ANIMAL 1.0   (c) Lee Sumner  Psion 3a Version  15 Jan 1995     
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Animal is a simple guessing game based upon a question and answer style.  
You should start by thinking of an animal, then run the program.  The 
program will ask questions to try and determine the identity of your 
animal.  You simply answer Yes or No to the questions.  
If you think of an animal that the program does not know, it will ask you 
firstly for the name of the animal, then for a question to differentiate 
between the animal you were thinking of and the animal the program guessed.
The question you give the program must be answerable by Yes or No otherwise 
the logic of the program fails.

Questions such as "Does it have legs ?" or "Is it nocturnal ?" are the right 
kind of questions, Questions such as "How many legs does it have ?" are no 
use because the answer is not Yes or No.

The program then asks you for the correct answer for the new animal.
Now for the clever bit(?) - the program remembers this new animal and,
in theory, will not make the same mistake again.

When you add a new animal you are asked firstly if it should be added to
the 'list', this 'list' is held in memory while the program runs.  This 
option is given to allow you to discard a new animal if you made a typo etc.

When you choose NO to the question "Do you want another go ?" the program
checks if you have added any new animals and offers to save them to disk.

The animal database is stored in "M:\DAT\ANIMAL.ODB".  If you want to 
make the program forget every animal it knows and start afresh, simply 
delete this file before running the program.

INSTALLATION
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To install ANIMAL simply copy the file ANIMAL.OPA into the \APP directory
of any available disk (FLASH or RAM) and use the INSTALL APP option from 
the main Psion menu.  The file M:\DAT\ANIMAL.ODB will be created for you.
Note that initially the program only knows 2 animals.  You must play the
game to add animals.  Don't be put off, the list of known animals grows
quicker than you would imagine.


FREEWARE
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This program is distributed as Freeware.
Please feel free to use or distribute this program, I ask only that 
you keep the original files together for distribution.
i.e. ANIMAL.OPA and ANIMAL.TXT (This file)

I would like to hear from anybody who uses this program with any
comments or ideas.  Also, if anybody experiences difficulty in
using this program, please let me know ASAP so I can fix it.

Compuserve ID: 100067,2216
Snail Mail: 21 Ivy Cottages, Cheapside, Belper, Derbys DE56 1FY

LIMITATIONS
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This program will currently only run on the Psion 3a (although I could make
it run on the 3 if anyone thought it useful).
There is a limitation on 250 animals it can learn.  I could change this but
it directly affects the amount of memory needed to run (currently 40-50K)
I have also written this program in C and VB for the PC if anyone is 
interested.

DISCLAIMER BIT
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This program is distributed as is, without any warranty or guarantee 
whatsoever. By using this software you agree that I will not be held 
liable for the consequences of you doing so.