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- Guess A Number
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- USER-SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
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- User-supported software, which is also known as Shareware,
- as an experiment in microcomputer software distribution based on
- the following principles:
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- 1. That the value or worth of a program is best judged by the
- individual user using the program on his/her own machine.
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- 2. That the creation and distribution of microcomputer software
- can be financially supported by users at reasonable cost.
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- 3. That the copying and sharing of software can and is
- encouraged.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- PERMISSION TO COPY
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- 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:
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- 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.
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- 2. Club members be informed of the user-supported idea and
- encouraged to support it with their donations.
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- 3. The program(s) or documentation are not modified in any way
- and they are distributed together.
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- Your Contribution
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- Please send your contribution, $5 is suggested for Guess A
- Number. Also please include your name address, version number,
- diskette size and information on where you received your copy of
- the program to the following:
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- James Huckabey
- 3621-A Fraser Street
- Bellingham, WA 98226-2473 U.S.A.
- (360) 671-2868 (voice, Pacific)
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- It is important that your current version number is on all
- correspondence. The program archive consists of:
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- GUESS.EXE..............Actual program
- GUESS.DOC..............Program instructions
- FILE_ID.DIZ............BBS description file
- READ.ME................Update information
- HUCKABEY.TXT...........Current list of James Huckabey
- software
- SOFTWARE.TXT...........Information on shareware
- ARCHIVE.TXT............This list of files
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- The program is nothing fancy. Just a number guessing program
- for numbers 1 through 500. Might be a little trouble for younger
- children. I have had no feedback about people wanting a program
- with smaller number ranges. Even people wanting an option for the
- size of the number range. So it remains the same as the original
- program I wrote from my old Radio Shack Color Computer with 16k
- of RAM.
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- (1) Game is pretty straight forward, first you enter your
- name and press <ENTER>. If you do not enter your name, the
- program picks a name for you out of seven male and seven female
- names just to add a little variety to the game. Your name can be
- anything, numbers, letters or any combination. To edit your name
- press the <BACKSPACE>, when finished, press <ENTER>.
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- (2) The object of the game is to guess the random number the
- program has chosen between 1 and 500. On screen is a color range
- showing you how close each guess is. The border starts out green
- then changes to the color of the guess range and a LOW or a
- HIGH. Mono display uses symbols where color used. The program
- also plays a musical rendition that matches the guess range
- up/down. There is no limit to the number of guesses you can make.
- The count is displayed after your have correctly guessed the
- number.
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- (3) You advance to the Options Menu after a correct guess or
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- you press <ESC> from the play screen. To edit an entry press the
- <BACKSPACE>. Press <ENTER> when you have completed your entry.
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- Just tupe in Guess and press <ENTER>. After the program
- credits the screen displays:
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- <1>=Another Game <3>=Help / Info
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- <2>=Another User <4>=Turn Sound ON/OFF
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- <5>=Exit Program
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- Press Choice <1-5>
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- <1>=Another Game
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- Press '1' or <ENTER> from the Options Menu. The screen
- displays the playing screen:
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- Type in a Num. (1-500) and press <ENTER>, or press <ESC> to Exit
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- On your first turn there is a green border around the
- screen. This border changes colors or characters (mono) to match
- your guess range. In the lower part of the screen is a display of
- your guess ranges in either color or characters (mono).
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- If you have the sound turned on the tones go up-scale when
- guess was above number or down scale when your guess is below
- then number. Tones and colors or characters are to help younger
- players zero in on the random number the program has picked for
- the current game.
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- Pressing <ESC> returns you to the Options Menu. When you
- match the number you are returned to the Options Menu but you are
- also shown the correct number and the number of guesses that it
- took you to find it.
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- <2> Another User
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- From the Options Menu press '2'. The screen displays:
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- Please type in your name and press <ENTER>
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- Press <ESC> for Menu
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- Name length is 16 characters and can be anything, numbers,
- letters or any combination. To erase the input press the
- <BACKSPACE>. Pressing <ENTER> begins a new game.
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- If you do not enter a name the program picks a name for you
- out of seven male and seven female names, and 'Hey You'. This was
- just to add a some variety to the game.
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- <3> Information/Help
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- From the Options Menu press '3'. The screen displays the on-
- line help screen.
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- <4> Turn Sound ON/OFF
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- From the Options Menu press '4'. If the sound is OFF it is
- turned on, if it is ON it is turned on. Default for the program
- is OFF. You must turn it ON or OFF from the Options Menu. This is
- key clicks, warnings, etc.
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- <5> Exit Program
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- From the Options Menu press '5'. The program is terminated
- after display of exit credits.
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- James Huckabey
- 3621-A Fraser Street
- Bellingham, WA 98226-2473 U.S.A.
- (360) 671-2868 (voice)
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