
		Welcome to Mordor for Linux

	This package is a binary distribution of Mordor v2.2 compiled for
the Linux operating system.  The database provided is a fraction of
Isengard which is running at 128.200.21.101 4040 (moria.bio.uci.edu).  
This package can be obtained from 128.200.76.42 (darwin.bio.uci.edu) as 
/pub/work/Mordor_2.2.tgz.
	The code for this binary package was created by Brett J. Vickers, 
and expanded upon my Steve Smith and Brooke Paul.  The database is the 
work of several graduates students in the School of Biological Sciences 
at UCI.  Please read the disclaimer about its use and distribution.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
	a 3/486 or Pentium running Linux
	4M RAM
	about 15M HD space
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DATABASE:
	You are encouraged to create your own scenarios, with or without
the portions provided.  There may be slight bugs in the database, as I
not-so-nicely dissected the city of Celduin for your use.  At the most you
will need to delete exits that lead off the map. 
	 The editor provides an easy way to create your world.  Just read
the documentaion provided in the help and docs directories, and you will
be on your way.
	When you first start up the game you will want to log in and 
create the DM characters.  There are a limited number of DMs and those 
have been defined at compilation.  You may create as many caretakers as 
you wish by setting their class to 9.  The DM names are:
			Mordor
			Isengard
			Frodo
			Gandalf
			Galadriel
			Elrond
			Tesseract
	These are the only characters that will have FULL access to the 
DM commands.  Caretakers can access around 70% of all DM commands.
	
	When you get this running on your system or if you have questions,
please email a note to mordor@moria.bio.uci.edu.  Alternatively you may 
post your questions to rec.games.mud.misc or rec.games.mud.admin. 

	Good luck and we hope you enjoy Mordor!
