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┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ M18 Course Menu 5.0 │
│ Documentation │
│ 02-27-89 │
│ Copyright 1989 Mark A. Albrecht │
│ All Rights Reserved │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ D I S C L A I M E R │
│ ─────────────────── │
│ The author, Mark A. Albrecht, makes no warranties expressed │
│ or implied as to the quality or performance of this program, │
│ nor its fitness for a particular purpose. The author will │
│ not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or │
│ consequential damages resulting from the use of this program. │
│ YOUR USE OF THIS PROGRAM CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS │
│ DISCLAIMER and your release of the author from any form of │
│ liability or litigation. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────┐
────┤ DESCRIPTION ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────
└─────────────┘
M18 Course Menu is a utility designed for use with Accolade Inc.'s
"Mean 18" computer golf game. (For the sake of clarity, the following
terms are used: "M18Menu" means this utility, and "Mean 18" means the
actual golf game.
FEATURES:
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- COURSE ARCHIVING: Each Mean 18 course file typically occupies in
excess of 100K of disk space. Multiple courses eat
up disk space fast. To help alleviate this problem,
M18Menu utilizes PKWARE Inc.'s PKZIP and PKUNZIP
file compression utilities to maintain course
files. (PKZIP and PKUNZIP are Copyright 1989 PKWARE
Inc., All Rights Reserved.) By using M18Menu, up to
60-75% of the disk space occupied by course files is
saved.
- COURSE MENU: M18Menu features a point-and-shoot menu listing all
of the courses in the current directory. To play a
particular course, just move the menu's cursor bar
over the desired course's name, press RETURN, and
M18Menu does all the work.
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────┤ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: ├───────────────────────────────────────────
└──────────────────────┘
1. DOS 3.0 or later.
2. Accolade Inc.'s Mean 18, and 1 or more course files.
3. PKWARE Inc.'s PKZIP and PKUNZIP file compression/decompression
utilities.
4. Any monitor capable of displaying Mean 18 itself.
5. Though not essential, M18Menu was written for use on a hard disk.
┌────────┐
────┤ SETUP: ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
└────────┘
1. Copy the following to one directory:
a) Mean 18's GOLF.EXE, GOLF.DAT, *.M18, and *.HOF files;
b) M18MENU.EXE;
c) PKZIP.EXE" and "PKUNZIP.EXE" (unless they reside in a
directory included in your DOS "PATH" environment variable.
2. If you have used a previous version of M18Menu and your courses are
contained in .ARC files then copy the enclosed utility ARC2ZIP.EXE
to the directory containing the archived courses and run it before
proceeding with these setup instructions. ARC2ZIP will search for
PKWARE's PKUNPAK and PKZIP and use the former to uncompress each
old archived course and then use the latter to re-compress each
course using the new format.
3. Run "M18MENU.EXE". The first time M18Menu is run, it will search the
directory for all files having a filename extension of ".M18" and
".HOF". It will then display a prompt informing you of the number of
course files found, and asking you if you wish to proceed with
archiving (compressing) each of the course files. Enter "Y" (for
"YES") and M18Menu will call PKZIP to create ".ZIP" files for each
of the courses found. Once all course files have been archived, all
".M18" and ".HOF" files will be erased from the directory. When
finished, the directory will contain .ZIP file(s) having names
corresponding with the course file within each .ZIP file. M18Menu
will then pop up the point-and-shoot course menu listing the names
of all courses found in the directory. Press ESCAPE to exit
M18Menu, or highlight a desired course and press RETURN if you
wish to play the course.
┌────────────┐
────┤ OPERATION: ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
└────────────┘
To play a course, simply run "M18MENU.EXE", select a course from
the menu, and M18Menu does the rest. Here's how it works:
When a course is chosen from the menu, M18Menu calls PKUNZIP and
instructs it to extract the course file (".M18") and "Hall of Fame" file
(".HOF") from their respective .ZIP file.
Mean 18 ("GOLF.EXE") is then executed, and searches the directory
for the first filename having an extension of ".M18", which, of course,
will be the one we just un-archived. Mean 18 then loads the course. You
play the course, and exit from Mean 18 as usual.
After you finish play and exit Mean 18, M18Menu cleans up the
directory by calling PKZIP and instructing it to update the (".HOF")
file contained in the course's .ZIP file. M18Menu then erases the
".HOF" file from the directory. Thus, the course's .ZIP file now
contains the ".M18" file and an updated ".HOF" file.
M18Menu will then redisplay the course menu. Select another course
to play or press ESCAPE and M18Menu will exit to DOS.
┌──────────┐
────┤ HISTORY: ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
└──────────┘
Version
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1.0 - First release (obviously). 1.0 simply featured a menu for
selecting a course to play.
2.0 - Added:
- archiving/un-archiving of courses.
- extensive error trapping.
- more file details to selection menu.
- minutia;
3.0 - Added:
- auto-mono/color detection;
- now supports up to 200 courses;
- course menu file stats modified;
- cosmetic changes;
- minutia;
Fixed:
- bug in error trap on return from EXECing
PKPAK (not fatal);
- display bug which occurred on a, er...,
"close compatible" (also not fatal);
4.0 - Added:
- ability to highlite a course by pressing
the character key corresponding to it's
initial;
5.0 - Added:
- M18Menu now uses PKWARES's PKZIP and PKUNZIP
file compression utilities and NO OTHER;
┌──────────┐
────┤ LICENCE: ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
└──────────┘
Use of M18Menu is not free. I do not want you to send me anything,
but your licence to use M18Menu beyond a reasonable trial period is
conditioned upon your donation of $5-$10 to the charitable organization
of your choice. One of many such organizations I heartily recommend is
PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Your fulfillment of
this condition is deeply appreciated.
Questions/Comments/Suggestions may be forwarded via modem by leaving a
message for Mark Albrecht:
NightHawk BBS
(319)338-3683
Sysop: Andy Flatt
or by dropping a note in the mail addressed to:
Mark A. Albrecht
P.O. Box 2064
Sioux City, IA 51104