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Spaces tend to cause annoyances in a Unix-style shell environment. This change fixes that.
148 lines
6.7 KiB
Python
148 lines
6.7 KiB
Python
"""
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SUPER STARTREK INSTRUCTIONS
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MAR 5, 1978
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Just the instructions for SUPERSTARTREK
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Ported by Dave LeCompte
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"""
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def get_yes_no(prompt):
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response = input(prompt).upper()
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return response[0] != 'N'
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def print_header():
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for i in range(12):
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print()
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t10 = " " * 10
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print(t10 + "*************************************")
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print(t10 + "* *")
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print(t10 + "* *")
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print(t10 + "* * * SUPER STAR TREK * * *")
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print(t10 + "* *")
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print(t10 + "* *")
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print(t10 + "*************************************")
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for i in range(8):
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print()
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def print_instructions():
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# Back in the 70s, at this point, the user would be prompted to
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# turn on their (printing) TTY to capture the output to hard copy.
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print(" INSTRUCTIONS FOR 'SUPER STAR TREK'")
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print()
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print("1. WHEN YOU SEE \\COMMAND ?\\ PRINTED, ENTER ONE OF THE LEGAL")
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print(" COMMANDS (NAV,SRS,LRS,PHA,TOR,SHE,DAM,COM, OR XXX).")
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print("2. IF YOU SHOULD TYPE IN AN ILLEGAL COMMAND, YOU'LL GET A SHORT")
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print(" LIST OF THE LEGAL COMMANDS PRINTED OUT.")
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print("3. SOME COMMANDS REQUIRE YOU TO ENTER DATA (FOR EXAMPLE, THE")
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print(" 'NAV' COMMAND COMES BACK WITH 'COURSE (1-9) ?'.) IF YOU")
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print(" TYPE IN ILLEGAL DATA (LIKE NEGATIVE NUMBERS), THAN COMMAND")
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print(" WILL BE ABORTED")
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print()
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print(" THE GALAXY IS DIVIDED INTO AN 8 X 8 QUADRANT GRID,")
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print("AND EACH QUADRANT IS FURTHER DIVIDED INTO AN 8 X 8 SECTOR GRID.")
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print()
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print(" YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED A STARTING POINT SOMEWHERE IN THE")
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print("GALAXY TO BEGIN A TOUR OF DUTY AS COMANDER OF THE STARSHIP")
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print("\\ENTERPRISE\\; YOUR MISSION: TO SEEK AND DESTROY THE FLEET OF")
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print("KLINGON WARWHIPS WHICH ARE MENACING THE UNITED FEDERATION OF")
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print("PLANETS.")
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print()
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print(" YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS CAPTAIN")
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print("OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE:")
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print()
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print("\\NAV\\ COMMAND = WARP ENGINE CONTROL --")
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print(" COURSE IS IN A CIRCULAR NUMERICAL 4 3 2")
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print(" VECTOR ARRANGEMENT AS SHOWN . . .")
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print(" INTEGER AND REAL VALUES MAY BE ...")
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print(" USED. (THUS COURSE 1.5 IS HALF- 5 ---*--- 1")
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print(" WAY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 ...")
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print(" . . .")
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print(" VALUES MAY APPROACH 9.0, WHICH 6 7 8")
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print(" ITSELF IS EQUIVALENT TO 1.0" )
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print(" COURSE")
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print(" ONE WARP FACTOR IS THE SIZE OF ")
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print(" ONE QUADTANT. THEREFORE, TO GET")
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print(" FROM QUADRANT 6,5 TO 5,5, YOU WOULD")
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print(" USE COURSE 3, WARP FACTOR 1.")
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print()
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print("\\SRS\\ COMMAND = SHORT RANGE SENSOR SCAN")
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print(" SHOWS YOU A SCAN OF YOUR PRESENT QUADRANT.")
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print()
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print(" SYMBOLOGY ON YOUR SENSOR SCREEN IS AS FOLLOWS:")
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print(" <*> = YOUR STARSHIP'S POSITION")
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print(" +K+ = KLINGON BATTLE CRUISER")
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print(" >!< = FEDERATION STARBASE (REFUEL/REPAIR/RE-ARM HERE!)")
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print(" * = STAR")
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print()
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print(" A CONDENSED 'STATUS REPORT' WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED.")
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print()
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print("\\LRS\\ COMMAND = LONG RANGE SENSOR SCAN")
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print(" SHOWS CONDITIONS IN SPACE FOR ONE QUADRANT ON EACH SIDE")
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print(" OF THE ENTERPRISE (WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCAN)")
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print(" THE SCAN IS CODED IN THE FORM \\###\\, WHERE TH UNITS DIGIT")
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print(" IS THE NUMBER OF STARS, THE TENS DIGIT IS THE NUMBER OF")
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print(" STARBASES, AND THE HUNDRESDS DIGIT IS THE NUMBER OF")
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print(" KLINGONS.")
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print()
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print(" EXAMPLE - 207 = 2 KLINGONS, NO STARBASES, & 7 STARS.")
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print()
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print("\\PHA\\ COMMAND = PHASER CONTROL.")
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print(" ALLOWS YOU TO DESTROY THE KLINGON BATTLE CRUISERS BY ")
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print(" ZAPPING THEM WITH SUITABLY LARGE UNITS OF ENERGY TO")
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print(" DEPLETE THEIR SHIELD POWER. (REMEMBER, KLINGONS HAVE")
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print(" PHASERS TOO!)")
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print()
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print("\\TOR\\ COMMAND = PHOTON TORPEDO CONTROL")
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print(" TORPEDO COURSE IS THE SAME AS USED IN WARP ENGINE CONTROL")
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print(" IF YOU HIT THE KLINGON VESSEL, HE IS DESTROYED AND")
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print(" CANNOT FIRE BACK AT YOU. IF YOU MISS, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO")
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print(" HIS PHASER FIRE. IN EITHER CASE, YOU ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ")
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print(" THE PHASER FIRE OF ALL OTHER KLINGONS IN THE QUADRANT.")
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print()
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print(" THE LIBRARY-COMPUTER (\\COM\\ COMMAND) HAS AN OPTION TO ")
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print(" COMPUTE TORPEDO TRAJECTORY FOR YOU (OPTION 2)")
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print()
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print("\\SHE\\ COMMAND = SHIELD CONTROL")
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print(" DEFINES THE NUMBER OF ENERGY UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE")
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print(" SHIELDS. ENERGY IS TAKEN FROM TOTAL SHIP'S ENERGY. NOTE")
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print(" THAN THE STATUS DISPLAY TOTAL ENERGY INCLUDES SHIELD ENERGY")
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print()
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print("\\DAM\\ COMMAND = DAMMAGE CONTROL REPORT")
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print(" GIVES THE STATE OF REPAIR OF ALL DEVICES. WHERE A NEGATIVE")
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print(" 'STATE OF REPAIR' SHOWS THAT THE DEVICE IS TEMPORARILY")
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print(" DAMAGED.")
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print()
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print("\\COM\\ COMMAND = LIBRARY-COMPUTER")
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print(" THE LIBRARY-COMPUTER CONTAINS SIX OPTIONS:")
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print(" OPTION 0 = CUMULATIVE GALACTIC RECORD")
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print(" THIS OPTION SHOWES COMPUTER MEMORY OF THE RESULTS OF ALL")
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print(" PREVIOUS SHORT AND LONG RANGE SENSOR SCANS")
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print(" OPTION 1 = STATUS REPORT")
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print(" THIS OPTION SHOWS THE NUMBER OF KLINGONS, STARDATES,")
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print(" AND STARBASES REMAINING IN THE GAME.")
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print(" OPTION 2 = PHOTON TORPEDO DATA")
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print(" WHICH GIVES DIRECTIONS AND DISTANCE FROM THE ENTERPRISE")
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print(" TO ALL KLINGONS IN YOUR QUADRANT")
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print(" OPTION 3 = STARBASE NAV DATA")
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print(" THIS OPTION GIVES DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY ")
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print(" STARBASE WITHIN YOUR QUADRANT")
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print(" OPTION 4 = DIRECTION/DISTANCE CALCULATOR")
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print(" THIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER COORDINATES FOR")
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print(" DIRECTION/DISTANCE CALCULATIONS")
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print(" OPTION 5 = GALACTIC /REGION NAME/ MAP")
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print(" THIS OPTION PRINTS THE NAMES OF THE SIXTEEN MAJOR ")
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print(" GALACTIC REGIONS REFERRED TO IN THE GAME.")
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def main():
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print_header()
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if not get_yes_no("DO YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS (Y/N)? "):
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return
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print_instructions()
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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