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║   TOMMY'S WORD DOCTOR (TM), DOS VERSION, (C) COPYRIGHT 1998 BY               ║
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INSTRUCTIONS:

*NOTE: TO EXIT THE PROGRAM HIT FUNCTION KEY F7 THEN HIT THE "Y" KEY.

A WORD IS CAPABLE OF BEING DOCTORED INTO ANY OTHER WORD BY REPEATED OPERATIONS
OF ADDING OR REMOVING ONE LETTER, TRANSPOSING TWO LETTERS, OR CHANGING ONE
LETTER TO ANOTHER LETTER.  IN TOMMY'S WORD DOCTOR YOU GET TO TEST YOUR POWER OF
WORD DOCTORING AGAINST THE CLOCK.

PLAYERS:
SOLO AGAINST THE HIGH SCORE FILE, OR TOURNAMENT MODE WITH 2-8 PLAYERS/TEAMS
PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER.

*NOTE: IN THE UNREGISTERED SHAREWARE VERSION THE PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY EXITS IF
YOU TRY TO START A NEW GAME AFTER 5 MIN. (300 SEC.) OF PLAY TIME.  PLEASE
PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION.

FIRST PLAYER:
IN TOURNAMENT MODE, THE COMPUTER RANDOMLY SELECTS THE FIRST PLAYER.

THE PLAY:
THE COMPUTER DISPLAYS CLUES, CLUE WORDS, AND 8 DIFFERENT SURGERY OPERATIONS.
YOU PICK A CLUE, AND BEGIN SURGERY ON ITS CLUE WORD, ONE OPERATION AT A TIME.
EACH TIME THE COMPUTER TELLS YOU IF YOU ARE GETTING WARMER OR COLDER.

EXAMPLE:

     CLUE                           CLUE WORD
     ====                           =========
     ONE IS IN THE OVEN             FUNNY
     CANNOT LIVE BY THIS ALONE      BRAID
     GETS A BULL MAD                AMULETS
     STEAL FOOD                     PEACH

  SURGICAL OPERATIONS:
   #  ABBREV.  DESCRIP.
   1    A      ADD A LETTER TO ONE SIDE OF THE CLUE WORD
   2    R      REMOVE A LETTER FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CLUE WORD
   3    T      TRANSPOSE TWO ADJACENT LETTERS OF CLUE WORD
   4    C      CHANGE ONE LETTER TO ANOTHER THROUGHOUT CLUE WORD
   5    L      ROTATE CLUE WORD ONE CHARACTER LEFT CIRCULARLY (END-AROUND)
   6   D,O,G   ROTATE CLUE WORD ONE CHARACTER RIGHT CIRCULARLY (END-AROUND)
   7    F      FLIP CLUE WORD OVER END TO END
   8    S      SWAP CLUE WORD HALVES.  IF THE WORD SIZE IS ODD, LEAVES THE
               MIDDLE CHARACTER IN ITS ORIGINAL PLACE.

ENTERING THE DESIRED OPERATION:
USING THE KEYBOARD:
YOU CAN ENTER EITHER THE NUMBER (1..8), OR THE ABBREVIATION WHEN PROMPTED FOR
THE SURGICAL OPERATION.

USING THE MOUSE:
JUST POINT AND CLICK AT THE DESIRED OPERATION IN THE LEGEND.  WHEN PROMPTED FOR
A LETTER POSITION ON THE TRANSPOSE OPERATION, JUST POINT DIRECTLY AT THE
DESIRED POSITION IN THE CLUE WORD.  WHEN PROMPTED FOR A Y/N ANSWER, JUST CLICK
THE Y OR THE N IN THE PROMPT.  WHEN PROMPTED FOR A LETTER, JUST POINT AND
CLICK AT THE DESIRED LETTER IN THE PROMPT.

  THE ANSWERS ARE:

     CLUE                           ANSWER
     ----                           ------
     ONE IS IN THE OVEN             BUN
     CANNOT LIVE BY THIS ALONE      BREAD
     GETS A BULL MAD                MULETA
     STEAL FOOD                     POACH

SOLO MODE:
IN SOLO MODE YOU RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO TRY TO DOCTOR 9 CLUE WORDS AT A TIME
CORRECTLY.  YOU HAVE 300 SECONDS FOR EACH SET OF CLUES.  YOU SCORE 50 POINTS FOR
EACH CLUE WORD CORRECTLY DOCTORED, MINUS 1 POINT FOR EACH DOCTORING OPERATION
PERFORMED.  IF YOU ANSWER THEM ALL CORRECTLY, YOU SCORE A BONUS OF THE NUMBER
OF SECONDS REMAINING OUT OF THE 300 ALLOTTED.  THEN YOU GET ANOTHER SET, AND SO
ON, UNTIL YOU FAIL TO GUESS A SET COMPLETELY IN THE 30 SECOND TIME ALLOTMENT.
YOUR SCORE IS SAVED IN THE HIGH SCORE FILE ON DISK IF IT IS IN THE TOP 10.

TOURNAMENT MODE:
IN TOURNAMENT MODE, YOUR TEAM TRIES TO GET AS MANY OF THE 4 CLUE WORDS DOCTORED
CORRECTLY IN THE 120 SECOND TIME ALLOTMENT AS THEY CAN, AND IF THEY DO THEN THEY
SCORE 50 POINTS FOR EACH CLUE WORD CORRECTLY DOCTORED, MINUS 1 POINT FOR EACH
DOCTORING OPERATION PERFORMED.  IF THEY GET ALL 4 CLUE WORDS RIGHT THEN THEY
SCORE A BONUS OF THE NUMBER OF SECONDS REMAINING OUT OF THE 120 ALLOTTED.
THE TURN THEN PASSES TO THE NEXT TEAM, WHO GET A NEW SET OF 4 CLUE WORDS TO
DOCTOR AND 60 SECONDS OF TIME.  THE GAME IS WON BY THE FIRST TEAM TO GET TO
THE GAMEPOINT (200 TO 9999 POINTS, PLAYERS PRESET IT BEFORE PLAY BEGINS).

SELECTING CLUE WORDS TO DOCTOR:
YOU FIRST HAVE TO SELECT THE CLUE WORD YOU WANT TO DOCTOR BEFORE DOING ANY
DOCTORING OPERATIONS, AND THEN STAY WITH IT UNTIL SOLVED, THE TIME RUNS OUT, OR
YOU SELECT ANOTHER.  THERE IS NO PENALTY FOR SELECTING ANOTHER CLUE WORD.  TO
SELECT ANOTHER CLUE WORD, SELECT OPERATION 0, OR HIT THE ESC KEY.

GIVING UP:
YOU CAN GIVE UP IN SOLO OR TOURNAMENT MODE BY HITTING THE ! KEY AS YOUR
OPERATION.  IN SOLO MODE THIS ENDS THE GAME, AND IN TOURNAMENT MODE THIS GIVES
CONTROL TO THE NEXT PLAYER/TEAM.

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FUNCTION KEY COMMANDS:
SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F1 TOGGLES THE SOUND EFFECTS ON AND OFF.

DEMO MODE TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F2 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE.  IN DEMO MODE, THE
COMPUTER MENUS THE CLUES AND CLUE WORDS WHILE YOU WATCH.  IT WILL ALWAYS
SHOW THE ANSWERS TO 2 OUT OF EVERY 9 PUZZLES.

TO QUIT: HIT FUNCTION KEY F7.

TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.

TO CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.
IN MONO MODE, PRESSING F10 TOGGLES BETWEEN REGULAR AND HILITED TEXT FOR THE
MESSAGE LINE.

DEMO MODE SPEED CONTROL: F8 LOWERS, AND F9 RAISES, THE TIME DELAY BETWEEN
QUESTIONS IN DEMO MODE.

TO SKIP THE STARTUP MUSIC: HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.

DATA FILES:
TOMMY'S WORD DOCTOR OPERATES ON UP TO 100 MODULAR DATA FILES, WHICH MEANS THAT
ANY ONE OR MORE OF THEM CAN BE PRESENT AND THE PROGRAM WILL PICK AND CHOOSE
QUESTIONS AT ITS WHIM FROM THOSE THAT ARE; THE CURRENT DATA FILE NUMBER
(0..99) IN USE IS SHOWN IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN WHILE
PLAYING.

*NOTE: THE UNREGISTERED SHAREWARE EDITION OF TOMMY'S WORD DOCTOR COMES WITH
ONLY THE FIRST DATA FILE, WITH ONLY 50 PUZZLES TO WHET YOUR APPETITE.  WHEN YOU
PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION YOU GET MORE DATA FILES, FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 500
PUZZLES.

ALL DATA FILES HAVE THE NAMES "WORDDDAT.n", WHERE n=0...  THE PROGRAM
KEEPS AUXILIARY FILES "WORDDAUX.n" TO RECORD WHICH QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN USED SO
FAR; THE SIZE OF EACH WORDDAUX.n FILE IS 10+2*m, WHERE m=MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ALLOWED PER WORDDDAT.n FILE; CURRENTLY m=3000 (IF THERE ARE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS THAN THAT IN A FILE, THEY ARE IGNORED).

DOS PATHS:
THE PROGRAM FIRST ASSUMES THAT THE WORDDDAT.n FILES ARE ON THE CURRENT
SUBDIRECTORY (THE ONE YOU SEE WITH THE DIR COMMAND).  IF IT CAN'T FIND ANY
WORDDDAT. FILES THERE, IT ASKS YOU FOR ANOTHER PATH.  YOU CAN THEN ENTER, FOR
EXAMPLE, D:\WORDDOCT\ OR C:\.  UPON EXITING, THE PROGRAM STORES THE WORDDAUX
FILES ON THAT PATH, NOT THE DEFAULT PATH; THAT WAY, THE DATA AND ITS USAGE
RESIDE ON THE SAME PATH, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN HAVE ONE WORDDDAT.3 FILE ON
ONE SUBDIRECTORY AND ANOTHER WORDDDAT.3 ON ANOTHER SUBDIRECTORY, WITH NO
CONFLICT.

THE HIGH SCORE FILE, HOWEVER, IS HELD ON THE CURRENT SUBDIRECTORY, SINCE IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE DATA CAME FROM WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCORES.

FILE PARAMETER DISPLAY:
AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE GAME SCREEN THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS DISPLAYED.  HERE
IS WHAT THEY MEAN:
    1. NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN CURRENT DATA FILE (THE ONE LISTED ON THE BOTTOM
       RIGHT OF THE SCREEN) THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED UP.  INITIALLY, WHEN THERE'S
       NO WORDDAUX FILE FOR THAT DATA FILE AND THE PROGRAM HASN'T SCANNED THROUGH
       THE FILE YET TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, THIS NUMBER IF 3000 (THE
       MAXIMUM FILE CAPACITY m); WHEN THE PROGRAM HAS REACHED END-OF-FILE ON
       THAT DATA FILE, IT FINALLY KNOWS THE TRUE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN THE FILE
       AND ADJUSTS ACCORDINGLY -- HENCE THE SECOND TIME IT STARTS TH