Hello fellow Amiga owner! 

This program is a computer simulation of the world of STARTREK.
Well real loosely, anyway. It doesn't use ANY of the real power
and genius of the Amiga, but it will introduce you to the ARexx
programming language. I had a lot of fun writing this program
and I will be glad to answer any questions and/or suggestions
on upgrading it.

USEAGE: 'rx startrek [startrek.saved]'

quotes indicate the command line, bracets [] surround the optional
game to restore from (don't type them!).

NOTES:

 This program was written mostly on an IBM 370 running an obsolete
(even by IBM's standards) OS. I modeled it after the original
game I used to play when I was just a kid on a glass teletype
via remote link (on a HP3000c). It's old. It was also a lot of 
fun.
 Currently there may be a few bugs, as this is a fresh port and
there may be a few things that I haven't caught. Let me know if
you spot any. If you do find somthing you want to report, save the
game and e-mail the resultant file along with a bug report (that
is if you don't want to swat it) and I'll see if I can fix it.
It most definitely needs to be rewritten for more efficient use
of console I/O.

RIGHTS:

This game (STARTREK) is FREEWARE. Distribute at will. All I ask 
is that my name appear on all subsequent revisions (if you make 
any) and that this file goes along with it, along with the 
appropiate revision history.

Game play:

 The program has a help facility that should help you figure out
how to do basic things. As an added bonus I'll summarize some of
the more important commands and concepts here.
 The world and the sector (the area that is displayed on screen)
are 10 by 10 arrays. All coordinates are X,Y where the X value is
the vertical component and the Y value is the horizontal component.
Vectors are integers ranging from -1,0,1 and are added to the 
current X,Y position to determine a future position.
 To save a game type 'save game'. If 'game' is not given, you will
not be prompted for a file name and startrek will use the default
name of 'startrek.saved'. Note, do not type the name of the file
you want to use after 'save', type 'save game' exactly and wait 
for the prompt.
 There is a very simple parser that requires commands to be two
words per command and a three command maximum. Some examples

>Your command?
>
>impulse drive fire phasers
>Scotty here Captain...
or
>imp dri fir pha

Since all commands are truncated to 3 characters, both of these
commands are equivilent.

HINTS:

Be sure to keep your guard up when your being shot at.


AUTHOR:

 Steve Berry               ...raster!raz
 A-7 Sinai Circle          CIS 71561,276
 Chelmsford, Ma 01842      BIX razberry