Nine Men's Morris Copyright (c), 1990, 1991 by Chet Langin, all rights reserved Langin Software 532 W. 3rd St. Centralia, IL 62801 CIS: 73770,615 _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Users of "Nine Men's Morris" must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "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. <<< Page 2 >>> Table of Contents Welcome 3 Who is this program for? 3 What is this program? 3 Installation 3 Tutorial 4 Appendix A -- A list of files 5 Appendix B -- Troubleshooting 5 <<< Page 3 >>> *************** ** Welcome ** *************** Welcome to "Nine Men's Morris." ******************************** ** Who is this program for? ** ******************************** This is a stratagy game for kids and adults. ***************************** ** What is this program? ** ***************************** "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. 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. When three pieces are placed in a row, it is called a "mill." For this reason, the game is sometimes called "The Mill." The rules of the game are included in a hypertext help system. Play against the computer, which has several levels of difficulty. ******************** ** Installation ** ******************** What this program needs: > 384K of memory > Any monitor > MS-DOS 2.0 or higher No installation is required. Enter NINE to start the program. All of the program's files must be in the default directory. <<< Page 4 >>> **************** ** Tutorial ** **************** 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. It is assumed that you will be looking at the printed manual as you try out the program. The tutorial is a series of steps. 1) Start the program. Enter: NINE 2) Read the copyright notice, then continue: Press: 3) A menu is displayed on the left and the game board is displayed on the right. Select the PLAY NOW menu item. 4) Use the arrow keys and the 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. 5) Now, move a piece. Use the arrow keys and the 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. 6) Press to return to the menu. 7) Select QUIT from the menu. 8) Press any key to leave the registration notice. <<< Page 5 >>> ****************** ** Appendix A ** ****************** The files included with this program. MANUAL.TXT This file! PRINTMAN.BAT A batch file to print the manual. README.TXT A file with important information. README.BAT A batch file which displays README.TXT. NINE.EXE The program, itself. NINE.OVL An overlay. ORDERFRM.TXT The order form to register. REGISTER.BAT A batch file which prints the order form. VENDOR.DOC A text file with information for shareware distributors. ****************** ** Appendix B ** ****************** Troubleshooting. >>> You get a "file not found" message. All of the files must be in the default directory. Check a manual on DOS to see what this means.