[VAX83A.OSUCHENG]AAAREADME.TXT



                                KRIS LAKSHMANAN
                       Department of Chemical Engineering
                             Ohio State University
                                140 W 19 Avenue
                              Columbus, Ohio 43210
                          614 422-7906 or 614 422-6591



     1.  BATTLESHIP:  Battleship war game with graphics for Tektronix  type
         terminals.   This  particular  version  of  the program uses VT100
         terminal retrofitted  with  Digitial  Engineering  VT640  graphics
         processor board.

     2.  BLACKJACK:  The official blackjack game for 1 player  against  the
         computer.   Program  keeps  track of the statistics of players and
         their  monetary  situations.   This  program  calls   USERNAME.MAR
         routine to get Username string.

     3.  FLOPPY:  Command procedure utility to use floppy disks.  Procedure
         copies  files back and forth from user disk to floppy, deletes and
         gives disk usage statistics.  This procedure is  very  useful  for
         novice VMS users and occasional users of floppy disks.

     4.  GRADING PROGRAMS:  This consists of two  programs,  INPUT.FOR  and
         GRADE.FOR,  for  recording,  updating,  analyzing  and  tabulating
         students grade for a class of  upto  150  stundents.   Program  is
         totally  interactive  and  structured  for  use  by  users with no
         computer terminal experience.  We have used this program over  the
         last year and a half with good response from the faculty and staff
         as well as students.  Instructions  for  using  this  program  are
         given in INPUT.RNO and GRADE.RNO files.

     5.  MSTRMIND:  The ultimate number guessing  program  MASTERMIND  (The
         source  code of the program is lost in the archives at the time of
         this tape preparation).  You have to guess a 4 digit number within
         ten  tries.   Correct  guesses are flagged with a '+' or '-' sign.
         The '+' sign indicates the number is in correct location  and  '-'
         sign  indicates  the  guessed  number  is  correct  but  in  wrong
         location.  The signs does not point to the  exact  location  of  a
         digit  in  the  number.   Numbers  have to be entered with a space
         between each digit.

     6.  SPIRO:  Graphics program to draw a SPIROGRAPH.  This program draws
         a  spirograph  with  the  given  radii, scale factor and number of
         points.  Needs tektronix type terminals and/or PLOT10 commands  to
         move and draw vectors.

     7.  STARTREK:  This is a short instruction of a good strategy to  play
         and beat the most popular game STARTREK.  This game was originally
         from a DECUS distribution tape a year or so ago.  The  writeup  is
         as  a  result  of  many  lightyears  of intense travel through the
         galaxy.
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     8.  VT640:  List of subroutins for Digital Engineering VT640  graphics
         board  for  VT100  terminals.   This  routines  work  under PLOT10
         graphics and makes use of the  special  features  of  this  board.
         WAIT.FOR routine calls QSUB.MAR routine.