/////////////////////////////////////// / SARGON III / / BY: RESET VECTOR / /////////////////////////////////////// ========== SARGON III ========== BELOW ARE THE COMMANDS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO USE SARGON III. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ENTER MOVES IN ALGEBRAIC NOTATION. THUS YOU ENTER D2-D4 (THE HYPHEN MAY BE A SPACE OR A HYPHEN) TO MOVE THE PAWN THAT STARTED OUT ON SQUARE D2. ESC: TOGGLES BETWEEN TEXT AND GRAPHICS. CTRL-N: STARTS A NEW GAME. CTRL-Q: EXITS THE PROGRAM. SHIFT-1 TO SHIFT-9: SELECTS LEVEL. LEVEL-1 IS 5 SECONDS PER MOVE AND LEVEL-8 IS 10 MINUTES PER MOVE. LEVEL-9 HAS NO TIME LIMIT. CTRL-T: TERMINATES MOVE SEARCH. CAN BE USED AT ANY TIME TO MAKE SARGON USE THE BEST MOVE IT HAS FOUND. NEEDED FOR LEVEL-9. CTRL-S: CHANGES SIDES WITH SARGON. CTRL-I: INVERTS THE BOARD. CTRL-B: TAKES BACK MOVES. CTRL-O: MAKES SARGON SUGGEST A MOVE. CTRL-E: EASY MODE - SARGON WILL NOT THINK ON YOUR TIME. CTRL-V: VERIFY MODE - SARGON WILL ACT AS REFEREE FOR TWO HUMAN PLAYERS. CTRL-Z: ZAP BEEPER. CTRL-D: OFFERS A DRAW TO SARGON. CTRL-R: REPLAYS GAME. SUBCOMMANDS ARE: RRVE AT A TIME. ESC: GRAPHICS/TEXT TOGGLE. CTRL-F: CANCELS REPLAY MODE AND MOVES YOU FORWARD TO LAST MOVE PLAYED CTRL-X: CANCELS REPLAY MODE AND LEAVES YOU IN CURRENT POSITION. CTRL-N: CANCELS REPLAY MODE AND STARTS A NEW GAME. CTRL-P: PRINTS LIST OF MOVES. CTRL-W: PRINTS CURRENT BOARD POSITION. CTRL-G: SAVE GAME TO DISK. CTRL-L: LOAD GAME FROM DISK. ENTER 'CATALOG' AT PROMPT FOR A CATALOG OF THE DISK. CTRL-A: ANALYSIS MODE. THIS ALLOWS EDITING OF THE BOARD POSITION: AOR LEFT/RIGHT AND ';' MOVES UP AND '/' MOVES DOWN. C: CHANGES DEFAULT COLOR. K: PLACES KING ON SQUARE. Q: PLACES QUEEN ON SQUARE. R: PLACES ROOK ON SQUARE. B: PLACES BISHOP ON SQUARE. N: PLACES KNIGHT ON SQUARE. P: PLACES PAWN ON SQUARE. SPACE BAR: CLEARS SQUARE. RETURN: EXITS ANALYSIS MODE. CTRL-C: CHANGES COLOR WITH MOVE. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY WHOSE TURN IT IS TO MOVE NEXT. CTRL-Y: CANCELS OPENING LIBRARY AND MAKES SARGON THINK ON ITS OWN. CTRL-J: WINDOW ON SEARCH. NOT ACTIVE WHEN OPENING BOOK IS ACTIVE.