Hack Game

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• HACK.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 250.2 KB

No need to put DATA, HACK.CNF, HACK.DOC, HELP, HELP.DOC, HH, HINTS.DOC, READ.ME and 2 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 96.9 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. Copy HACK.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

echo No setup for player `%1'
		:end

	At the MSDOS prompt type:
		A> play joe
	and JOE should be playing.

	An alternative method that uses separate GAME disks for every player
	and no "PLAY.BAT" is described in HACK.DOC

To: All beginner HACKERS
Re: An overview and some hints

	The file HINTS.DOC is meant for people who have never played HACK
	or ROGUE before and want a description of what they can do in HACK.
	Since the major fun in HACK is discovery and surprise, there are
	not many details in HINTS.DOC

RAMdisk

	If you have a RAMdisk, PC HACK can use it for a quieter and faster
	game.  In HACK.CNF put a line like:

	RAMDISK = d:

	`d' is a drive letter, usually C or D.  The colon `:' is required.

DEC Rainbow users

	You must *NOT* use the `rawio' option.  If you do, your computer
	will hang.  If some kind DEC Rainbow user could send me the
	details of the MSDOS IOCTL call I could put `rawio' in for
	DECs too.

	You can use the "line-graphics character set" for displaying
	the dungeon.  Since DECs only use 7-bit characters (decimal
	value 0 - 127), take the decimal value of the line-graphic
	character you want and add 128 to it.  Now it will have
	decimal value from 128 - 255 and PC HACK will recognize that
	you want a character from the line-graphic character set and
	will output the appropriate character.

	In order for PC HACK to treat the graphics characters properly,
	you must use the `DECRainbow' option.

Changes since PC HACK 3.3

Literal excerpt from READ.ME, exactly as it came in the package.