Network

Edu-Ware

1980

This is just the disk.  There may have been documentation as well when

it was originally bought.  This is an early Edu-Ware game/simulation title

which sold at least moderately well.

Label says version 1.1.2. Source code comment within says version 1.1 07/08/1980.

This is 2 player game, played with paddles for independent player input.

Each player plays one of the three television networks of the time

(ABC, NBC, CBS) and the computer plays the other one.

The networks bid for shows, populate their prime time schedules, then

see how their ratings fare.  There is a LOT of bidding at the beginning

before you can really get going, since you have to fill 7 days of prime-time

programming before anything happens.  To speed things along, you can load

the FALL SCHEDULE from the disk instead of the initial bidding and scheduling

round.

Player 1 (NBC when I played it) uses paddle 0, player 2 (CBS when I played it)

uses paddle 1.  The paddles control where the cursor is, and the button

accepts the currently highlighted option.  Player 1 gets one beep as input

feedback, player 2 gets two beeps.