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- COMPASS SYSTEMS P.O. Box 84 Hatboro, PA 19040
- WHAT IS IT - Readme file
-
- This file contains the following pertinent information:
- o ShareWare legalize
- o How to unarchive WHAT IS IT
- o What is in this distribution
- o General program information
- o Program update history
- o Description about other Compass System software
-
- SHAREWARE
- WHAT IS IT is being distributed by COMPASS SYSTEMS as ShareWare. WHAT IS IT
- may be copied and distributed freely with the following provisions:
- 1. All WHAT IS IT files must be included in any distribution. These
- are: WHAT.EXE
- WHAT1.DAT
- WHAT2.DAT
- WHAT3.DAT
- WHAT4.DAT
- RULES
- VIEWWHAT.EXE
- WHT001.PIX
- WHT002.PIX
- ORDER.DOC
- 2. A fee no larger than $10.00 (US dollars) per copy may be charged
- for duplicating WHAT IS IT.
- 3. You must try to distribute the latest version of WHAT IS IT.
- 4. No warranty is expressed or given.
-
- UNARCHIVING WHAT IS IT
- A directory of the distribution should reveal the following files:
-
- file name date file size
- ------------- ------- ---------
- README.1ST 2/15/90 8448
- WHATARC1.EXE 2/15/90 158690
- WHATARC2.EXE 2/15/90 113059
- WHATARC3.EXE 2/15/90 75967
- If you see any discrepancy in your distribution or in the above file sizes, DO
- NOT, repeat DO NOT use the files. They may have been corrupted! Contact
- COMPASS SYSTEMS at P.O. BOX 84, Hatboro, Pa 19040 for a good copy.
-
- To unarchive WHAT IS IT with one floppy disk drive:
- Contact COMPASS SYSTEMS for unarchived WHAT IS IT program files.
-
- To unarchive WHAT IS IT with two 360K floppy disk drives and no hard drive:
- At A:> place a formatted disk in drive A and the distribution in drive B.
- Then type ==> B:WHATARC1 <cr>
- Label the disk in drive A WHAT PROGRAM DISK 1.
- At A:> place a formatted disk in drive A and the distribution in drive B.
- Then type ==> B:WHATARC2 <cr>
- Label the disk in drive A WHAT PROGRAM DISK 2.
- At A:> place a formatted disk in drive A and the distribution in drive B.
- Then type ==> B:WHATARC3 <cr>
- Label the disk in drive A WHAT PICTURE DISK 1.
-
- To unarchive WHAT IS IT with a Hard drive:
- Make a subdirectory with the name WHATISIT. At the C:> type:
- MKDIR WHATISIT <cr>
- Go to the subdirectory. At the C:> type:
- CD \WHATISIT <cr>
- Unarchive the distribution. Put the distribution in drive A and type:
- WHATARC1 <cr>
- WHATARC2 <cr>
- WHATARC3 <cr>
-
- WHAT IS IT will require 630K of disk space. WHAT PICTURES volume 1 will
- require an additional 1.8 Meg of disk space.
-
- THE DISTRIBUTION FILES
- After successfully unarchiving the distribution, you should have the WHAT IS IT
- program files. These are:
- WHAT.EXE 2/15/90 92400 The WHAT IS IT program
- WHAT1.DAT 2/15/90 30681 Sound data file
- WHAT2.DAT 2/15/90 532 Sprite data file
- WHAT3.DAT 2/15/90 151683 Sprite data file
- WHAT4.DAT 2/15/90 184723 Sprite data file
- RULES 2/15/90 8192 ASCII file describing game play
- VIEWWHAT.EXE 2/15/90 42544 Viewing program for WHAT picture files
- WHT001.PIX 2/15/90 57344 WHAT picture file
- WHT002.PIX 2/15/90 57344 WHAT picture file
- ORDER.DOC 2/15/90 2304 Order form for additional picture files
-
- If you see any discrepancy in your program files or in the above file sizes,
- DO NOT, repeat DO NOT use the files. They may have been corrupted! Contact
- COMPASS SYSTEMS at P.O. BOX 84, Hatboro, Pa 19040 for a good copy.
-
- If you are a two floppy drive system. The three program disks will contain
- the following files:
- WHAT PROGRAM DISK 1 WHAT PROGRAM DISK 2 WHAT PICTURE DISK 1
- WHAT.EXE WHAT4.DAT WHT001.PIX
- WHAT1.DAT VIEWWHAT.EXE WHT002.PIX
- WHAT2.DAT
- WHAT3.DAT
- RULES
- ORDER.DOC
-
- GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
- If you are running from floppies, place the WHAT PROGRAM DISK 1 in the logged
- drive and type WHAT <cr>. From a hard drive, go to the WHATISIT subdirectory
- and type WHAT <cr>. If you are running from floppies, WHAT IS IT will ask
- for the other two disks as they are required.
-
- Do not WRITE PROTECT the program or picture diskettes! WHAT IS IT updates
- files as required by the program. Rely on backups of the distribution to keep
- the files in a pristine state.
-
- PLEASE NOTE: Unless you have all fifty of the WHAT picture files, WHAT IS IT
- will ask you for a disk you do not have. DO NOT despair, simply type X as
- directed and the program will continue on its merry way. This is the
- program's method of determining how many pictures you have in your library.
-
- If you do not touch the keyboard during the first "Please Wait" screen, the
- program will go through the full blown opening. If you want to skip this part
- of the program, just type any key and the program will do a brief opening and
- move right to the options screen.
-
- If you have a setup saved, you can skip most of the opening by typing
- ==> WHAT S <cr> at the prompt. This will load the setup and skip
- the options screen.
-
- READ the RULES before playing!! WHAT IS IT is not a complicated game. But,
- to get all that we programmed into it please READ the RULES.
-
- PROGRAM UPDATE HISTORY
- WHAT IS IT version 1.0 release 2/15/90.
-
- COMPASS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE
- We at COMPASS SYSTEMS are dedicated to producing Commercial Quality ShareWare.
- We hope you'll enjoy WHAT IS IT and want more puzzle pictures to solve.
- As of this release, we have completed 25 additional WHAT pictures. To get
- them, use the order form in ORDER.DOC. Presently, we are working on even more
- pictures. The second batch of 25 should be available after June 1990.
-
- COMPASS SYSTEMS has also written a software package especially for children,
- called KID PAINT. KID PAINT is designed to give children a positive first
- computer experience. COMPASS SYSTEMS took an activity loved by all kids,
- coloring a picture, and turned it into a great program. Children quickly
- learn to use the mouse, keyboard or joystick to color line art stored on disk.
- Kids can color their pictures from a palette of thirty colors! (We dithered
- EGA's basic 16 colors to get 30). While they are busy coloring, the program
- plays music and occasionally performs an animated sequence.
-
- If you want a copy of KID PAINT, and you are a registered owner of WHAT IS IT,
- COMPASS SYSTEMS will send you KID PAINT version 3.004 at no cost. If you
- are not a registered owner of any of our software, but still want KID PAINT,
- use the order form in ORDER.DOC to get your copy.
-
- KID PAINT version 3.004 contains two line art pictures, version 4.1 is a "six-
- pack" and contains six different pictures.
-
- We are also working on other programs, you'll see in 1990. Look for a program
- that will let children compose Hi-Res EGA scenes from canned clip-art.
- When the child has the scene looking the way he or she wants, they will be
- able to dump the picture to a printer in a line art format. (So, they can
- color their picture with crayons to match the computer screen.)
-
- Also look for an animated flash card type program that will teach children the
- 200 most often used words.
-
- Registered owners of any COMPASS SYSTEMS software will be kept abreast of all
- COMPASS SYSTEMS releases and updates for one year. We want to keep producing
- ShareWare, so we will do everything we can to support our users. Of course,
- this works two ways. So if you find WHAT IS IT enjoyable, please support us.
- Thank you.
-
- Also, special thanks to Jeff Pilant, a software guru extraordinaire.
- WHAT IS IT owes its graphic prowlness to his primitives and graphic tools.
- If you are trying to develop ShareWare, Jeff can be an invaluable resource.
- He may be reached through COMPASS SYSTEMS.