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2 <B><D<>@B< 2 3D 1 o&`q#p&br+s 1 aby F.A.Vachha 1 aYOU HAVE WON 1 aWinner plays First 1 aTime Control - T/I/N 1 aTac or Pos - T/P 1 aSpectrum first - Y/N 1 aMy move is 1 aLimit - 1..9 1 aLevel - 1..4 1 aLet me think.. 1 aI HAVE WON 1 aEnter move 1 aCONTINUE MATCH - Y/N 1 aAutoplay - Y/N 1 aAUTO-PLAY 1 aABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP 1 a3-D STRATEGY 1 a LOST ON TIME 1 a 1 N#F+&b^#V} 1 CODE 1 ;"scroll?": 1 ;"presents...": 1 ;"The main Program"; 1 ;"STOP THE TAPE NOW!": 1 ;"SPECIFICATIONS" 1 ;"Q U I C K S I L V A": 1 ;"PLEASE START TAPE": 1 ;"Instructions again - Y/N ?": 1 ;"If your ego can stand the shock",,"of being bested by a small Micro",,"in a completely fair challenge ,",,"then this is the game for you." 1 ;"INSTRUCTIONS": 1 ;"INSTRUCTIONS - Y/N ?": 1 ;"By F A Vachha BSc" 1 ;"Another example - Y/N ?": 1 ;"ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP" 1 ;"A Multidimensional Mind Game"; 1 ;"3D STRATEGY"; 1 ;"3D STRATEGY": 1 ;", if no time control is wanted": 1 ;", followed by the duration in secs, to set a maximum time for each individual move (Blitz)" 1 ;", followed by the duration in mins, to set a maximum time for you to make ALL your moves" 1 ;" is the FIRST program",,"for the ZXSpectrum Microcomputer",,"that will defeat the most highly",,"intelligent of Humans in a sheer",,"Battle of Wits..." 1 ; "takes < 2 mins to"; 1 8:::::899999999999999999999999988:8::::999898999999898999999999888:::8:9998989999898989999998988888::8:99999999999999999999999988:8::::99999999999999999999999988:::::888888888888888888888888888888888LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL8 1 888888ppppppppppppppppppppp88888888888ppppppppppppppppppppp888888888888888888888888888888888888888 1 123456789:;<=>?@ 1 "Works on 16K & 48K Spectrums - on the 16K machine, uses every available byte, including UDG, P.Buffer, even the Screen (!) for the MOVGEN/EVAL scratchpad" 1 "Two choices of playing style- Tactical & Positional" 1 "Two Automatic Chess Clocks on the screen all the time" 1 "The program self-starts" 1 "The entire program, MOVGEN, EVAL, & LOGIC are in compact, highly-efficient Machinecode" 1 "Tactical (TAC) plays an active, risky game. You should defend calmly & then counterattack." 1 "Synthesised sound effects, varying with level & outcome" 1 "Switchable Time Control system - either set a time limit per individual move (Blitz),or per game (Tournament), or Off" 1 "Sophisticated Randomiser which ensures games are not repeated There are >>1,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different games possible, even after excluding reflections & rotations!!" 1 "Positional (POS) plays a deep, strategic game, & is extremely hard to outwit." 1 "Now for some illustrative lines.Make sure you understand them!" 1 "Match system with cumulative scores, Auto-reset & Auto-1st Move Decider( computerised coin toss to settle draws )" 1 "Makes >200,000 decisions/move!" 1 "L1 BEGINNER Good for trainingL2 ADVANCED Quite challengingL3 MASTER VERY challengingL4 EXPERT The Ultimate One" 1 "It plays only legal moves" 1 "It accepts only legal moves" 1 "Incredibly strong - virtually unbeatable at EXPERT level!!" 1 "Hyperfast playing speed - on average uses <1.7 sec/move!!" 1 "High speed MOVGEN subroutine can generate >25000 moves/sec!" 1 "Graphically displays board & coordinates in colour.Displays moves graphically, alpha- numerically....even audibly!" 1 "Four levels of play, from L1 (BEGINNER) to L4 (EXPERT)" 1 "Even at its highest level of play, never uses >55 secs/game" 1 "Equipped with a comprehensive Openings library - it refers to this in YOUR time!!" 1 "Defined-depth superfast alpha- beta pruning, coupled with an ultrarefined Static Position Evaluator Function (EVAL) & a ruthless Killer Heuristic" 1 "Control over who plays first" 1 "Capable of an amazing 18-ply look-ahead, when the position warrants such deep examination" 1 "Can communicate very flexibly, via 15 different messages. You are at liberty to input moves in either order (ie, N2 OR 2N) Intentionally, deletion and/or retraction of part-made moves has been made impossible" 1 "Automatically recognises & declares both Wins & Draws for each side" 1 "Autoloss if the time limit is exceeded or if the game is unattended for > 4min 15sec" 1 "Auto penalties ( level-based ) for entering non-legal moves !" 1 "Audible progression of tempo as the time control is neared" 1 "Also shows Score, Level, Style Move no:, Colour to move, last move made, Times taken ( yes, the clocks even tick! ), Time Control (if set), etc etc etc" 1 "Accepts Resignations" 1 "AUTO-PLAY mode switches your computer to playing itself." 1 "AUTO-PLAY mode - you can set your computer to play itself, while you sit back & watch!! AUTO-PLAY works at all 4 skill levels, both on Tactical & on Positional settings. Combined with the last feature, AUTO- PLAY is both instructive and loads of fun!" 1 "A quite unique feature - while it is thinking, the computer displays the best move it has found so far, & its numerical evaluation (from +0 to +11111) of the position. This allows you to actually see how the computer decides on its move as it looks deeper & deeper!" 1 "A fresh match can be initiated at will, at any time" 1 "; mine is "; 1 " Durations must be between 1 & 9" 1 " Your symbol is "; 1 " You can preset Time Controls for a match. In response to the prompt, press:" 1 " To resign in mid-game, use theR key. The best move found so far & the EVAL no: are displayedwhile the computer is thinking.": 1 " There are 2 playing styles:-": 1 " The rules of 3D-Strategy are essentially those of Noughts & Crosses, played in 3 dimensions on a 4*4*4 cube. To win, you must get 4 of your symbols in a straight line (Hor/Vert/Diag)." 1 " Squares are identified by their coordinates, ie A-P & 1-4 There are 4 levels of skill:-" 1 " .............................." 1 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0 1 QUICKSILVA 1983 1 F.A.VACHHA 1983 1 BY F.VACHHA