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  24.     |                             S Q U A R E S                            |
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  26.     |                              Version 1.2                             |
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  28.     |                Copyright (C) 1993, Geoff Friesen B.Sc.               |
  29.     |                         All rights reserved.                         |
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  56.     |                             Introduction                             |
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  59.     | SQUARES is a memory resident computer game that occupies just shy of |
  60.     | 18.5 kilobytes of conventional memory.                               |
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  62.     | SQUARES is played on a 3x3 tic-tac-toe-like game board.  Some of the |
  63.     | nine squares are colored while others remain BLACK.  The object is   |
  64.     | to make all squares BLACK by pressing a key on the numeric key pad.  |
  65.     | However, this is not an easy task.  Pressing a key causes a pattern  |
  66.     | of squares to flip their states.  Those which were BLACK become col- |
  67.     | ored while the colored squares become BLACK.  Each number key causes |
  68.     | a different pattern of squares to toggle their states.  To make life |
  69.     | interesting, I have included an optional timer which can be setup to |
  70.     | count down from any starting value ranging from 30 seconds through 4 |
  71.     | minutes and 30 seconds in 30 second increments.  You must beat this  |
  72.     | timer to win!  A complete list of instructions for playing this game |
  73.     | can be found in the popup help screen which is activated by pressing |
  74.     | the F1 function key.                                                 |
  75.     |                                                                      |
  76.     | SQUARES consists of two files: SQUARES.COM (program) and SQUARES.DOC |
  77.     | (documentation).  To make SQUARES resident in memory, type "SQUARES" |
  78.     | (don't type the "" characters).  To remove SQUARES from memory, pro- |
  79.     | vided that it is the most recently installed memory resident pro-    |
  80.     | gram, type "SQUARES /U".  The U stands for uninstall.                |
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  82.     | Version 1.2 offers the following improvements over version 1.1.      |
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  84.     | - mouse support                                                      |
  85.     | - improved sound support (SQUARES plays Stars and Stripes Forever    |
  86.     |   when you win and Funeral March of a Marionette when you lose)      |
  87.     | - improved help                                                      |
  88.     | - color customization from within the program                        |
  89.     | - better documentation                                               |
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  91.     | SQUARES requires DOS 3.30 or higher.                                 |
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  110.     |                             Registration                             |
  111.     |                             ------------                             |
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  113.     | SQUARES is a shareware product.  What is shareware?  Shareware is a  |
  114.     | method of "try before you buy" software distribution.  You can eval- |
  115.     | uate SQUARES to see if it meets your needs.  If it does then you are |
  116.     | requested to register your copy.  Otherwise, don't use SQUARES.  The |
  117.     | registration process is simple.  Send a cheque or money order in the |
  118.     | amount of $10 to myself at the address shown below.  Why register?   |
  119.     | Not only are you telling me that you approve of my product but I can |
  120.     | keep track of those using SQUARES and issue updates as they occur.   |
  121.     | You are encouraged to distribute this product.  However, please make |
  122.     | sure that all files are distributed in an unmodified form.  Thankyou.|
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  124.     | SQUARES was built with a TSR development package called TSR TOOLKIT. |
  125.     | This toolkit takes the sting out of writing TSRs.  If you have the   |
  126.     | Borland C++ or Turbo C++ development package (compiler, assembler,   |
  127.     | and linker), you can use this toolkit.  TSR applications are written |
  128.     | in C.  A standard library of functions has been included.  Video,    |
  129.     | keyboard, file, string, conversion including sprintf (), and other   |
  130.     | functions are available.  An extended memory API (application pro-   |
  131.     | gram interface) has been made available so TSRs can access extended  |
  132.     | memory in a safe manner.  Numerous examples including mouse handling |
  133.     | are provided.  There are many other features as well.                |
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  135.     | If you would like a copy of TSR TOOLKIT version 1.5, please indicate |
  136.     | when registering.                                                    |
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  138.     | Please specify the type of disk you would like.                      |
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  140.     | 3-1/2 inch 720K                                                      |
  141.     | 3-1/2 inch 1.44 Meg                                                  |
  142.     | 5-1/4 inch 1.2 Meg                                                   |
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  144.     | Geoff Friesen                                                        |
  145.     | Box 94                                                               |
  146.     | Dauphin, MB                                                          |
  147.     | Canada                                                               |
  148.     | R7N 2T9                                                              |
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  150.     | Compuserve ID: 71203,332                                             |
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  152.     | *** IMPORTANT                                                        |
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  154.     | You must uninstall this TSR before running Windows 3.1.  This TSR    |
  155.     | may not work properly with DOSSHELL, Desqview, or any other multi-   |
  156.     | tasker/task switcher product.                                        |
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