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- Hangman for Students
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- Copyright (c), 1990, 1991
- by Chester Langin, all rights reserved
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- Langin Software
- 532 W. 3rd St.
- Centralia, IL 62801
- CIS: 73770,615
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- Users of "Hangman for Students" must accept this
- disclaimer of warranty:
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- "Hangman for Students" is supplied as is. The
- author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
- including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The
- author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
- consequential, which may result from the use of it.
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- Table of Contents
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- Welcome 3
- Who is this program for? 3
- What is this program? 3
- Installation 3
- Tutorial 4
- Making a Word List 5
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- Appendix A -- A list of files 6
- Appendix B -- Troubleshooting 6
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- ***************
- ** Welcome **
- ***************
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- Welcome to "Hangman for Students."
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- ** Who is this program for? **
- ********************************
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- This program was specifically written to help children
- learn words for their proper grade school levels.
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- However, it is a fun game for kids and adults irregardless
- of what grade level is used.
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- *****************************
- ** What is this program? **
- *****************************
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- "Hangman for Students" is the classic hangman game.
- However, the user is given more chances than in most
- hangman games in order to keep the game more
- interesting, especially for children.
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- A score is also displayed to keep the game interesting
- for older children and adults.
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- The program, itself, allows the user (or parent) to
- create a word list, one word at a time. Registered
- users are given a program which allows word lists to
- be created by word processor and converted to a
- format usable by "Hangman for Students."
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- ********************
- ** Installation **
- ********************
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- What this program needs:
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- > 384K of memory
- > Any monitor
- > MS-DOS 2.0 or higher
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- No installation is required. Enter HANGMAN to start
- the program. All of the program's files must be in
- the default directory.
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- ** Tutorial **
- ****************
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- If you are reading this on your computer screen, you
- should first print the manual. Make sure all of files
- are in the default directory. Refer to a DOS manual
- to see what this means. To print the manual, enter
- PRINTMAN from the DOS prompt.
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- It is assumed that you will be looking at the printed
- manual as you try out the program.
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- The tutorial is a series of steps.
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- 1) Start the program.
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- Enter: HANGMAN
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- 2) Read the copyright notice, then continue:
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- Press: <ENTER>
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- 3) A word has already been selected and the game
- is ready to go. Guess letters until you win or
- lose.
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- 4) You will want to select a word list before
- playing very many games. First, get the menu:
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- Press: <F1>
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- 5) Select GET LIST from the menu items. A list of
- files will be displayed on the screen.
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- 6) Select the word list you wish to use. Press any
- key when you are notified that the list is ready.
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- 7) Select EXIT MENU from the menu.
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- 8) A word has already been selected from the new
- word list. Begin guessing letters.
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- 9) To exit the program,
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- Press: <ESC>
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- ** Making a Word List **
- **************************
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- To create your own word list.
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- 1) Enter HANGMAN from the DOS prompt to start the
- program.
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- 2) Press any key after reading the copyright notice.
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- 3) Press <F1> to get the menu.
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- 4) Select the CLEAR LIST menu item. This creates an
- empty list ready for you to add words.
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- 5) Select the ADD WORD menu item and type in a word.
- Do this repeatedly until you have added all of the
- words in your word list.
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- 6) Select the SAVE LIST menu item and give your file
- name a unique name.
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- The game is now ready to play with a word selected from
- your new list. To retrieve the word list later, select
- the GET LIST menu item and select your word list.
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- In order to create a word list with a word processor,
- you must first register Hangman for Students. Then,
- you will receive a program which will convert text
- word lists into a format usable by "Hangman for
- Students."
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- For help on creating a word list while inside the program,
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- 1) Press <F1> to get the menu.
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- 2) Select the HELP menu item.
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- 3) Select the WORD LISTS index item.
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- ******************
- ** Appendix A **
- ******************
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- The files included with DosEA.
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- MANUAL.TXT This file!
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- PRINTMAN.BAT A batch file to print the manual.
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- README.TXT A file with important information.
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- README.BAT A batch file which displays README.TXT.
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- HANGMAN.EXE The program, itself.
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- HANGHELP.OVL An overlay.
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- ORDERFRM.TXT The order form to register.
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- REGISTER.BAT A batch file which prints the order form.
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- VENDOR.DOC A text file with information for shareware
- distributors.
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- GRADE1.WDS The Grade 1 word list (over 100 words).
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- GRADE2.WDS The Grade 2 word list (over 300 words).
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- GRADE3.WDS The Grade 3 word list (over 400 words).
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- GRADE4.WDS The Grade 4 word list (over 600 words).
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- GRADE5.WDS The Grade 5 word list (over 600 words).
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- JRHIGH.WDS The junior high school word list (over
- 1,000 words).
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- SRHIGH.WDS The senior high school word list (over
- 1,200 words).
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- ******************
- ** Appendix B **
- ******************
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- Troubleshooting.
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- >>> You get a "file not found" message or the word lists
- are not displayed when you GET a file.
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- All of the files must be in the default directory.
- Check a manual on DOS to see what this means.
-