THIS  PROGRAM  IS  COPYRIGHTED  AND IS  BEING  DISTRIBUTED AS
         SHAREWARE.   YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FREELY COPY AND DISTRIBUTE
         "BATFISH" PROVIDED THAT ALL ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE TRANSFERRED
         WITHOUT MODIFICATION, AND YOU CHARGE NO FEE TO DO SO.     

         You may play  BATFISH for free ONLY until such time as you can
         reasonably determine if you like it or not. This does NOT mean
         until you have  mastered the game and/or become bored with it! 
                                                   
         If you enjoy it,  send payment of  $15.00 along with a copy of
         the registration form.  This program  is complete,  and is not    
         "crippled"  in  any way.  When you  register,  in  addition to    
         having  met your legal and  moral obligation,  you will be put
         on the  mailing list for future  upgrades/enhancements and new
         programs by the author.

         BATFISH is distributed in a single, self extracting zip file
         titled "BTFSH.EXE", which, when executed will create the
         following files:

         NOTES.TXT:     user manual in ascii
         README.TXT:    this file
         REGISTER.TXT:  registration form in ascii
         BATFISH.EXE:   BATFISH program
         MODEGA.EXE:    program to reset video (if necessary)
         SCENARIO.EXE:  program to build and load ascii (.RAW) scenario files
         DEMO.RAW:      demonstration scenario file
         SEN1.RAW:      default scenario file
         ALPI.TAB:----------|
         CVTSILO.TAB:       |
         GAG.TAB:           |
         GR1.TAB:           |
         GR2.TAB:           |
         GR3.TAB:           |
         LGAGCRV.TAB:       |
         LGTUBE.TAB:        |
         MESS.TAB:          |
         PRCURV.TAB:        |
         SCENARIO.TAB:      |
         SENARIO.TAB:       |-->> program data tables
         SGAGCRV.TAB:       |
         SILO.TAB:          |
         SINCOS.TAB:        |
         SMTUBE.TAB:        |
         TGRM1.TAB:         |
         TGRM2.TAB:         |
         TGRM3.TAB:         |
         TGRM4.TAB:         |
         TGRM5.TAB:---------|

         NB: On some VGA systems, "Shake mode" will not work properly and
             should be turned off at the start of the game.