIT WHEN CHIMING IN.
TO CHANGE THE CHIMING-IN KEYS, FUNCTION KEY F3 MAY BE USED.  TWO GOOD KEYS TO
PICK ARE THE LEFT AND RIGHT SLASH KEYS (\/), AND THEY ARE THE DEFAULTS.

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS: THE OBJECT OF THE ROUND IS TO GUESS A HARD (ALWAYS 7-
LETTER) LICENSE PLATE, WHICH STARTS OUT WITH THE FIRST LETTER SHOWN AND THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON WHO MIGHT OWN IT.  TO EARN THE RIGHT TO GUESS THE
HARD PLATE, 2 EASY LICENSE PLATES ARE SHOWN, AS WELL AS THE DESCRIPTION OF
THE PERSON WHO MIGHT OWN ONE OF THEM.  THE FIRST TEAM TO CHIME IN HAS 3
SECONDS TO GUESS WHICH PLATE GOES WITH THE OWNER AS STATED (TYPE 1 OR A OR L
OR \ FOR THE LEFT PLATE, 2 OR B OR R OR / FOR THE RIGHT PLATE), THEN HAS 15
SECONDS TO SOLVE IT. UPON FAILURE, THE OTHER TEAM HAS 15 SECONDS.

THE FIRST TEAM TO SOLVE THE EASY PLATE THEN GETS $100, THE RIGHT TO PICK A
LETTER IN THE HARD (GAME) PLATE, AND 15 MORE SECONDS TO SOLVE IT TO WIN THE
ROUND.

NOTE: IF THERE IS A TIME LIMIT IN EFFECT AND YOU WANT TO GIVE UP AND ABORT
THE TIME REMAINING, HIT THE ESC KEY.

EACH ROUND IS WORTH $1100 MINUS $100 FOR EACH LETTER GIVEN.  THE FIRST TEAM
TO WIN 2 ROUNDS GOES ON TO THE BONUS ROUND.

BONUS ROUND:
HERE 10 PLATES ARE SHOWN, WITH THEIR OWNERS, IN JUMBLED ORDER.  THE ROUND
LASTS 60 SECONDS MAX, OR UNTIL YOU HAVE HAD ONE CRACK AT EACH PLATE,
WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

PLAYING SOLO:
NOTE THAT 1-PLAYER MODE IS JUST THE BONUS ROUND, WITH THE EXTRA CATCH THAT
EACH TIME YOU GET A PERFECT ROUND, YOU GO ONTO ANOTHER ROUND.

AFTER THE COMPUTER HILIGHTS A PLATE YOU MUST HIT THE NUMBER OF THE CORRECT
OWNER (0-9).  YOU WIN $100 PER CORRECT PLATE, PLUS YOUR WINNINGS ARE TRIPLED
IF YOU GET ALL 10 CORRECT, GIVING POSSIBLE WINNINGS OF UP TO $3000.

SOLVING PLATES:
JUST TYPE IN THE SOLUTION IN THE SPACE GIVEN.  USE THE BACKSPACE KEY AS
NECESSARY FOR ERASURES.  PUNCTUATION IS IGNORED WHEN EVALUATING THE GUESS,
THUS "HANDMEDOWNDRESS" WILL DO INSTEAD OF "HAND-ME-DOWN DRESS".  COMMON
ABBREVIATIONS MAY BE USED, SUCH AS "&" FOR "AND".

GAME DELAY: THE UP AND DOWN KEYS ON THE NUMERIC CONTROL PAD CONTROL THE GAME
VIEWING DELAY (E.G., BETWEEN ROUNDS).  THE VALUE OF THIS DELAY, IN SECONDS,
IS SHOWN AT THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.  IF THE GAME SEEMS TOO FAST OR
TOO SLOW, USE THESE KEYS.

FUNCTION KEYS
-------- ----
  F1     SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE
  F3     CHANGE CHIMING-IN KEYS
  F7     QUIT
  F10    (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR

NOTE: FOR TOGGLE SWITCHES, THE FUNCTION KEY LEGEND INDICATES THE MODE THAT
WILL BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN
EFFECT AT THE TIME.

TO SKIP THE STARTUP MUSIC; HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.

OTHER COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
     S   START UP WITH SOUND OFF
     M   FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE (USE THIS IF DISPLAY IS HARD TO READ)
     C   FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
     V   VIEW MODE (SEE BELOW)
     *   SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW

EXAMPLE: >PLATES MS

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THE DATA BASE FILE:
FILE PLATES.DAT IS THE VANITY LICENSE PLATE DATA FILE.  EACH PLATE IS LISTED
ON ITS OWN LINE (80 CHARACTERS OR LESS) AS FOLLOWS (ALL LETTERS IN UPPER
CASE):

   COLS.
   ----
     1  E FOR EASY PLATE, H FOR HARD PLATE
     2  BLANK
   3-9  THE PLATE (1-7 LETTERS)
    10  BLANK
 11-80  OWNER (EXPLANATION1; EXPLANATION2; ...).  OWNER FIELD MUST BE 35
        CHARS. OR LESS.

END OF DATA FILE IS INDICATED BY A LINE CONTAINING A "-1" STARTING IN COL. 1.

NOTE THAT, IN THE PLATES, h IS USED TO INDICATE 1/2, c TO INDICATE THE CENTS
SYMBOL.

EXAMPLES:

E ILKKSND A BIG BULLY (I'LL KICK SAND; I'LL KICK SANDY)
H JMEKGNE A MOVIE BULLY (JIMMY CAGNE)
E STRNGc  A SKUNK (STRONG SCENT; STRONG SCENTS)
E hNh     A DAIRY FARMER (HALF AND HALF)
-1

ALSO NOTE THAT A MAXIMUM OF 2000 PLATES CAN BE HANDLED IN A SINGLE DATA FILE
BY THE PROGRAM.

VIEW MODE: IN VIEW MODE, THE PROGRAM DISPLAYS THE DATA BASE PAGE BY PAGE. TO
PAGE, HIT THE SPACE BAR.  TO CRUISE (GO ON OPEN LOOP) HIT THE ESC KEY INSTEAD
OF THE SPACE BAR; THEN HIT THE SPACE BAR TO REGAIN CONTROL WHEN DESIRED.

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