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Welcome to ....
PC HACK version 1.03 for MSDOS(tm) computers
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by Don Kneller
2 Panoramic Way #204
Berkeley, CA 94704
October 31, 1985
============================================================================
To: All
Re: PC HACK 1.03
Well, here it is. I have not had as much time to play with this
version as I did with 1.0.1, so I don't know if it is bug free or not.
This is the full UNIX version 1.03 with a several enhancements.
1) Easier configuration that uses less environment space.
2) PC HACK can use graphics characters for the dungeon.
3) Ramdisk support. Makes the game much faster, especially
for floppy-only systems.
4) A bunch of new options. Pack sorting, confirmation before
hitting tame monsters, turning the bell off, whether you
pick up everything you step on, or just look at it. Cursor
key use on IBM BIOS compatible computers.
5) Some protection against disk full problems.
6) Another way to survive cockatrice attacks.
The documentation HACK103.DOC is formatted for 66 line paper in
case you want to print it out. The simplest way to print the
documentation is:
copy hack103.doc prn:
The problem with ^P causing 'echo to printer' being turned on has been
solved, thanks to help from Mark Zbikowski (markz@microsoft.UUCP). The
solution was the use an MSDOS function call for IOCTLS to change the
terminal into 'raw' mode. An added bonus is noticeably faster display
speed.
Also, the niggling bug that caused the first line of the help
files to appear out of position was traced to a bug in ANSI.SYS which
results in improper tab expansion. This has been fixed by expanding
the tabs 'by hand' in the code.
Configuration Overview
----------------------
Basically, people with HardDisks will want to create the
directory: \GAMES\HACK for the PC HACK support files (of
course, you can choose your own directory names, but for this
short discussion, assume these names). Copy all files except
HACK103.EXE into \GAMES\HACK. Copy HACK103.EXE into a
directory accessible with the PATH environment variable
(you might use \GAMES). Create an environment variable called
HACKDIR with value \GAMES\HACK (use the command:
set HACKDIR=\GAMES\HACK
probably in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file). Edit the HACK103.CNF file
to put in your player name and other options. At the MSDOS prompt
type:
C> hack103
and you should be playing.
People with floppy only systems will want to keep all PC HACK files
on one floppy (called the "GAME" disk), and have 2 extra formatted
floppies, one called "LEVELS" and one called "SAVE". The SAVE floppy
will store saved games and will be swapped with the GAME disk in drive
"A" at the appropriate times. The LEVELS floppy will be in "B" drive. If you don't have any saved games
If you don't have any saved games yet, or you don't want to restart
from a saved game, you can leave the GAME disk in drive "A" even when
PC HACK asks you to insert the SAVE disk. If you have more than 2
floppy drives, all 3 diskettes can be used at the same time.
Edit the HACK103.CNF file and put comment characters ('#') in front
of all lines for the "possible hard disk configuration" and remove
the comment characters from the lines of the "possible two floppy
configuration". At the MSDOS prompt type:
A> hack103
and you should be playing.
The documentation HACK103.DOC has details for configuration of
PC HACK for your system.
============================================================================
To: All beginner HACKERS
Re: An overview and some hints
There is a special section in HACK103.DOC called
"Hints for beginner HACKERS"
This is for people who have never played HACK or ROGUE
before and want a description of what they can do in HACK.
============================================================================
Don Kneller.
2 Panoramic Way #204
Berkeley, CA 94704
UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller
ARPA: ucsfcgl!kneller@berkeley.arpa