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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

       1 APPLE COMPUTER
       1 DISK DRIVE W/DOS 3.3 IN SLOT 6
       1 APPLE COMPATIBLE PRINTER (IN ANY SLOT)


WIZIPRINT ESSENTIALLY,PRINTS OUT THE ENTIRE STATISTICS OF ANY WIZARDRY
CHARACTER OR AN ENTIRE ROSTER OF ANY SCENARIO. 

TO  BEGIN  USING  WIZIPRINT,YOU  MUST FIRST ADAPT IT TO YOUR COMPUTER.
BOOT UP THE DISK AND  A  TITLE  PAGE  WILL  APPEAR,PRESS  [RETURN]  TO
CONTINUE. 

AFTER HITTING [RETURN] THE NEXT SCREEN SHOWS THE CURRENT VALUES OF THE
FIVE  SYSTEM  PARAMETERS.  EACH  PARAMETER  MUST  BE MODIEFIED TO YOUR
SYSTEM. THE DEFAULT VALUES MAY BE USED BY HITTING [RETURN]. 

THE FIVE PARAMETERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 


A: 
SELECTS THE SLOT IN WHICH YOUR PRINTER INTERFACE RESIDES.  SELECT  THE
SLOT IN WHICH YOUR PRINTER CARD IS IN. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF
PRINTER  CARD  YOU  HAVE,AS THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS MOST APPLE COMPATIBLE
PRINTERS. 


B: 
ASKS WHETHER YOUR PRINTER REQUIRES LINEFEEDS (LF) AFTER EACH  CARRIAGE
RETURN  (CR).   FOR  MOST PRINTERS,THE ANSWER IS NO. IF BY SOME CHANCE
YOUR PRINTER PRINTS ALL OF THE OUTPUT  ON  THE  SAME  LINE,  THEN  YOU
PROBABLY NEED LINEFEEDS.  IF SO,THEN ANSWER [Y] (FOR YES). 

C: 
SOME  PRINTER AND PRINTER CARDS NEED SPECIAL CODES TO PROPERLY OPERATE
WITH YOUR COMPUTER.  THESE  CODES  TELL  THE  PRINTER  TO  DO  CERTAIN
THINGS,SUCH  AS  80  COLUMN  PRINTING.  THIS  OPTION  HAS A DEFAULT OF
[CTRL-I80N].  IT  IS  RECOMMENDED  THAT  THE  FIRST   TIME   YOU   USE
WIZIPRINT,YOU  LEAVE  THE  DEFAULT  ALONE.  IF  YOUR  PRINTER DOES NOT
COOPERATE WITH THE PROGRAM THEN CHANGE THIS OPTION TO A  BLANK  FIELD.
THIS  IS  DONE BY HITTING [SPACE BAR] THEN [RETURN]. IF THIS ALSO DOES
NOT WORK THEN CHECK YOUR PRINTER AND  PRINTER  CARD  MANUALS  FOR  THE
NECESSARY  CONTROL  CODES  AND  REBOOT.  MANY OF THESE CODES CANNOT BE
DIRECTLY TYPED ON  AN  APPLE  KEYBOARD,SO  THEIR  DECIMAL  EQUIVALENTS
(CHECK  MANUALS)  ARE USED. WIZIPRINT USES ^[SHIFT-N] ON THE APPLE II+
AND [SHIFT-6] ON THE IIE TO CONTAIN DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS.  THIS IS  ALL
EXPLAINED  IN THE PRINTER OR PRINTER CARD MANUAL. CONSULT THEM FOR ANY
PROBLEMS. IN CASE IT ISN'T OBVIOUS TO YOU,THE PRINTER MUST BE  SET  UP
FOR 80 COLUMNS. 

D: 
ALLOWS  YOU  TO  CUSTOMIZE  YOUR  PRINTOUT BY INCLUDING YOUR NAME. THE
PROGRAM ACCEPTS NAMES UP TO 40 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. 

E: 
THIS FEATURE NOTES THE CURRENT DATE.  USING  THE  DATE  FEATURE  IS  A
PRETTY  GOOD  IDEA  IF  YOUR TEAM IS ENTERING THE DUNGEON EVERYDAY AND
CONSTANTLY CHANGING STATISTICS. THE PROGRAM ACCEPTS STRINGS  UP  TO  9
CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. FOR ONCE A DAY EXCURSIONS, IT MAY BE BEST TO USE
THE DAY-MONTH- YEAR (09-APR-84) FORMAT. FOR VETERAN PLAYERS, IT MAY BE
BEST TO USE THE DAY-MONTH- FORAY STRUCTURE. 


AFTER  THE  PARAMETERS  ARE  CHANGED,THE PROGRAMS OFFERS THE OPTION OF
SAVING THE FORMAT TO DISK AS NEW DEFAULT  VALUES.  IT  IS  RECOMMENDED
THAT  THIS  BE  DONE  EACH  TIME,AS  IT  HELPS KEEP TRACK OF THE FORAY
NUMBER. 


THE MAJOR OPERATIONS
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ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED ALL THE PARAMETERS,THE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU  TO
INSERT  ANY  WIZARDRY  SCENARIO  DISK  IN  DRIVE  1.  FIRST,REMOVE THE
WIZIPRINT DISK AND PUT IT AWAY. INSERT  THE  WIZARDRY  DISK  WITH  THE
SCENARIO  SIDE  UP,INTO  DRIVE  1  AND PRESS [RETURN].  WIZIPRINT WILL
AUTOMATICALLY LOAD ALL THE CHARACTERS ON THAT  DISK  INTO  MEMORY  AND
SORT  THEM IN ORDER OF THEIR LEVELS. THE FULL ROSTER WILL BE LISTED ON
THE SCREEN. BESIDES EACH CHARACTER NAME WILL APPEAR A LETTER FROM A TO
T.  FOUR OPTIONS MAY NOW BE SELECTED: 


[*]: 
TO PRINT OUT THE ENTIRE ROSTER


[LETTER]: 
TO PRINT OUT A SPECIFIC CHARACTER'S STATISTICS.  AFTER  THE  CHARACTER
IS  SELECTED,  IT'S  NAME  IS  TOSSED  INTO  THE  RIGHT COLUMN. A GOOD
TECHNIQUE IS TO SELECT THE  CHARACTERS  IN  THE  SAME  ORDER  AS  THEY
NORMALLY  APPEAR  IN  THE ADVENTURE PARTY. THIS MAKES FOR QUICK & EASY
REFERENCING. 


[RETURN]: 
HITTING THIS KEY PRINTS OUT  ALL  THE  STATISTICS  OF  THE  CHARACTERS
LISTED IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, IN THE ORDER THEY WERE SELECTED. 

[ESCAPE]: 
ALLOWS  YOU  TO  CHANGE  SCENARIO  DISKS,  THEN  LOAD A NEW ROSTER FOR
PRINTOUT. 



*** NOTE ***
WHILE WIZIPRINT IS RUNNING IT FREQUENTLY ACCESSES THE DISK TO RETRIEVE
THE VITAL STATISTICS OF EACH CHARACTER. DO  NOT  REMOVE  THE  SCENARIO
DISK FROM DRIVE 1 UNTIL, WIZIPRINT IS COMPLETELY FINISHED PRINTING. 

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