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EARTH ORBIT STATIONS

Typed by Old Man Art

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Start A New Game


LOADING EOS - Insert your game disk in drive 1, and turn on the
computer.  In a few moments, the title screen appears, followed shortly
by a menu that asks whether your screen is in color or b/w.  Type the
letter C for color, or B for b/w.  A second, similar menu asks if you
are starting a new game or resuming an old (saved) game.  Press Return
or the first joystick button to select New Game.  At the prompt, insert
the Archive Disk, then press Return.  The Archive disk contains program
information for starting a new game. 

MAKE A MISSION DISK - Each new game requires a new Mission Disk, where
you'll store your game as it progresses.  Select MAKE M DISK, and press
return.  A prompt asks you to put a blank disk (formatted or not) in
drive 1, and press Return.  If you have one drive, it takes about nine
disk swaps to copy the disk.  If you have two drives, put the new disk
in drive 1, and the Mission Disk in drive 2, then press Return again.
When the copy is completed, put the original Mission Disk in a safe
place:  you'll need it again whenever you start a New Game. 

LOADING A NEW GAME - After you've made a new Mission Disk, you're ready
to start the game.  At the prompt, insert the Archive Disk in any
drive.  The onscreen menu offers you a choice of seven missions.  If
this is your first encounter with EOS, we suggest you begin with the
"Research" mission.  Select RESEARCH, and press Return.  The game begins
automatically. 

LOADING AN EXISTING GAME - Follow the Loading EOS instructions above,
but select OLD GAME.  At the prompt, insert the Mission Disk for the
game you want to play, and press Return.  The game loads automatically. 

Note:  EOS WILL NOT RUN ON THE APPLE IIGS. 


Moving Around

You can control the EOS menus with a joystick, or from the keyboard.
Both options are available at all times during the game.  you may move
the cursor to any part of the screen at any time during the game. 

JOYSTICK CONTROL - Use the joystick to move the cursor right, left, up
or down.  Menu items are highlighted as you move over them.  Press
either the joystick button to select a highlighted command or module. 

KEYBOARD CONTROL - Use the cursor arrows to move up or down through the
menus.  Press the Space Bar to move between the Tools, Goodies, and View
menus, the Station Widow, and the Command Window. 

Highlight Up or Down on the menu to raise or lower the amounts of
prices, payments, or other monetary figures.  To change these values
slowly, hold down Return or the first joystick button.  If you want to
change them faster, hold down the G key or the second joystick button
(NOTE: To use the G command, you MUST have the Cap Lock key depressed)

If you have more than 24 space stations, are using the keyboard, and are
viewing the CHOOSE A STATION window, press the Space Bar once to see the
stations on the bottom row of the screen.  Use the right and left cursor
arrow keys to select the station you want to work with. 


Leaving EOS


If you'd like to continue with the current game at a later time, select
SAVE from the Goodies menu, and follow the prompts.  (You can only save
one game on each Mission Disk.) To leave the program, simply turn off
your computer. 

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