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- Nine Men's Morris
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- Copyright (c), 1990, 1991
- by Chet 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 "Nine Men's Morris" must accept this
- disclaimer of warranty:
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- "Nine Men's Morris" 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
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- Appendix A -- A list of files 5
- Appendix B -- Troubleshooting 5
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- ***************
- ** Welcome **
- ***************
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- Welcome to "Nine Men's Morris."
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- ** Who is this program for? **
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- This is a stratagy game for kids and adults.
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- ** What is this program? **
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- "Nine Men's Morris" is an ancient strategy game
- played on a special board in which the object
- is to get "three in a row" and thereby take the
- opponent's pieces.
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- Each of the two players has nine pieces, which
- has something to do with the name of the game.
- Otherwise, the origination of the name of the game
- is somewhat obscure.
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- When three pieces are placed in a row, it is
- called a "mill." For this reason, the game is
- sometimes called "The Mill."
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- The rules of the game are included in a hypertext
- help system.
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- Play against the computer, which has several levels
- of difficulty.
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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 NINE 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: NINE
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- 2) Read the copyright notice, then continue:
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- Press: <ENTER>
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- 3) A menu is displayed on the left and the
- game board is displayed on the right. Select
- the PLAY NOW menu item.
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- 4) Use the arrow keys and the <ENTER> key to
- place a piece on the board. The computer will
- also place a piece. Take turns with the computer
- until each side has played nine times.
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- 5) Now, move a piece. Use the arrow keys and
- the <ENTER> key to select a piece and indicate
- where to move it. The computer will then move
- one of its pieces. Take turns moving pieces
- until the game is over. The computer will
- indicate who won.
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- 6) Press <ESC> to return to the menu.
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- 7) Select QUIT from the menu.
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- 8) Press any key to leave the registration notice.
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- ******************
- ** Appendix A **
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- The files included with this program.
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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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- NINE.EXE The program, itself.
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- NINE.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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- ** Appendix B **
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- Troubleshooting.
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- >>> You get a "file not found" message.
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- All of the files must be in the default directory.
- Check a manual on DOS to see what this means.
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