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- Please note that The MADgic Core is freely distributable in its complete
- archived from, but the entire contents are ©1992 Mark A. Durham.
-
- Send any questions, bug reports, or (especially) gifts of money to:
-
- Mark A. Durham
- Email: durham@ricevm1.rice.edu
- GEnie: M.DURHAM2
- USmail: P.O. Box 301173
- Houston, TX 77230-1173
-
- I'll accept checks of ANY size in ANY denomination from ANYWHERE!
-
-
- This file explains the use of those programs not discussed in the manual.
-
- FastMARS, FastMARS88, SmallMARS, and SmallMARS88 are all invoked the same
- way and each is accessible only from the CLI. Each program is the same
- as MARS, except there are no graphics or debugging. FastMARS and
- FastMARS88 have vitually unlimited memory sizes (from as small as you
- like, to as large as your memory will allow). SmallMARS and SmallMARS88
- have upper limits of memory at 64K and are actually faster than FastMARS
- and FastMARS88. FastMARS and SmallMARS are ICWS'86, FastMARS88 and
- SmallMARS88 are ICWS'88 (surprise!).
-
- To invoke any of these programs, type:
-
- <program name> <player 1> <player 2> <memory size> <start 1> <start2>
- <maximum cycles> <maximum tasks>
-
- Only the first three elements are essential. The defaults for the
- remainder are 8000, 0, 4000, 80000, and 64, respectively.
-
-
- TMARS is a tournament version of MARS available for running ICWS'88
- tournaments. You simply need to have a file with all of the contestants
- listed, one on each line. An example file, 1988.tm, is included.
-
- Each contestant will battle every other contestant twice, once as player
- one and once as player two. In addition, each contestant will battle
- itself once. Afterward, TMARS prints out each contestant followed by the
- number of wins, losses, and ties.
-
- To invoke TMARS, type:
-
- TMARS <player list filename> <memory size> <start 1> <start 2>
- <maximum cycles> <maximum tasks>
-
- Only the player list filename is essential. Defaults for the remainder
- are the same as above. If you wish to keep a record of the tournament,
- simply redirect the output of TMARS to a file. An example would be
-
- TMARS >1988.results 1988.tm
-
- WARNING! If you enter the above command you will need ample time (an hour
- or more). After all, the above command executes two hundred eighty-nine
- battles. That is potentially more than twenty-three million cycles.
-