Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller From: kneller@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Don Kneller%Langridge) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.games.hack Subject: PC HACK 1.03 Message-ID: <658@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 18:18:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.658 Posted: Sun Sep 29 18:18:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Oct-85 03:22:16 EDT Reply-To: kneller@ucsfcgl.UUCP () Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Lines: 68 Xref: watmath net.micro.pc:5462 net.games.hack:1042 /-\ |@| You are being digested by a mysterious monster -- More -- \-/ PC HACK 1.03 ------------ Requirements ------------ This is an MSDOS version of HACK 1.03 written in Microsoft C v3.0. It requires 320K ram, DOS 2.x or higher, 2 floppies or 1 hard disk. It uses the ANSI.SYS driver for screen IO, so should be portable to most MSDOS machines. It was written on an IBM PC with monochrome screen. Features -------- This is the complete HACK 1.03 with several enhancements: 1) Definable screen characters for the dungeon. 2) Numeric key pad (cursor keys) support for IBM BIOS compatible computers (compatibility at the software interrupt level). 3) Support for RAMdisks, floppies, hard disks. If you have sufficient RAM for a RAMdisk, the game is much faster and quieter, especially for floppy-only systems. 4) Several options including pack sorting (by object class) and pack order (to set the sort order), confirmation before hitting tame or peaceful monsters, silent mode for turning off the bell. 5) Protection from disk full errors (and collapsing dungeons). 6) Save files are portable between MSDOS machines. 7) Configuration from a file to reduce the number of environment variables to 1 (which is also optional). Availability ------------ Initially, PC HACK will only be available directly from me by sending floppy disks. I will upload PC HACK to INFO-IBMPC if they will have it (very probable, as they already have my PC HACK 1.0.1 version) and I get the time to do it. Currently, that is not a high priority so it might take several weeks. Source is available, but if you don't have the Microsoft C compiler v3.0 or some other UNIX compatible C compiler there will be extensive work to be done to get it up (especially for Lattice C). Please don't ask for source if you have no intention of compiling it yourself! Send 1 floppy if you want the executable only, and 2 MORE if you also want source. Please, please send a SELF-ADDRESSED return MAILER with SUFFICIENT POSTAGE! I cannot afford to supply mailers and postage myself. If you do not supply postage, include at least $2 for postage. Make sure you include a RETURN ADDRESS LABEL. If you do not comply with this you won't get your floppies back. Sorry about the hard line but I have to do something to reduce the time it takes to answer requests. Time is also the reason I ask you not to ask for source unless you really intend to compile them. Thanks for your interest in PC HACK, D. Kneller 2 Panoramic Way #204 Berkeley, CA 94704 USA UUCP: ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller ARPA: ucsfcgl!kneller@berkeley.arpa