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BY ENDER UCKER


ADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AM PROUD
TO PRESENT MY MAGNUM OPUS,
. T'S A PROGRAM THAT ASKS YOU
TO HAVE FUN WITH IT, ADD YOUR TWO
CENTS TO IT, THEN COPY IT AND SEND IT
TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS YOU WANT,
PREFERABLY THOSE IN FAR AWAY LANDS.
INCE YOUR NAME IS KEPT IN THE
PROGRAM, YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF
REVERED AS THE OF
THIS .

HE FIRST THING TO DO IS COPY THE
FILES TO A BLANK, FORMATTED DISK.
HE FILES WILL GROW AND THERE ISN'T
ENOUGH ROOM ON THE DISK.
HEN "CHAIN BOOT" AND CHOOSE THE
FIRST ITEM IN THE MENU. T GIVES AN
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS A
LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
WHO PRECEDE YOU ON THE .
T ALSO LISTS THE CURRENT
OF THIS . S
SUBSCRIBERS, YOU WILL FIND
TWO NAMES ABOVE YOU, YOURS TRULY AND
MY EVIL CLONE, NEES ALHOON.

FTER READING ABOUT IT, CHOOSE
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE MENU,
. ERE YOU ARE ASKED TO ENTER
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. F YOU DON'T
WANT TO ENTER YOUR MAILING ADDRESS,
AT LEAST ENTER YOUR CITY AND STATE.
F YOU ENTER YOUR MAILING ADDRESS,
WHO KNOWS, SOMEONE DOWN THE MAY
WANT TO WRITE YOU A FAN LETTER!

HERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT S
ON THE DISK. ACH ONE IS A MULTIPLE-
CHOICE VOCABULARY TEST, CONSISTING OF
TEN WORDS. HESE WORDS ARE TAKEN
FROM "RS. YRNE'S ICTIONARY OF
NUSUAL, BSCURE AND REPOSTEROUS
ORDS" BY OSEFA EIFETZ YRNE,
ITADEL RESS, 120 NTERPRISE VENUE,
ECAUCUS 07094, (C)1974. OU WILL
NOT KNOW THEM UNLESS YOU ARE A WIZARD
WITH ODDBALL WORDS.

OR EACH YOU MAY THE
OR TO THE .
RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE ONE OF THE
TESTS TO GET YOUR FEET WET AND SEE
WHAT KINDS OF WORDS AND DEFINITIONS
ARE USED. LL BUT ONE OF THE
DEFINITIONS ARE CRAZY DEFINITIONS
MADE UP BY THE MEMBERS WHO PRECEDE
YOU ON THE , OR AS CALL THEM,
THE . HE DEFINITION THAT
IS CORRECT IS JUST AS CRAZY AS THE
THE OTHERS, HOWEVER, SO IT WILL NOT
BE EASY TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONE.

OUR SCORE (FROM 0 TO 10) IS KEPT
ON DISK, BUT THIS SCORE IS A MINOR
ONE. FTER ALL, GUESSING THE MEANING
OF OBSCURE WORDS IS PROBABLY NO MORE
THAN JUST THAT: GUESSING.

HERE IS ANOTHER, SCORE THAT
IS KEPT AND IT IS THIS SCORE THAT
DECIDES WHO'S THE
OF THE . T IS THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF TIMES THAT YOUR DEFINITION
IS PICKED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
WHO FOLLOW YOU.

AN YOU IMAGINE THE EXQUISITE JOY
THAT COMES FROM BEING REVERED BY
THOUSANDS AROUND THE GLOBE -- AND NOT
KNOWING IT! HE ONLY WAY YOU CAN
FIND OUT IF YOU ARE THE OF A
IS IF YOU ARE CONTACTED BY, OR
SENT A DISK BY, AN ADMIRER FROM DOWN
THE .

FTER YOU HAVE TAKEN A TEST AND
HAVE A FEELING FOR WHAT'S GOING ON,
THEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TO A
. OU WILL BE SHOWN THE WORD
AND YOU ARE TO ENTER A DEFINITION FOR
THIS WORD THAT YOU THINK (HOPE)
PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE WHEN THEY TAKE THE
TEST. EFINE ALL TEN WORDS IN A
AND THE FILE FOR THAT
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY SCRATCHED AND
SAVED. OU CAN ALWAYS AMEND YOUR
DEFINITION BY CHOOSING
AGAIN. HEN, WHEN YOU HAVE TIME,
TO THE OTHER S UNTIL ALL FIVE
HAVE CHECKMARKS IN THE MENU,
SIGNIFYING THAT YOU HAVE ED TO
THEM.

OU SHOULD LEAVE YOUR DRIVE ON AT
ALL TIMES WHILE USING .
HAVEN'T INSTALLED ELABORATE ERROR-
TRAPPING CODE SO IF YOU GET A
BLINKING DRIVE LIGHT YOU SHOULD TURN
YOUR DRIVE OFF AND BACK ON, THEN REDO
WHAT YOU LAST DID, IF POSSIBLE. N
GENERAL, THOUGH, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR
DRIVE ON AND HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM ON A
DISK, YOU SHOULD NOT GET AN ERROR.

HE REASON RECOMMEND THAT YOU
TO A BEFORE TAKING THAT
PARTICULAR IS THAT THINK
YOU WILL COME UP WITH MORE CREATIVE
AND IMAGINATIVE DEFINITIONS IF YOU
DON'T ALREADY HAVE THE CORRECT
DEFINITION (AND OTHERS) IN MIND.

HE INPUT BOXES ARE FREE-FORM.
HE KEYS, ETE, ERT, ,
AND ALL WORK. HE TOP LINE EVEN
WORD-WRAPS BUT WOULDN'T TEST THIS
TOO RIGOROUSLY. UST GET THE BOX
LOOKING AS YOU WANT, THEN PRESS 1 TO
EXIT. HE IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET
YOUR DEFINITIONS JUST AS YOU WANT
THEM BEFORE YOU MAKE S FOR
YOUR FRIENDS. ORE ON THIS LATER.

OU MAY MORE
THAN ONCE BUT ONLY THE FIRST TIME
DOES THE SCORE COUNT. NCE YOU'VE
TAKEN A THE
MODE FOR THAT BECOMES A SORT OF
MODE. OW YOU CYCLE THROUGH THE
DEFINITIONS AND ARE SHOWN WHO MADE
THEM UP. RESSING ANY KEY SHOWS THE
NEXT DEFINITION AND 1 TAKES YOU TO
THE NEXT WORD.

OTE THAT WHEN YOU SELECT
OR YOU GET A
MENU OF S WITH A DASH OR A
CHECKMARK FOR EACH . DASH
MEANS YOU HAVE YET TO TAKE A
OR ADD TO THAT .
CHECKMARK MEANS YOU'VE DONE IT
ALREADY.

OU MAY
ANYTIME YOU LIKE. HE FIRST SCORE TO
THE RIGHT OF YOUR NAME IS THE SCORE
YOU MADE WHEN YOU TOOK THE .
HE SECOND SCORE IS THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF TIMES THAT YOUR DEFINITIONS HAVE
BEEN PICKED BY THOSE THAT FOLLOW YOU
ON THE . HE THIRD SCORE IS THE
ALL-IMPORTANT . HIS IS
THE SECOND SCORE DIVIDED BY THE
NUMBER OF TIMES THAT YOUR DEFINITIONS
HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE TO BE PICKED.

HEN YOU HAVE ADDED TO ALL S
AND TAKEN ALL S, IT IS TIME
TO MAKE FOR THE PEOPLE YOU
PLAN TO SEND TO. N
FACT, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE
UNTIL YOU'VE ADDED
DEFINITIONS TO ALL FIVE . ON'T
FEEL YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP FIFTY
DEFINITIONS IN ONE SESSION. OU'LL
PROBABLY COME UP WITH THE BEST
DEFINITIONS BY TACKLING IT WHEN YOU
ARE IN AN "UP" MOOD AND BUBBLING OVER
WITH CREATIVE JUICES.

ORIGINALLY HAD A MENU OPTION
FOR BUT SINCE IT
REQUIRED SIX DISK SWAPS FOR A
SINGLE-DRIVE SYSTEM, TOOK IT OUT.
NCE YOU'VE ED TO ALL FIVE S,
AND ARE READY TO PASS THE ON TO
YOUR FRIENDS, USE 'S OPY T
(OR ANY GOOD FILE COPIER LIKE
AVERICK) TO COPY ALL OF THE
FILES TO A BLANK, FORMATTED
DISK.

UT YOU'RE NOT FINISHED. ACH
NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. OU
DO THIS BY ING AND NING THE
FILE "CHAIN UPDATER". T WILL PROMPT
YOU TO INSERT THE COPY OF
YOU JUST MADE. T WILL CHANGE
A FEW BYTES IN THE FILE "CHAINGANG"
THEN RE- IT. OW THAT DISK IS
READY TO SEND TO YOUR FRIEND. T
WILL BE THE SAME AS THE PROGRAM YOU
RECEIVED FROM , EXCEPT THAT
YOUR FRIEND WILL HAVE
DEFINITIONS, AS WELL AS NEES' AND
MINE, TO CHOOSE FROM.

Y FAMILY HAS PLAYED THIS GAME
FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS EVERYTIME
WE GET TOGETHER FOR A REUNION. T'S
A HILARIOUS GAME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
GET A BUNCH OF SMART-ALECKS TOGETHER.
T WAS CALLED "ICTIONARY" WHEN WE
WERE TAUGHT IT BY FRIENDS IN AN
RANCISCO. HERE IS NOW A BOARD GAME
VERSION OF IT CALLED "ALDERDASH".

F COURSE THE MAIN REASON 'M
EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT
THEORETICALLY IT'S POSSIBLE THAT ALL
8 MILLION -64 OWNERS IN THE WORLD
WILL HEAR ABOUT BECAUSE OF
THIS PROGRAM. HE PROGRAM COPYRIGHT
BELONGS TO OFTDISK BUT YOU ARE FREE
TO COPY IT. HAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA.

HE LIMIT SET FOR THE PROGRAM
IS NINE PLAYERS, INCLUDING NEES AND
MYSELF. F SEND THIS GAME TO FIVE
PEOPLE AND THEY SEND IT TO FIVE
PEOPLE WHO SEND IT TO FIVE PEOPLE,
AND SO ON, MY RUDIMENTARY KNOWLEDGE
OF MATH SAYS THAT 5 TO THE 7TH POWER
PEOPLE WILL BE THE NINTH PLAYER.
HAT'S 78,125 PEOPLE FROM MY
ALONE! EMORY WAS NOT THE REASON
CUT IT OFF AT NINE. FIGURED THAT A
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST WITH OVER NINE
CHOICES WAS UNWIELDY.

INCE THE NINTH PLAYER CAN ENTER
DEFINITIONS BUT WON'T HAVE ANYONE TO
VOTE FOR THEM, 'D LIKE FOR ANYONE
WHO BECOMES THE NINTH PLAYER TO SEND
A COPY OF THE DISK TO ME. OU MIGHT
ALSO WANT TO INFORM THE CLEVER PERSON
WHO IS THE OF THAT
. "CHAIN UPDATER" WON'T
ALLOW THE NINTH PLAYER'S DISK TO BE
UPDATED.

HOPE YOU GET A KICK OUT OF
. F YOU HAVE ANY
IDEAS FOR MORE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD
WORK AS "HAIN AMES", LET ME KNOW
ABOUT THEM AND WE'LL COLLABORATE.
REALLY THINK THAT THERE'S A FUTURE IN
PROGRAMS THAT ARE COPYRIGHTED, YET
DESIGNED TO BE COPIED AND PASSED
AROUND. HE ONLY ONES WHO COULD
POSSIBLY OBJECT ARE SOFTWARE PIRATES.


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