Are you tired of wasting trees because you have to play tic-tac-toe on paper?
Well, now you needn't draw
that grid again because you have tic-tac-toe for the TI-85.

Shadow Software TI-Tac-Toe v1.1 for the TI-85 calculator
Copyright Shadow Software 1994

Thursday, April 14, 1994

Overview
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Are you tired of wasting tree because you have to play tic-tac-toe on
paper? Well, now you needn't draw that grid again because you have
tic-tac-toe for the TI-85. This program is self contained except for a
sub program that comes with it.

Installation
------------

You need to get the programs onto your calculator be that through the
Link-85 software or through typing the ASCII versions in. (I pity the
people that have to do the latter.) When the programs are on your
calculator you should have one named SHDWTOE and one named SSTIC. SSTIC
is a sub program that SHDWTOE calls.

SHDWTOE is entirely self contained; it requires no installation, save
putting the program and sub program onto the calculator (through the use
of the TI Graph-Link software).  Note: nearly all current Shadow Software
programs require no separate installer application due to the use of
SelfInstall technology

First Impression
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After you have installed SHDWTOE, run it. You will be presented with a
main menu. To find out what keys to press you can press F4 (Help). This
should give you the information you need to play in case you forget.
Press F3 to see some information on the authors (About). Press F5 to quit
(Quit). To set the players' names you should choose F2 (Pref). Last but
not least press F1 to play the game (Start).

Playing Tic-Tac-Toe
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SHDWTOE is a two player game. There is no computer to play against (yet).
After you have pressed F3 and entered the X and O players' names (These
names will be truncated to ten characters if they happen to be longer.),
press F1 to start the game on the main menu. After you enter the names,
the Tic-Tac-Toe board will be drawn. You will then see a blinking cursor
in the middle of the grid and the person's name who is X's will be at the
bottom of the screen. Use the arrow keys to move around the grid and then
press enter when you want to place an X. The name will then change at the
bottom of the screen to the O player. The second player then can place
their O in the same way as the first player. Turns alternate like this
through the game. If either player presses enter on an already occupied
space they will be notified at the bottom of the screen. There is also an
alternative way of choosing spots. The numeric keys (1-9) correspond to
the spaces on the playing field. If you press the three key, then you 
will place your X or O in the bottom right spot unless an X or O is
already there. If any player should get board and want to quit, they can
just press the EXIT key on the calculator. The a menu will come up asking
the player if he/she really want's to end the game. Press F1 (Yes) if you
really do and F2 (No) if you have changed your mind.

Winning
-------

The game is one when either player gets 3 X's or O's horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally. If neither player succeeds in this but the
board gets filled up with X's and O's, (no blank spaces show) then the
game is a draw otherwise known as a cats game. Anyway, when the game is
over, you will be told who won. After you press enter, you will be asked
if you want to play again, if you do, choose yes if you don't, choose no.
If you choose no, then you will be taken back to the main menu. If you do
choose yes, the X player will now be the O player and visa versa.
(Players alternate who goes first each game.)

Distribution
------------

This program may be distributed anywhere, including but not limited to,
Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs), Online services, friends, relatives, and
neighbors, but it must include either the electronic version or a
printout of this file and all other program files that came in this archive.

Since this is freeware, you may distribute this only to places that are
free, or only charge for the connection time: you may not sell this
product.  For unusual distribution circumstances, please contact Shadow
Software to learn the exact details. 

Copyright Notice
----------------

This program is freeware.  If you like it, Shadow Software asks that you
pass it on to others, or upload any and all of your own personal TI
programs in return.  Upon request, Shadow Software will send you a free
catalog of all our freeware, shareware, and commercial software for the
TI family of calculators.  For helpful surveying, please include what
type of machine you are running (i.e. IBM with DOS, IBM with Windows,
Macintosh, or PowerPC Macintosh) and if you own the TI-GRAPH LINK
software or Link85 software.

If you have any suggestions, bugs, ideas, quips, quibbles, or anything
else please contact us at one of the addresses below in the contact
information section.

Version History
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    v1.1-Added alternating players feature for fairness.
     -Moved the entry of player names to a preferences menu so the users
don't have to type their names in each time they play.
     -Added counting feature to keep track of the number of games played.
     -Made numeric keys correspond to the playing field for quicker play.
     -Updated on-line help to include information on the previous
feature.
        -Fixed truncating bug with player's names.
    v1.0-First release.

Contact Information
-------------------

For a catalog of our programs, you can contact us at any of this places:

Contacting Shadow Software electronically

     America Online: ShdwSoftwr
     Internet: shdwsoftwr@aol.com


Contacting Shadow Software conventionally (snail mail)

     Shadow Software
     342 Eastmoor SE
     Grand Rapids, MI 49546-2227
     United States of America


Contacting Shadow Software by telephone

     Brent: 453-9596
     Vance: 942-8607

This program and its documentation are copyrighted 1994
Shadow Software.
