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-=| 4-CORNERS |=-
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v1.00
by Thomas W. Burker Sr.
TomTron Software Development
(c)1994 all rights reserved
support
The Mentor Connection BBS
(216)942-3762
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-=| COPYRIGHT NOTICE |=-
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4-Corners is a copyrighted program being distributed under the shareware
concept. As such you may use 4-Corners for a period of 30 days without
registering the software. After the 30 day evaluation period, you must
register your copy of 4-Corners or you will be in violation of United
States and International copyright laws.
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-=| WARRANTY |=-
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4-Corners is distributed without warranty. In no event will Thomas Burker
or TomTron Software Development be liable to you for damages, including any
loss of profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages
arising out of your use of or inability to use the program, even if Thomas
Burker or TomTron Software Development was advised of the possibility of such
damages. Thomas Burker and TomTron Software Development will not be liable
for any such claim by any other party. Your installation of this software on
your system is your acceptance of this statement. It is, however, guaranteed
to take up space on your hard drive!
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-=| UNREGISTERED RESTRICTIONS |=-
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The game is fully operational for your enjoyment. The UNREGISTERED version
displays an UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY message in the opening screen and
a delay on exiting the door with yet another UNREGISTERED message.
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-=| FILE LIST |=-
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CORNERS.EXE Main .EXE program
CORNERS.CFG Example .cfg file
CORNERS.ANS Main playing board
INTRO.ANS Intro screen
SYSOP.DOC You are reading it
PLAYER.DOC Player documentation on intro
REGISTER.FRM Registration mail in form
HISCORE.DTA High score data file (text file format)
HISTORY.DOC Program history
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-=| DOOR FEATURES |=-
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■ Fully supports high speed modems: 16550 FIFO buffering and
locked serial ports.
■ Built in ANSI terminal emulator. No need to have ANSI.SYS
loaded in memory.
■ DesqView, Windows, and OS/2 aware.
■ Supports all of the most popular door data file formats:
TriBBS, PCBoard, GAP (DOOR.SYS), Spitfire, WildCat!, RBBS,
and WWIV. Note that the GAP designates the 52 line DOOR.SYS
dropfile.
■ Non-standard IRQ's
■ Multi-Node setup using SHARE and .CFG setup
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-=| RUNNING 4-CORNERS |=-
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CORNERS.EXE DOOR.CFG
In the above command line, "door" is the name of your door's CFG file.
A sample .cfg file is in this package.
Line 1: Door data file type. (DO NOT PUT DOOR.SYS etc. SEE BELOW!)
Line 2: Path to the door data file(s).
Line 3: BBS name.
Line 4: Sysop's name.
Line 5: Locked baud rate.
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-=| DROPFILE DESIGNATIONS |=-
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As illustrated above, the door's data file type is specified in line 1
and can be PCB for PCBoard, GAP for GAP (DOOR.SYS), SF for Spitfire,
RBBS for RBBS, WC for WildCat!, TRIBBS for TriBBS, or WWIV for WWIV.
The locked baud rate is specified in line 5. If the sysop doesn't
lock his serial port, he must specify 0 for the locked baud rate.
NOTE: Although many door formats do pass the locked baud rate in the
door data files, some older formats such as RBBS do not.
The following is a sample door configuration file:
GAP <-- Designates 52 line DOOR.SYS dropfile!
C:\SLBBS\ <-- Trailing backslash! (path to dropfile!)
THE MENTOR CONNECTION <-- BBS Name (not case sensitive!)
Thomas Burker <-- SysOp Name
19200 <-- Locked baud rate
(* EXAMPLE .BAT *)
@ECHO OFF
CD C:\DOORS\CORNERS
CORNERS.EXE CORNERS1.EXE
ETC.
ETC.
4-Corners can be run locally without a door data file (handy for
the sysop to use the door without logging on to the BBS) by specifying
/L after the configuration file parameter in the DOS command line.
4-Corners will request the SysOp to enter his/her name before running
the door. (* i.e CORNERS CORNER1.CFG /L *)
Nonstandard IRQs can be used by specifying the IRQ number after the
"config" parameter in the command line used to run the door as follows:
door config irq i.e. CORNERS CORNER1.CFG 3
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-=| SPECIAL KEYS |=-
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While a door is running, the sysop can press certain special keys to
perform a variety of functions. The following is a list of the
functions that the RMDoor special keys perform:
Key(s) Function
HOME Toggles between the user status window and a help
display that lists the RMDoor special keys.
F6 Takes 5 minutes away from the caller.
NOTE: This will NOT be returned to BBS.
F7 Gives 5 minutes to the caller.
NOTE: This will NOT be returned to the BBS.
F9 Quit the door and return the caller to the BBS.
F10 Enter chat mode. Pressing the ESC key exits the
chat mode.
Alt+D Drop to DOS.
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-=| PLAYING THE GAME |=-
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4-Corners is a game of chance, judgement and dumb luck! The object is to
achieve the highest score possible for a 7 round game. The game is played
on a tic-tac-toe type of grid ( 9 slots ) and the rows are labeled A,B,C
while the columns are labeled D,E,F. It looks like this;
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A | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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B | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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D E F
When you first enter the door, the 9 numbers are randomly generated and
placed in the grid as shown above. A game consists of 7 rounds with each
round providing UP TO 7 grid changes. Remember, you DO NOT have to use
ALL 7 changes! You can [S]top and Calculate a round any time you want!
It is even possible to stop the round before making ANY changes at all if
the grid looks good enough to keep on the initial roll.
Sound easy? Here is the catch. A change consists of an ENTIRE row or an
ENTIRE column! You don't change an individual grid location. That would
be too easy, wouldn't it? What this means is that let's say you want to
change the center number - by selecting either B or E you will in effect
change the middle number (maybe) but at the same time you chane the other
2 numbers in ROW A or COLUMN E! Again, you can make UP TO 7 changes. If
you make your 7th change and attempt an 8th change, the program will simply
calculate that round and move you to the next round.
Scoring is accomplished as such!
HORIZONTAL MATCHES 10 points
VERTICAL MATCHES 15 points
DIAGONAL MATCHES 25 points
4 CORNER MATCHES 100 points
FULL GRID MATCH 500 points (very difficult I might add!)
You can easily have SEVERAL COMBINATIONS of points also. That is the hard
part of the game. You have to watch all of the point possibilities and try
to project what changes might take place when you change a row or column.
Here is an example of what a round could score for you.
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A | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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B | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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C | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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D E F
You will see that you have a DIAGONAL match of 2's and a VERTICAL match of
2's in this round. There are no horizontal or 4 corner matches.
Knowing just when to STOP is the hard part. Just ONE MORE change could in
effect wipe out a good score for that round, or it COULD give you that FULL
GRID match! Good luck and I hope you enjoy playing 4-CORNERS!
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SCORE KEEPING
CHAMP!
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The program keeps the HIGH SCORE only and displays it on the main playing
screen in the bottom right hand corner. The score is saved in a simple
text file, so if you overwrite the file or delete it by accident, simply
use a text editor and enter 2 lines i.e:
SYSOP
150
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-=| REGISTRATION |=-
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Registration of 4-Corners is only $10.00. Please use the form in the
file REGISTER.FRM. When you register 4-Corners you will receive the
latest version of the program registered to your BBS. Your BBS name
or SysOp name will be on the intro screen and the annoying delay at
the end of the game will be removed.
NOTE: V1.xx is the ONLY version that can be registered. If you now
have a ßeta version .10 - .99, these versions CANNOT be registered.
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-=| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |=-
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tm
Programmed by Thomas W. Burker Sr. (c) 1994 TomTron Software Development
Written in Turbo Pascal 7.0 using routines from RMDoorv 4.5a by TriSoft,
Bangor, ME.