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  5. CadenzaBog(version1.5,June18,1988)
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  8. HardwareRequirements
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  10. ThisprogramshouldrunonanyAtariSTcomputerwithamonochrome
  11. orcolormonitor.Thisprogramrunsoncolormonitorsinmedium
  12. resolutiononly(pleaseseetheBugssectionbelow).
  14.  
  15. DistributionofthisProgram
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  17. SinceCadenzaBogispublicdomain,youmayfreelydistribute
  18. copiesoftheprogramtootherusers,usergroups,electronic
  19. bulletinboards,etc.
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  22. PlayingtheGame
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  24. Bogisaword-findinggamesimilartothegameofBoggle.The
  25. gameboardisa4by4gridoflettercubes,forexample:
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  27. -----------------
  28. |A|C|D|T|
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  30. |C|R|E|O|
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  32. |V|B|I|O|
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  34. |A|T|W|L|
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  36.  
  37. Theplayerfindsasmanywordsaspossibleinthegrid.Words
  38. mustbeformedfromadjacentcubes,andnocubecanbeusedmore
  39. thanonce(alettercanbeusedmorethanonceifitisonmore
  40. thanonecube).Acubecanhaveuptoeightadjacentcubes:one
  41. above,onebelow,oneontheright,oneontheleft,andfour
  42. alongthediagonals.
  43.  
  44. Forexample,intheabovecube,thefollowingwordscanbeformed:
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  46. VAT
  47. BAT
  48. TAB
  49. ABET(diagonally)
  50. TOOL,etc.
  51.  
  52. Intheabovecube,thewordDEEDcannotbeformed,becausethat
  53. wouldinvolveusingtheEcubetwice.Ofcourse,TOOLcanbe
  54. formedbecauseitusestwodifferentOlettercubes.
  55.  
  56.  
  57.  
  58. RunningtheProgram
  59.  
  60. Bogusesadiskfilenamed"bog_dict.txt".Thisfilemustbein
  61. thesamedirectoryasBog."bog_dict.txt"containsthelistof
  62. wordsthatthecomputerlooksforinthegrid.Inthisdocument,
  63. the"bog_dict.txt"filewillbecalledthedictionary.
  64.  
  65. Bogcanberunfromawrite-protecteddisk.
  66.  
  67. AfterBogisstarted,itfirstloadsthedictionaryintomain
  68. memory.Afterthefileisloaded,youcanbegintoplay-bring
  69. themouseovertotheStart/Stopmenu,andselecttheStartNew
  70. Gamesubmenu.
  71.  
  72. Atthispoint,thelettergridwillbedrawn,andyoucanbegin
  73. typinginthewordsthatyoufind.Afteryoutypeineachword,
  74. presstheRETURNkey.Whenyou'vetypedinallthewordsthat
  75. youcanfind,selecttheQUITboxwiththemouse.Don'tselect
  76. theQUITboxuntilyou'vepressedRETURNtoenterthelastword.
  77.  
  78. Afteryou'vequit,thecomputerwillfindasmanywordsasitcan.
  79. Afterthesewordshavebeenlisted,youcanplayanothergameby
  80. pressingtheRETURNkey,oryoucanquitplayingbypressingthe
  81. UNDOkey.Whenyou'rereadytoquittheprogram,selecttheQuit
  82. Programsubmenu.
  83.  
  84.  
  85. TypinginYourWords
  86.  
  87. Asyoutypeinyourwords,awordwillberejectedifitistoo
  88. short(lessthan3charactersinlength),orifitcannotbe
  89. legallyformed,orifyou'veenteredthesamewordpreviously.
  90.  
  91. Youcaneditthewordsasyoutypethemin-thebackspaceand
  92. leftandrightarrowkeyscanbeused.Toentirelyeraseaword,
  93. presstheESCkey.
  94.  
  95. Whenyouenterawordthatisnotinthecomputer'sdictionary,
  96. youwillbeaskedifthewordisarealword.Ifyouansweryes,
  97. thewordwillbeaddedtothecomputer'sdictionary,andthe
  98. computerwillbeabletofindthenewwordinlatergames.
  99.  
  100.  
  101. SelectingtheLettersfortheGrid
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  103. Beforeeachgame,thelettersinthegridareselectedrandomly,
  104. buttheprobabilitythatagivenletterwillbeincludedonthe
  105. gridisproportionaltothenumberoftimesthatitisfoundin
  106. thedictionaryfile.
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  112. Payment
  113.  
  114. Ifyoulikethisprogram,pleasesend$5.00UStothefollowing
  115. address:
  116.  
  117. EricBergman-Terrell
  118. CadenzaSoftware,Ltd.
  119. 1450West116thAvenue,#21
  120. Westminster,CO80234
  121. U.S.A.
  122.  
  123. For$10.00+$2.00postageyoumayorderadiskcontainingthe
  124. completesourcecodeforthisprogram,writteninOSSPersonal
  125. Pascalversion2.0.
  126.  
  127. Youmaywritetothesameaddresstoreportbugs,request
  128. additionalinformation,suggestimprovementsintheprogram,etc.
  129. Ifyouwantareply,pleaseincludereturnpostage(2IRCsfor
  130. thoseoutsidetheU.S.A.).
  131.  
  132.  
  133. Bugs:
  134.  
  135. Sincethisprogramwasdevelopedonamonochromesystem,theremay
  136. besomebugswhenitisrunonacolormonitor.Theremaybesome
  137. problemsusingdeskaccessorieswhilethisprogramisrunning.
  138.  
  139.  
  140. Limitations:
  141.  
  142. Thecomputeronlyfindswordsofsixcharactersorless.Youcan
  143. typeinwordsaslongaseightcharacters.
  144.  
  145. Thedictionaryhasonlyabout2400words.Ifyouhavealarger
  146. dictionary,youcanuseitinstead:
  147.  
  148. 1.   Makesurethatthefilecontainswords1perline,witheach
  149.      lineendingwiththeLF(newline)character.
  150.  
  151. 2.   Namethefile"bog_dict.txt"andstoreitinthesame
  152.      directorywiththisprogram.
  153.  
  154. IfyouuseCadenzaSoftware'sSPELLspellingcorrectionprogram,
  155. youcanuseyour"words.txt"fileasadictionary.
  156.  
  157. On520STcomputers,ifyouusemanydeskaccessoriesand/orlarge
  158. ramdisks,theprogrammaynothaveenoughmemorytostorethe
  159. dictionary.
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  163.  
  164.  
  165.  
  166. Makesurethatyouhaveenoughroomonthedisktoallowthe
  167. dictionaryfiletogrow.
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  169.  
  170. Enjoytheprogram!
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  172.