***** The Towers of Hanoi *****
A TBBS/TDBS Game
Copyright 1990 The Nashville Exchange Inc
All Rights Reserved
Version 1.11
Instructions
The Towers of Hanoi is a classic game of strategy. The game
is deceptively simple. Each player begins with from 5-8
wooden disks stacked on a wooden peg. The disks are stacked
in order with the largest being on the bottom. The object is
to move all disks from Peg1 to Peg3 without putting a larger
disk on top of a smaller one. The disks can be moved in any
order and all pegs can be used as long as a larger disk is
not placed on a smaller disk (the computer will beep if you
attempt this). You may play the game with 5, 6, 7 or 8 disks.
Of course, the more disks you play with, the harder and
longer the game becomes. There are separate winner's lists
for each number of disks. If you are unfamiliar with the
game it is best to start with 5 disks. You indicate your
move by pressing 1, 2, or 3 corresponding to the peg you want
to move FROM or TO. C will cancel a move in progress and Q
will take you out of the game. You will be placed on the
winner's list only if you complete a game in less time
than someone already on the winners list. Good Luck!!!!
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You should have the following files:
TOWER.TPG - Main game program.
CONFIGTW.DBF - The database file which contains the selected
colors, the current date, Minimum Priv level required to play
the game and a logical field indicating whether or not the
sysop has limited play to once per day.
WINn.DBF - Winner's lists for 5,6,7 and 8 disks
NAMEn.NDX - Name Index
TIMEn.NDX - Time Index
DATEn.NDX - Date Index
DATETW.DBF & DATETW.NDX - The database and index files
for keeping the names of the players for the current date.
These files are only used if the sysop has chosen to limit
play to once per day.
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In addition to the normal main menu items, anyone with a
Priv level of 255 (presumably the sysop) will see an
additional choice for [C]onfiguring the game. This menu will
let the sysop set the game colors, limit play to once per
day, set the minimum privelege level required to play the
game and clear the winners list.
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A note about the winners list: Every time a player completes
a game the program will search the winners list. If the
player's name is already there, his "old" time will be
replaced only if his current time is lower. In other words, a
player can only appear once on the winners list but he can
improve his standing by bettering his old time. If the player
is not found on the winners list then his time is compared to
the highest time and if it is higher then the old high time
is deleted from the list, the current player is added to the
list and all times are re-ordered. If the current player's
time is not lower than the highest time then the program
checks to see if the oldest entry on the winners list is more
than 30 days old. If there is an entry more than 30 days old
then that entry is replaced with the current entry no matter
what the score. This keeps the winners list fresh by not
allowing an extraordinarily low time to remain on the
winner's list indefinitely.
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Hope you Enjoy - Please let me know if you have ideas about
how to improve the next version.
Please direct support questions to:
Ben Cunningham on the TBBS Support BBS
or
The Nashville Exchange BBS
2500 Hillsboro Rd
Nashville, Tn 37212
1-615-292-7565 - Voice
1-615-383-0727 - Modem
License: You are hereby authorized to use TOWER on a single
TBBS/TDBS installation.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The author and/or copyright owner and/or
reseller offer no warranty or guaranty whatsoever that this
program will perform on the purchasers computer in the same
way it has performed in pre-release tests. All purchasers
will be using this program at their own risk.