Tank Wars
               Release 1.1
               Copyright (C) 1990 by Kenny Morse
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DESCRIPTION:  This is a game for 1 to 10 players.  Opponents
     attempt to destroy each others tanks by firing various
     weapons at them.  There are also 5 computer intelligences
     available to compete against.

NAME CHANGE:  This program was written under the working title of
     BOMB, as the files are still called.  However, due to the
     fact that there is already a game of that name, I was forced
     to change it to Tank Wars.  If there is already a game of
     that name, would the author please inform me so that I can
     change the name again.

REQUIREMENTS:  This program runs in 320x200x256 color mode. 
     Currently it will only run with a VGA monitor attached, and
     running as the current monitor.  A mouse is not required,
     but utilized if present and Microsoft compatible.  This was
     written on my 16MHz PS/2 55SX.  The game is currently
     untested on machines of greater speed.  At 8MHz certain
     parts are a little slow.  At 4.77Mhz the game is painfully
     slow.

SHAREWARE:  TANK WARS is distributed as Shareware.  You are free
     to try the game and make copies for others.  If you continue
     to use the game, however, you are required to pay the author
     a registration fee of $10. Please include any comments you
     may have.  Registered users will be added to my mailing
     list.  If this program should evolve beyond version 1.0, you
     will be notified.

FILES:  The following files are included in this package:

     BOMB.EXE:      Main File
     BOMB.OVR:      Overlay File
     BOMB.TXT:      This File
     BOMB.DOC:      Documentation
     REVISION.HST:  List of changes
     BOMB1.RAW:     Graphics file
     BOMB2.RAW:     Graphics file

     All previously listed files are Copyright (C) 1990 by Kenny
     Morse and may not be modified in any way.

SUPPORT:  Currently electronic support will be provided to
     everybody.  I can be reached on Prodigy at TGTM35B, and on
     Compuserve at 76427,3305.  My address is listed in the
     documentation file.  Mailed questions will be answered only
     for registered users, please include a self addressed
     stamped envelope or CIS or Prodigy ID so that I can respond.

TECHNICAL INFO:  This program has been tested on very few
     machines.  It was designed on a 16Mhz PS/2 55SX, with 6MB of
     memory.  Thus it is almost sure to work on another 55SX.  It
     has shown a few problems on a Clone with a ATI VGA card. 
     First, the ATI in 32bit mode does speed up the program, but
     it also does not palette switch correctly with my program.
     If this problem exists on your machine, player 3 will be the
     same color as player 1, instead of being blue as it should
     be.  I would appreciate a response from any ATI users
     stating whether or not they encounter this problem.

MEMORY USAGE:  This program was written in Turbo Pascal, and uses
     the internal overlay manager.  If EMS is present, it will
     load the entire overlay file (about 100k) into EMS. It will
     then swap in and out of conventional memory.  If you don't
     have EMS, all swapping will be to/from disk.  The program
     will take advantage of all the conventional memory present.
     If you have enough conventional memory, the entire overlay
     will be loaded in, and no swapping will occur.  If you have
     less memory, swapping will occur and the program will run
     noticeably slower.  To determine whether you have enough
     memory, simply execute BOMB /MEM.  If the number listed as
     "Overlay Set To" is greater than the size of the overlay
     (currently around 100K), no swapping is necessary.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:  I would like to thank Borland, for without
     Turbo Pascal, this program could never have been written.  I
     would also like to thank Microsoft, for I could not have
     written this so easily without a multi-tasking environment. 
     I also would like to thank WordPerfect Corp. for WordPerfect
     with which I wrote these files.  Finally I would like to
     thank Chris Sparks and Brett Moseley for their endless hours
     of beta testing and contributed ideas.