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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
1 APPLE COMPUTER
1 DISK DRIVE W/DOS 3.3 IN SLOT 6
1 APPLE COMPATIBLE PRINTER (IN ANY SLOT)
WIZIPRINT ESSENTIALLY,PRINTS OUT THE ENTIRE STATISTICS OF ANY WIZARDRY
CHARACTER OR AN ENTIRE ROSTER OF ANY SCENARIO.
TO BEGIN USING WIZIPRINT,YOU MUST FIRST ADAPT IT TO YOUR COMPUTER.
BOOT UP THE DISK AND A TITLE PAGE WILL APPEAR,PRESS [RETURN] TO
CONTINUE.
AFTER HITTING [RETURN] THE NEXT SCREEN SHOWS THE CURRENT VALUES OF THE
FIVE SYSTEM PARAMETERS. EACH PARAMETER MUST BE MODIEFIED TO YOUR
SYSTEM. THE DEFAULT VALUES MAY BE USED BY HITTING [RETURN].
THE FIVE PARAMETERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A:
SELECTS THE SLOT IN WHICH YOUR PRINTER INTERFACE RESIDES. SELECT THE
SLOT IN WHICH YOUR PRINTER CARD IS IN. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF
PRINTER CARD YOU HAVE,AS THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS MOST APPLE COMPATIBLE
PRINTERS.
B:
ASKS WHETHER YOUR PRINTER REQUIRES LINEFEEDS (LF) AFTER EACH CARRIAGE
RETURN (CR). FOR MOST PRINTERS,THE ANSWER IS NO. IF BY SOME CHANCE
YOUR PRINTER PRINTS ALL OF THE OUTPUT ON THE SAME LINE, THEN YOU
PROBABLY NEED LINEFEEDS. IF SO,THEN ANSWER [Y] (FOR YES).
C:
SOME PRINTER AND PRINTER CARDS NEED SPECIAL CODES TO PROPERLY OPERATE
WITH YOUR COMPUTER. THESE CODES TELL THE PRINTER TO DO CERTAIN
THINGS,SUCH AS 80 COLUMN PRINTING. THIS OPTION HAS A DEFAULT OF
[CTRL-I80N]. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FIRST TIME YOU USE
WIZIPRINT,YOU LEAVE THE DEFAULT ALONE. IF YOUR PRINTER DOES NOT
COOPERATE WITH THE PROGRAM THEN CHANGE THIS OPTION TO A BLANK FIELD.
THIS IS DONE BY HITTING [SPACE BAR] THEN [RETURN]. IF THIS ALSO DOES
NOT WORK THEN CHECK YOUR PRINTER AND PRINTER CARD MANUALS FOR THE
NECESSARY CONTROL CODES AND REBOOT. MANY OF THESE CODES CANNOT BE
DIRECTLY TYPED ON AN APPLE KEYBOARD,SO THEIR DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS
(CHECK MANUALS) ARE USED. WIZIPRINT USES ^[SHIFT-N] ON THE APPLE II+
AND [SHIFT-6] ON THE IIE TO CONTAIN DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS. THIS IS ALL
EXPLAINED IN THE PRINTER OR PRINTER CARD MANUAL. CONSULT THEM FOR ANY
PROBLEMS. IN CASE IT ISN'T OBVIOUS TO YOU,THE PRINTER MUST BE SET UP
FOR 80 COLUMNS.
D:
ALLOWS YOU TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR PRINTOUT BY INCLUDING YOUR NAME. THE
PROGRAM ACCEPTS NAMES UP TO 40 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH.
E:
THIS FEATURE NOTES THE CURRENT DATE. USING THE DATE FEATURE IS A
PRETTY GOOD IDEA IF YOUR TEAM IS ENTERING THE DUNGEON EVERYDAY AND
CONSTANTLY CHANGING STATISTICS. THE PROGRAM ACCEPTS STRINGS UP TO 9
CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. FOR ONCE A DAY EXCURSIONS, IT MAY BE BEST TO USE
THE DAY-MONTH- YEAR (09-APR-84) FORMAT. FOR VETERAN PLAYERS, IT MAY BE
BEST TO USE THE DAY-MONTH- FORAY STRUCTURE.
AFTER THE PARAMETERS ARE CHANGED,THE PROGRAMS OFFERS THE OPTION OF
SAVING THE FORMAT TO DISK AS NEW DEFAULT VALUES. IT IS RECOMMENDED
THAT THIS BE DONE EACH TIME,AS IT HELPS KEEP TRACK OF THE FORAY
NUMBER.
THE MAJOR OPERATIONS
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ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED ALL THE PARAMETERS,THE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU TO
INSERT ANY WIZARDRY SCENARIO DISK IN DRIVE 1. FIRST,REMOVE THE
WIZIPRINT DISK AND PUT IT AWAY. INSERT THE WIZARDRY DISK WITH THE
SCENARIO SIDE UP,INTO DRIVE 1 AND PRESS [RETURN]. WIZIPRINT WILL
AUTOMATICALLY LOAD ALL THE CHARACTERS ON THAT DISK INTO MEMORY AND
SORT THEM IN ORDER OF THEIR LEVELS. THE FULL ROSTER WILL BE LISTED ON
THE SCREEN. BESIDES EACH CHARACTER NAME WILL APPEAR A LETTER FROM A TO
T. FOUR OPTIONS MAY NOW BE SELECTED:
[*]:
TO PRINT OUT THE ENTIRE ROSTER
[LETTER]:
TO PRINT OUT A SPECIFIC CHARACTER'S STATISTICS. AFTER THE CHARACTER
IS SELECTED, IT'S NAME IS TOSSED INTO THE RIGHT COLUMN. A GOOD
TECHNIQUE IS TO SELECT THE CHARACTERS IN THE SAME ORDER AS THEY
NORMALLY APPEAR IN THE ADVENTURE PARTY. THIS MAKES FOR QUICK & EASY
REFERENCING.
[RETURN]:
HITTING THIS KEY PRINTS OUT ALL THE STATISTICS OF THE CHARACTERS
LISTED IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, IN THE ORDER THEY WERE SELECTED.
[ESCAPE]:
ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE SCENARIO DISKS, THEN LOAD A NEW ROSTER FOR
PRINTOUT.