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TOMMY'S ALIEN NAME GAME (C) COPYRIGHT 1993 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #TM-141-1A
INSTRUCTIONS:
IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE ALREADY UP AND GONE, BUT YOU
FORGOT YOUR NAME, WHAT WENT WRONG? ( HA HA )
THIS SILLY TOY IS ACTUALLY A TOOL FOR INVENTING ALIEN-SOUNDING NAMES!
PICK ONE OF THE STANDARD PATTERNS LISTED OR DEVELOP A CUSTOM PATTERN,
CONSISTING OF CONSONANTS (C), VOWELS (V) AND BLANKS.
EACH TIME YOU HIT THE SPACEBAR OR ENTER KEY, THE PROGRAM FILLS THE SCREEN
WITH ANOTHER SET OF ALIEN NAMES DERIVED FROM YOUR PATTERN: HIT IT OVER AND
OVER UNTIL YOU FIND ONE YOU LIKE.
WHEN YOU FIND WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN HIT THE PRINTSCREEN KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD
AND PRINT OUT THE SCREEN (BE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS READY AND WORKING!).
NOTE THAT WHEN IN CUSTOM MODE, JUST HIT THE BACKSPACE KEY AS DESIRED, THEN
HIT THE UP ARROW KEY FOR CONSONANT, THE DOWN ARROW KEY FOR VOWEL, OR ANY
OTHER KEYS FOR FIXED PATTERNS. THEN HIT THE ENTER KEY OR THE SPACEBAR AS
BEFORE.
TO QUIT: HIT FUNCTION KEY F7
TO CHANGE CONSONANT/VOWEL CONFIGURATION: HIT FUNCTION KEY F4
YOU CAN LIMIT NAME GENERATION TO ANY SUBSET OF VOWELS AND CONSONANTS;
THE CONFIGURATION IS SAVED AUTOMATICALLY ON DISK (FILE TOMANAME.CNF) AND
RESTORED AUTOMATICALLY THE NEXT TIME YOU RUN THE PROGRM.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK-UP AN ALIEN-SOUNDING PLACE NAME OR TITLE, TRY THIS!
TO POP-UP A LIST OF PLACE NAMES: F9
TO POP-UP A LIST OF TITLES: F10
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
EXAMPLE: >TOMANAME M
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HAVE FUN!
TOMMY'S TOYS, P.O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA.