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/ SARGON III /
/ BY: RESET VECTOR /
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SARGON III
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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.