Time Tripper

Ok, Fred, somehow you lucked out and invented the first time tripper device (TTD), a machine that makes it possible for humankind to travel between different time periods. It's a wonderful invention, allowing you to relive historical events and to experience the future.

You 're the only person on Earth who can say he actually sailed with Christopher Columbus on his eventful voyage to North America, saw George Washington throw the silver dollar across the Potomac River, witnessed the signing of the Declaration of Independence, heard Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and heard Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone call.

You've visited the 25th century, discovering that the world is free of disease, that all the peoples of the earth are united in the cause of peace, that new technology has made it possible for families to live beneath the ocean and, believe it or not, that the average basketball player is eight feet tall.

You've done it all, Fred, and you could set a few records straight if you were so inclined. The only problem is that while you were building the TTD, you didn't keep records of the schematics or the other intricate workings of the machine. Just a lot of scribbled notes, which you had the cleaning lady throw out with the garbage. What's even worse, Fred, is that like a lot of geniuses, you are forgetful. If something goes wrong, you usually have to "re-invent the wheel" to get the machine running again.

And that's not all. You haven't been applying preventive maintenance techniques required to keep the TTD functioning properly. Sooner or later you are bound to get trapped in another time dimension. No wonder Uncle Sam hasn't taken much interest in your project. Sure enough, while you are exploring an inhabited planet in another solar system the inevitable happens. You push the activator, there's a whirling sound and a disappointing click! Nothing happens. You sit there for a minute, silently cursing your work habits. Then you investigate.

While passing through a time rift, you apparently have lost three critical components of the TTD - the main drive power crystal, the time-sphere control box, and the gravitator. They are scattered throughout the ages and you must retrieve them. When you find them, just drop the components in the engine room and the robots will place them in their proper positions.

Because of your sloppy maintenance, you may have to press, move or hit an object more than once.

Prior to loading the program, you will have to enter PMODE2, PCLEAR2.

Let this be a lesson, Fred!