Inventory
This window let players view and manipulate the inventory of their store.
Product List and Picture
In the top-left of the window is the list of products in the store. (These are actually seperate orders made through the Order Form. So, for example, the player might see the same product listed twice if they ordered that product from two different wholesalers). When a product was selected in the list, its picture appeared to the right.
Product Description
Below the product list and picture is the product description. This gave a one-line description of the product. It also gave shipping information, like where these products were ordered from, how often they were received, and when the next shipment would arive.
Quantity currently in stock
Wuantity showed how many of this item were currently have in the store.
These were bought from
This showed which wholesaler sold the player this product.
Each one cost you
This tells how much was paid for each item.
Return value per item and Return Stock
Certain wholesalers will buy back unused stock for a reduced price. The ILS Sell game automatically figured out which wholesaler would give the most for a product. In this case, returning the stock would give $180 per item, or $1800. Players could return their entire stock of this item by pressing the Return Stock to the right.
Current Price and Set Price
This showed the price set for this item. Players could change the price by entering a new price into this box and pressing the Set Price button to the right.
Help
The ubiquitous Help Button. Pressing this button gave context-sensitive help.
Advice
The equally ubiquitous Advice Button. Pressing this button gave advice on how, in this example, to deal with inventory.
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Original text by Cliff Chaput, Revised by Brian Slator
Last modified:
Saturday, January 11, 1997, 5:17:46 PM
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