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- Thinker Version 1.0
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- Copyright 1995 - 1996 SoftNet
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- Co-Owners' of SoftNet
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- David Smart Peter Kling
- Space Station Info System Technology, Inc.
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- Phone BBS/FAX: 1-508-454-0356 1-407-729-9166
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- Thinker - User documentation -(1)- March 10, 1996
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- This is a licence agreement between you, the end user, and SoftNet
- Thinker, including any Screen, Executable, documentation, etc are the
- property of SoftNet. Please read the terms and conditions of this
- licence agreement carefully before using the software. If you for any
- reason, whatsoever, cannot accept the conditions in this agreement,
- you are not permitted to use Thinker.
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- You acknowledge and agree that Thinker is a proprietary product of
- SoftNet protected by applicable copyright laws and international treaty
- provisions. You further acknowledge and agree that all rights, title,
- and interest in, and to Thinker are and shall remain with SoftNet
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- Thinker may be used for a period of thirty (30) days on a trial
- basis to allow you to determine its suitability for your particular
- application. After this period you MUST register Thinker, or remove
- it from your system. Registration entitles you to use Thinker and
- any future versions of Thinker for as long as you wish, subject
- to any special licensing conditions and/or applicable upgrade fees
- attached to future versions.
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- In the event that you are in violation of this licence agreement,
- you agree and accept that SoftNet may cancel your registration and
- any rights to use Thinker that you may have. In the case of a dispute
- over the licence agreement, you further agree and accept to fully
- reimburse SoftNet for legal and other expenses resulting from the
- dispute.
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- Thinker is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, or
- fitness for a particular purpose, either expressed or implied, all
- of are hereby explicitly disclaimed. SoftNet only guarantees that
- Thinker will occupy disk space.
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- SoftNet liability resulting from your use or inability to use
- Thinker is limited to the amount that the affected party has paid
- for it, or in the event that Thinker was registered with a third
- party for payment to SoftNet, liability is limited to the amount
- that was received by SoftNet from that third party.
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- Neither SoftNet nor any of its employees, agents, or other
- representatives are in any way obligated to provide future versions
- of, or support for, Thinker. You may freely distribute and copy
- Thinker provided that no fee is charged and the Thinker distribution
- archive contains unmodified copies of the original files as produced
- by SoftNet Pay Bulletin Board Systems may, however, charge their
- normal fee provided that no additional charge for Thinker is levied
- No part of Thinker may be modified, altered, reverse engineered,
- sold, or distributed in any form what so ever which would involve
- some sort of trade without prior written permission from SoftNet
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- Thinker - User documentation -(2)- March 10, 1996
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- │░░░░░░ INTRODUCTION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- Thinker is a fun, simple game which challenges you to achieve
- the highest monthly score possible. This game is similar to the game
- of "Concentration" as seen on television.
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- The object of the game is to be the highest scoring player at
- the end of the month. This is accomplished by matching pairs of
- cards on a 4 X 13-card grid.
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- You will start with 0 points at the beginning of each month.
- When you enter the game, the game board is drawn on your screen.
- The game board consists of header information, and a 4 X 13 grid
- which holds 52 playing cards.
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- To begin a game, select <P>lay. A 52-card deck is then
- shuffled and dealt. You will also notice some information in the
- upper-right corner of your screen, such as Maximum Misses and
- your Miss Count.
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- The object of game play is to select pairs of matching cards
- until the game board is cleared. Once selected, each card is turned
- face-up. If the two cards you select match, you gain 100 points and
- the cards are cleared from the board. If you manage to clear the
- entire board, you will be awarded a bonus of 5,000 points.
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- To select cards, make sure that your NUM LOCK is turned on.
- Then, using the numeric keypad, move the cursor left, right, up
- or down until the cursor is directly above the card you wish to
- select. Then press <ENTER> to select that card.
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- Each time you select two cards that do NOT match, your Miss
- Count is incremented by 1. You may accumulate a maximum of 5
- consecutive misses before the game is ended. Each time you select
- a matching pair of cards, your Miss Count is reset to 0.
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- At the end of each month, play is ended and the top-three
- scorers for the month are displayed to players during the
- following month. The player file is removed and the game starts
- over.
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- Thinker - User documentation -(3)- March 10, 1996
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- Thinker runs great as a type 7 door on RemoteAccess and
- QuickBBS. Thinker requires either a Dorinfo1.Def or a DOOR.SYS
- drop file created by your bbs. Thinker also requires a Fossil
- Driver to be loaded. All file I/O uses record locking and this
- door will run fine on two nodes simultaneously.
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- Command Line Parameters:
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- - /T# The maximum number of games a player may play per day.
- This should be a value between 1 and 100. If it's not,
- it will default to 2.
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- - /M# The maximum number of misses in a row before the user is
- beaten. This should be a value between 1 and 10. If it's
- not, it will default to 5.
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- - /D tells Thinker to use a DOOR.SYS file rather than Dorinfo1.def
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- - /N# will specify the node number, # is the node number.
- Default = 1
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- Examples:
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- THINKER.EXE /T7 7 rounds per day.
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- THINKER.EXE /N1 Running on node 1
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- THINKER.EXE 5 rounds per day (default).
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- THINKER.EXE /T10 /D 10 games per day.
- Use DOOR.SYS instead of DORINFO1.DEF.
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- THINKER.EXE /T10 /M3 /N2 /D 10 Games per day
- 3 misses allowed in a row
- Running on node 2
- Use door.sys
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- Thinker can be run in the BBS system directory or in a
- directory of its own.
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- Here is an example type 7 menu command
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- C:\BBS\THINKER\THINKER.EXE /T15 /M6 /N*N
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- That's all there is to installing the Thinker door. There
- is no setup program needed.
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- Thinker will read and write its own files in the same
- directory containing the THINKER.EXE file, and read the
- dorinfo1.def or door.sys file from the current directory.
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- If you have any problems at all, please contact one of our
- worldwide support sites listed in SUPPORT.DOC
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- Thinker - User documentation -(4)- March 10, 1996
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- The following is a list of files related to the operation of
- this program. It is noted whether or not the file is absolutely
- required in order for the program to run.
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- Filename Required Description
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- THINKER.EXE Yes The main progam executable.
- THINKER.ANS Yes The game board graphic. (color graphics)
- THINKER.ASC Yes The game board graphic (mono graphics)
- SNT.ANS Yes The SoftNet Thinker graphic (color graphics).
- SNT.ASC Yes The SoftNet Thinker graphic (mono graphics).
- THINKER.HLP Yes Help file.
- THINKER.DOC No This documentation.
- THINKER.DTE No This is a date file. This is used to determine
- when the end of month has been reached.
- THINKER.HSC No This file contains the last month's high scorer
- statistics.
- THINKER.DAT No This is the player data file. If it does not
- exist, it will be created.
- THINK##.LOG No This file is created if Thinker encounters an
- error during operations. If this file exists,
- it is intended for your viewing pleasure.
- The ## will be replaced with the node #.
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- Thinker - User documentation -(5)- March 10, 1996
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