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- P L E X U S 1.0 I N S T R U C T I O N S
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- PLEXUS is a word game with quotations, word lists and scrambled
- letters. It will run on any PC or clone with color or monochrome
- monitor.
-
- Start the program by typing PLEXUS<Enter>. PLEXUS will display a
- START-UP MENU. Type I<Enter> if you want to read instructions. Press
- <Enter> to begin play.
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- The PUZZLE SELECTION DISPLAY shows you which puzzles you have played
- and lets you choose puzzles. If you press <Enter> without typing a
- puzzle number, PLEXUS will select a puzzle for you.
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- The PLEXUS game display shows a list (up to four columns) of words
- with scrambled letters and underscores next to each word. Most puzzles
- also show a few letters as hints. When you figure out a word, type it
- on the underscores. The letters will also appear in the quote at the
- bottom of the screen.
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- When you move the cursor you will see a highlight jump around the
- screen. Type a letter at the cursor location (on an underscore) and
- the letter also appears at the highlight location. This highlight
- shows letter correspondence between the word list and the quote.
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- When you recognize words in the quote tou can move the cursor down to
- the quote and type there. The letters will also appear in the
- corresponding places in the word list.
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- Begin solving with the smaller words. Then go back-and-forth between
- the word list and the quote until you get all of the letters. When you
- solve the puzzle PLEXUS will beep and flash a message.
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- Press[F9] to see the solution to a puzzle. Press <Esc> to go back to
- the PUZZLE SELECTION DISPLAY. Press <Esc> twice to quit PLEXUS and
- return to DOS.
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- NOTE: Many of the smaller words used in PLEXUS have several anagrams.
- For example, the letters DRAE might be DEAR, DARE or READ. If you have
- entered all of the letters in a puzzle and PLEXUS does not announce
- the solution, try to spot the wrong letters in the quote. Move the
- cursor to the wrong letter, and the highlight will show you which
- scrambled word to reexamine.
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- PLEXUS 1.0 consists of the following files.
- PLEXUS.EXE The game program.
- PUZZLES1.PLX The puzzle file.
- PLEXUS.DOC This documentation file.
- When you run PLEXUS the first time it will create a file called
- STFIL1.PLX in the current directory. This file keeps track of which
- puzzles you have played.
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- Enjoy PLEXUS. Register and get volume 2 of PLEXUS as well as
- information on other BLANCHARD SOFTWARE word games.
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- BLANCHARD SOFTWARE
- P.O. BOX 1650
- NORRISTOWN, PA 19401