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                   Make your beloved Hack character IMMORTAL!
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                                 by Mockingull




                         (c) 1992 Carson M. Hanrahan
                              ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




Welcome to the BACKUP and RESTORE programs that will make your PC Hack or
NetHack characters IMMORTAL!  The idea behind these programs is quite simple:
when you save a game, Hack creates an .SAV file in your characters name. The
BACKUP program copies this .SAV file to a .BAK file for safekeeping. When you
play again as your saved character, Hack uses this .SAV file. If (when) you
die, Hack DELETES this .SAV file (very nasty). BUT, because you used BACKUP,
you still have the .BAK file of your character! Just run RESTORE and WHAM!!,
you're character's resurrected just as you remember.....

                        Hey, I told you it was simple!




INSTALLING these programs
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Copy both executable files (BACKUP.EXE and RESTORE.EXE) to the subdirectory
which contains your Hack or NetHack SAVED GAMES. If you're running Hack from a
floppy disk, copy them to your data disk. The defaults for the games are as
follows:

    HACK running from floppy disk.............DATA DISK in drive B:
    HACK running from a hard drive............C:\GAMES\HACK
    NETHACK...................................C:\GAMES\NETHACK\BONES

If you have any doubt as to where your saved games go, try to save a game and
then take a directory of your Hack subndirectory (or Data Disk). You should
find a file that has the same name as your character, but with an .SAV
extension.

USING these programs
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After you've copied both BACKUP.EXE and RESTORE.EXE to the proper directory,
play a game and save it (by using the "Q" command). In this example, we'll use
my character's name "Mockingull". Then, follow these steps:

    1. At the DOS prompt, enter the command:

            BACKUP MOCKINGULL           then press the ENTER key.

       Of course, if your character's name is different from Mockingull, use
       it in place of Mockingull in the command.

    2. Resume your saved game by starting Hack and using the same character
       name. Play a little - have fun, play until you die....

    3. When you die and the game ends, enter the following command at the DOS
       prompt:

            RESTORE MOCKINGULL          then press the ENTER key.

       Of course, if your character's name is different from Mockingull, use
       it in place of Mockingull in the command.

    4. Go ahead and play another game using your reincarnated character!




SPECIAL NOTES for these progams
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  - The sad fact of the matter is that there are viri, "hacked" programs, etc.
    of ALL sorts out there...for those of you who are concerned, McAfee's
    VALIDATE v0.4 will return the following codes:

              File Name:  BACKUP.EXE               File Name: RESTORE.EXE
                   Size:  3,333                         Size: 3,333
                   Date:  9-8-1992                      Date: 9-8-1992
    File Authentication:                 File Authentication:
         Check Method 1 - 8A07                Check Method 1 - 0A81
         Check Method 2 - 1F94                Check Method 2 - 1AD9

    If the versions YOU have return DIFFERENT authentication checks, how have
    a HACKED, possibly INFECTED version of these programs! DELETE them and
    contact the person/BBS you received them from and let them know! You may
    contact me directly for a list of the boards that carry the most current
    version.

  - Save your game often! Then run BACKUP on it....your RESTORE'd character is
    only as good as the last time you backed it up!

  - If you've already backed up your character, BACKUP will tell you and old
    backup copy already exists and ask you if you want to overwrite it. If you
    do, you will loose the older backup of your character and it will be
    replaced by the newer backup.

  - If you try to BACKUP an identical saved game, the program will tell you
    the saved game has already been backed up.

  - If you try to RESTORE an already saved or restored game, the program will
    tell you and ask for confirmation (in some cases, it won't let you do it!
    You'll have to kill off your character, or delete the .SAV file, before
    attempting to RESTORE).

  - Basically, I've tried to make these programs as "accident-proof" as
    possible (within reason). Go ahead and try them - I'll let you know if
    something's about to go wrong...


SUGGESTIONS?
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If you have any problems using these programs, or have come up with some ideas
or suggestions - drop me a line! My address is:

                            Carson M. Hanrahan
                            70603,2277@compuserve.com




LICENSE, WARRANTEE, ETC...
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Ok, the obligatory stuff that is necessitated in this overly-litigious
society.

    WARRANTEE - None. Let me be perfectly clear on this: YOU are responsible
                for the use, misuse, abuse, data loss, data error, and ALL
                CONSEQUENCES thereof, real or imagined, occurring in
                conjunction or resulting from these programs. If you haven't
                learned by now that you are the SOLE person responsible for
                your actions, now's a good time to learn...

    LICENSE   - This program is distrubuted freely and may be done so provided
                the following conditions are met:

                  1. If you change it, let me know.
                  2. If you intend to distribute it (on disk, BBS, rack or
                     catalog sales, etc.) commercially, let me know.
                  3. If you're going to do anything weird (my definition, not
                     yours) with these programs, let me know.



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                                 HAPPY HACKING
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