Oberon-Mines V1.0

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                A Minesweeper clone for the Oberon System V4




Oberon-Mines needs the Oberon System V4. The Oberon System is an operating
system, designed by Prof. N Wirth and Prof. Juerg Gutknecht, ETH Zuerich.
Implementations exist for Amiga, Mac, IBM-PC, IBM-RS6000 and many
workstations. You can upload the version, you are interested in, from
ftp.inf.ethz.ch (129.132.101.33, directory /pub/Oberon/) and the
Amiga version from any AmiNet-Site (dev/obero/Oberon.lha), too.
You can use Oberon-Mines on any computer, Systen V4 is available for,
just by recompiling the sourcecode. No changes need to be made to the
sourcecode. Read the files released with the system, how to use the system
and his compiler.


Copyright:
Oberon-Mines V1.0 and all files in this distribution are (C)opyright 1994
by Ralf Degner. All rights reserved.
The Oberon System is (C)opiright 1990-1994 by Institut fuer
Computersysteme, ETH Zuerich.


Disclaimer:
The author takes no responsibility for any result of the use of this
program. You use it by your own risk.


Distribution:
Oberon-Mines is CARDWARE. You may copy and distribute it at any way
you like, it is free. You are not allowed to sell Mines.
My copyright notice must be left intact in any distribution.
If you like Mines and if you put it on a public domain disk library
or a mailbox, send me a postcard and tell how you get Mines. 


How to use:
Oberon-Mines is a simple Minesweeper program as you know it from many
computers. I think, i don`t have do say anythink about the rules.
Copy the files Mines.Mod, Mines.Tool and Mines.Menu.Text to your Oberon
directory and compile Mines.Mod. If you are using the greatest computer
on earth, the Commodore Amiga, you can copy the files Mines.Sym and
Mines.Obj from directory Amiga too, so you do not need to recompile Mines.
If you are using Windows 3.x (you poor person), use the files in the
directory Windows. 11 letters to use as filename are not enough, so the
files are in a special format to support full length of filenames.
If you copy all files from Windows directory, there is no need to recompile
Mines.

Start Mines by aktivating Mines.Open. If you open the Mines.Tool, you will
see any konwn command and how to use them. If you see at Trap after starting
Mines, read about the RS6000 at bugs.

The right mousekey marks a field as a mine, the middle sets or clears a
? (only a help for your mind) and the left one shows the kind of the
field. Interclick clears the operation.
If you click the box at the top of the field, the game will restart.
The information (how many mines to find, time you need) are displayed
at the System.Log.


Files in this distribution:
Mines.Mod        the sourcecode
Mines.Tool       the Tools file, you`ll know what to do with , if you
                 know the Oberon System
Mines.Menu.Text  the Menu text, Mines need it (not at RS6000)
Mines.doc        you are reading it
Mines.dok        the same in german
Amiga            directory with compiled version for AMIGA
Windows          directory with special Windows files


Bugs:
Amiga - (Amiga 4000-40, OberonV4 0.6)
 There are no bugs i know. If you find one, tell it to me !!!!!
Windows 3.x - (OberonV4 1.31)
 If running at the Windows NT version of Oberon using Windows 3.1
 (or 3.11) some strange things will happen, if you move the frames
 (Grow, Copy, Close, Move). Do you understand it ? Explain it to me !
IBM-RS6000
 There will be a trap, if you start Mines. I think it is because of trouble
 with the PopupElems. Kill the Mines.Menu.Text file and everything will be
 alright. 


History:
V1.0  04.08.1994  first release (AmiNet)


To Do:
A real smily at the top of the field, nice gfx
Hiscore
Any great idea you tell me


My address:
If you like Mines and you have to much money you may send me some, but
you do not have to do. Send comment, suggestions, bugreports(please note
exactly computer and version of the System you use), ... to :

        Ralf Degner
        Schillerstr. 16
        D-29525 Uelzen
        Germany

        E-Mail: degner@pallas.amp.uni-hannover.de



    Have fun with it ...


       and send me a postcard !!!!!!               ;-)