Thank you for selecting this MicroHof product!

MicroHof makes small (and large) programs that are fun and useful.  We
make games, applications, utilities, etc.  We can make a small version of
almost anything you could want, and big expanded versions of other things.
We are only limited by what we know how to do, which is a lot.  Here's a
taste of our programs...

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Finished & available programs (August 1998) :

-=-=< Regular Program Library >=-=-
INSULT - A random, customizeable insult generator.
MHDIARY - A secure utility for keeping your activities recorded.
FILECHOP - A text file line-shortener that wraps words to cut width down.
MHSEARCH - Search any number of files for an ascii string.
MHEMBED - A utility for embedded one file into another.
MHFONT - A Super VGA font editor (includes 50 fonts).
MHTYPE - The perfect typing tutor for any skill level.
MHFIND - Search your hard drive for files!
README - Create your own README.EXE files!
COLORS - A MicroHof .MHC Color Scheme editor.
CURSORED - A MicroHof .MHM Mouse Cursor editor.
MHCODE - Decrypt secret codes with this handy crack utility!
MHLIB - MicroHof's first QBasic toolbox, featuring 50 routines!
ALBUM - A collection indexing program.
MHTUT - The perfect learning/teaching utility.
MHCD - Finally, a CD player with all the options YOU want!
COMPARE - A DOS utility that compares one file to another.
MHFIRST - A program that tells about MicroHof and lets you view/use the
          old programs we used to learn QBasic.
P - A DOS cut-and-paste from screen to prompt utility.

LAST10 - A SpitFire BBS last 10 caller bulletin generator.
ATTACK! - An arcade style game pitting you against endless TIE-fighters.
SHOOTEM - A shoot 'em up game starring Barney, Elmo, & more!
CENTI - A quickly-created little clone of the arcade classic, Centipede.
HERLAND - A Sim-City style game based on the classic novel, Herland.
MHTHROW - A game like Super Artillery and Gorillas, starring Mr. Whirlygig.
SPECTRA - Another Gorilla-style game, but with optional computer opponent.
PACBOY - A Super VGA clone of the arcade classic, including 30 levels!
PACGIRL - A Super VGA clone of the arcade classic, featuring PacGirl!
JIMBOB - JimBob & The Jelly Bean Search, an adventure down on the farm!
MHTRIS - MicroHof's Tetris clone!
MHPONG - Super Pong, a simultaneous-four-player pong game with a twist!

-=-=< THE Text Enhancer >=-=-
THE Text Enhancer - Browser for .VOLume files, that enhances text
                    with sound, graphics, and interactivities!
                    Make your publication the best around!
THE Humor Magazine - MicroHof's monthly magazine, beginning in
                     January of 1997, for use with THE Text Enhancer.
MHTKIT - The utility for constructing .VOLumes for use
         with THE Text Enhancer.  Includes the following:
            * CURSORED - A VGA mouse cursor editor.
            * COLORS - A TTE color scheme editor.
            * MHFONT - A Super VGA font editor.
            * MAKEIND - Index file generator.
            * EXE2VOL - Final-step converter.
            * VOLUME.TXT - Detailed assembling instructions.

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Coming soon (as of May 1997, in proposed order of release) :

TRIBBLES - A complex strategy game starring Star Trek's
           loveable furballs.  (Finished with development, waiting
           on level programming!)  You're a Tribble trying to
           join Starfleet, but the road won't be easy.  There are
           plenty of obstacles and training courses in your way!
MHTRIS - Another little Tetris clone.

And more ideas are on the drawing boards.  Get ready, get set, because
here comes an exciting year of MicroHof programs.

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Most of the finished programs are available on our
temporary WEB site, shown below.

     WWW   : http://microhof.home.ml.org

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A Little More About Us :

      We program everything using QuickBasic.  QuickBasic, we say?  YES!
   Don't jump to conclusions!  QBasic is very powerful if you know how to 
   use it.  We do the best we can...

      MicroHof consists of Brian Hof, Connor Reynolds, and Justin Gartin,
   all of Marshalltown, Iowa.  Others have come and gone, but we are the
   original three.

      We began most of these concepts on an old Tandy 1000 8086/88 7mhZ
   computer.  Amazing, eh?  Took forever... Now I (Brian) have a P-100 with
   a bunch of other goodies, and I can program bigger and better things
   with my new system.  Connor uses a 486-DX2 Gateway 2000 (moo!) and
   occasionally a little teeny GateWay LCD display laptop (it hurts my
   eyes).  We recently upgraded Justin's 486 SX-25 with 2 megs of memory
   to a Pentium-88 with 32 megs of memory.  It's still a little slow.
   We'd love to know what you think about our programming...hate
   mail or otherwise.

      You can recognize our products by the little light red/cyan MH, or
   our logo.  Thanks for reading this DOC - reading DOC's is something I
   often neglect to do...  :)

                                                        - Brian Hof
                                                           MicroHof
