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                        FOR USE ONLY WITH BRAIN DAMAGE
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                              Coded and Compiled

                                      By

                                Dave Cobbledick
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                     Copyright ½ 1993 Dunces Cap Software






This  program was developed in response to a number of requests from  customers 
to be able to enter their own questions into the quiz programs from Dunces  Cap 
Software to further enhance the use of such programs.

The  instructions for this program will be very brief as much is  explained  to 
you as you go through the various stages of using the program with loads of on-
screen prompts and directions.

The  most important fact to remember is that whenever you intend to  write  out 
information from a program to a disk - whether from a program like this or just 
to save High Scores in a game - ALWAYS use a back-up copy and not your original 
and this way, if anything goes wrong, you will always have your original intact 
to make another copy from.

The  other  most  important thing to remember is that no matter  how  good  any 
program  or  how comprehensive the error detection and  handling  routines  you 
should  be prepared for the possibility of a failure happening and  losing  all 
data that you have input.    To this end, whenever you intend to sit and have a 
session of inputting questions,  always have your questions and answers written 
down  and  prepared beforehand.   There is nothing more annoying than  to  lose 
three or four hours work and have nothing to show for it but a memory.



Upon loading and running this program the system will search the directories of 
the disk you are using.   If any files with a DAT extension are found  relating 
to the 'Brain Damage' program you will be prompted for a response.   There  are 
two options to choose from:

1] Add data to an existing file

2] Create new files of your own

If  you select option two the system will ask if you want to proceed with  this 
disk.  If  yes then ALL DAT files will be renamed with the extension  DAX  this 
will allow new files to be written out without losing your old files or causing 
name  conflict errors to occur.   This can only be performed 'once'  with  each 
disk  -  that is,  only two sets of data can exist relating  to  questions  and 
answers and words and clues files .. one set with DAT extensions one with DAX.

On  screen  prompts  and  messages will keep  you  on  course  throughout  this 
procedure with simple key presses determining your actions.


      DO NOT USE YOUR ORIGINAL 'BRAIN DAMAGE' DISK :  USE A BACKUP COPY!
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The  only  other  information you need is that the left  hand  margins  in  the 
Question and answer section should always be kept justified .... e.g.


1]       The price of cheese in Denmark is
         more costly than in the UK?


2]       Who sang the song 'Two little
         boys' and went to number one in 19??  ?


The  left hand margin is more important than the right as this  determines  how 
your  questions  will  be displayed when printed on  the  screen.   Failure  to 
observe  this rule may show your questions being displayed in a disjointed  and 
incoherent way.

Backspace  any  spelling  mistakes you make and use the spacebar  to  move  the 
cursor  around  the screen for aligning purposes.   DO NOT  press  Return/Enter 
after each line - only at the end of your question and answer.




When you have finished your session type in SAVE where you would normally  type 
in  a  question or clue and the questions and asnwers [ clues and words  ]  you 
have input will be saved to disk.

       MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DISK IS NOT WRITE PROTECTED BEFORE DOING THIS
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To help you coordinate your questions the colour coding applies as follows:

Questions   1 to 100 will appear in RED text

Questions 101 to 200 will appear in YELLOW text

Questions 201 to 300 will appear in Green text

Questions above 300 will appear in Blue text

All Clues for the Clues and Words section will appear in BLUE text

You  have room for five hundred Questions and Answers and 150 Clues  and  words 
which means that you can ADD to the existing files supplied with this program.



An 'autosave' facility is built-in to the program which will automatically save 
any  files currently being built when and if you reach the  FULL  status;  make 
sure  that you always have your work disk in Drive A:  when you are  making  or 
adding to a file/s.

REMEMBER:
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Before  you begin have all your data in front of you ready written out and  all 
your answers verified....  always check your input before confirming that  what 
you have input is correct; there is no going back once you have confirmed.

All  answers  in the Questions & Answers section MUST NOT be more  than  eleven 
characters  in length.   All words in the Clues and Words section must  not  be 
more than eight letters in length and not less than five.

Happy  typing ....  and let Dunces Cap Software see any files that  you  create 
with this utility.

Best Wishes,

Dave Cobbledick