LIFE
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     LIFE is a classic computer game  developed by Professor John Conway of
     the University of Cambridge. Unlike  most  games, there are no winners
     or losers in LIFE, only a set of predetermined rules:

         1: A live cell which has two or three live neighbours survives to
            the next generation.

         2: A live cell with less than two neighbours dies of loneliness.

         3: A live cell with more than three neighbours dies of
            overcrowding.

         4: An empty cell with exactly three neighbours transforms into a
            live cell in the next generation.

     This version of life was  written  for  the  IBM PC and compatibles by
     Alan Dickinson,  and  is  designed  to  be  fast,  typically  over 100
     generations per minute on a standard 8088 based PC running at 4.77MHz.

     Press F1 during editing  to  save  the  starting  position in the file
     LIFE.DAT. The  file  supplied  with  this  program  contains  starting
     positions for a glider and a shuttle.

     To temporarily pause the program  during  the  life  cycle press the P
     key. Press any key to restart from  that point. To halt the life cycle
     and return to the original position press any key except the P key.