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              SOLITAIRE

               Topics


      Introduction ..................1

      Making a Backup Diskette ......1

      How to Play Solitaire .........2

        Layout of the Cards .........2

        Object of the Game ..........2

        Rules of the Game ...........2

      Starting the Game .............3

      Playing SOLITAIRE on
      the PC ........................4

      Set Game Options ..............6

        Cheat? ......................6

        Sound? ......................6

        Show Last Play? .............6

      Set Display Type ..............7

      Set Color Choices .............7

      Cheating ......................8

      Quitting the Game .............9



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Introduction~
------------

In the card game Solitaire, it's you
alone against Lady Luck.  You deal the
cards and take your chances.

In the computer game SOLITAIRE, your
PC acts as dealer and confidant.  It
deals the cards and you take the
chances, but you're not alone.

For those of us who believe in being
able to "bend the rules" a little when
we get stuck, SOLITAIRE provides a few
"special" options.



Making a Backup Diskette~
------------------------

It is important to make a backup copy
of your SOLITAIRE diskette in case
your original diskette is lost or
damaged.  You can make only one copy.

If you are reading this documentation
on your display, press Esc twice to
return to the menu and select option 4
(Make a Backup Diskette).  Follow the
instructions displayed on the screen.

If you are reading this documentation
on paper, insert your SOLITAIRE
diskette in drive A and make A your
current drive.  Type:

   g

and press Enter.  Select option 4
(Make a Backup Diskette) and follow
the instructions on the screen.

Label the new copy "SOLITAIRE Backup"
and use it when you play SOLITAIRE.
Store the original diskette in a safe
place.



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How to Play Solitaire~
---------------------

There are many different Solitaire
games and many versions of each.  The
rules used in this game, the Klondike
version, are given below.



Layout of the Cards~

The cards are dealt into a row of
seven piles called the "tableau."  The
first card is dealt face up to begin
pile 1, then six cards are dealt face
down beside it, each starting a new
pile.  The next card is dealt face up
to pile 2, followed by five cards
dealt face down to piles 3 through 7.
The next card is dealt face up to pile
3, and so on.

When the deal is complete, each of the
seven piles has one "up" card (face up
on the top) and from zero to six
"down" cards (face down under the up
card).



Object of the Game~

The object of Solitaire is to play all
of the cards to the four piles in the
aces area known as the "foundations."
If you are able to play all of the
cards to the foundations, you win;
otherwise, you lose.



Rules of the Game~

As the ace for each suit turns up, it
can be played to the aces area.  Then,
as the 2 for that suit turns up, it
can be played on the ace, the 3 on the
2, and so on.  Each of the four piles
(one for each suit) must be built in
sequential order and can contain only
cards of the same suit.

The cards in the deck are turned over
either one, two, or three cards at a

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time, depending on which game you
choose to play.  These face-up cards
form the "talon."  The only card of
the talon that is available to be
played at any given time is the top
one.

Cards from the talon can be played to
the tableau piles to form "columns."
Each card must be one less in rank and
the opposite color of the one onto
which it is played.  For example, a
black 8 (the 8 of clubs or the 8 of
spades) from the talon would be played
on a red 9 (the 9 of hearts or the 9
of diamonds) in the tableau.

Columns can also be built using the up
cards from another tableau pile.
Parts of columns cannot be moved from
one tableau column to another.

If the up card or column of a tableau
pile is moved and there are down cards
remaining in the pile, the down card
on top is turned over.  If there are
no more down cards in the pile, a king
from the talon or another tableau
column can be moved to fill the space.

Play continues until the entire deck
has been played to the aces area or
until no more plays can be made.



Starting the Game~
-----------------

If you are reading this documentation
on your display, press Esc twice to
return to the menu and select option 1
(Play "SOLITAIRE").

If you are reading this documentation
on paper, insert your SOLITAIRE
diskette in drive A and make A your
current drive.  Type:

   g

and press Enter.  Select option 1
(Play "SOLITAIRE").

The first screen asks you what type of
display you are using.  Press the
number shown before the type of
display you have.  For example, if you


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are using the IBM Color Display, press
1 (RGB Monitor).  Press F1 if you need
help.

The next screen is the Main Menu.
Press either 1, 2, 3, or 4.  The four
different games are based on how many
cards are turned over from the deck to
the talon at a time and how many times
you are allowed to go through the deck
during each game.  For example, game 1
(Turn 1, single-pass) lets you turn
one card over at a time and lets you
go through the deck only once.  Game 3
(Turn 2, multi-pass) lets you turn two
cards over at a time and lets you go
through the deck as many times as you
want.



Playing SOLITAIRE on the PC~
---------------------------

After you select a game, the computer
shuffles the cards and deals the
tableau.  The piles of the tableau are
labeled B, C, D, E, F, G, and H.  The
numbers below these labels show how
many down cards are in each pile.

To turn cards over from the deck to
the talon, press the Spacebar.  When
the deck is empty, press the Spacebar
again to turn the talon back over to
the deck (if you are playing a multi-
pass game).

To move a card or a column, press the
highlighted letter above the card (B
through H for a tableau pile or T for
the talon) and it will be moved to
the correct column.  If there is more
than one place to play the card, you
are asked where you want it played.
Press the highlighted letter above the
tableau pile or A for the aces area.

Aces are automatically played to the
aces area, as are twos if the ace of
its suit has already been played, when
you press the highlighted letter above
their columns.


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The box on the left side of the screen
shows the available functions.  They
are:

o  Help

   Press F1 to get help on how to move
   cards.

o  Cheat

   This option appears only if you
   have chosen to have the cheating
   options available (see the section
   "Cheat?").  Press F2 to use the
   special cheating options.

o  Auto

   This option appears if you have
   reached a point where it is obvious
   you are going to win.  If you want
   SOLITAIRE to automatically play the
   remaining cards for you, press F3.

o  Deal

   Press F9 to start a new game of the
   same type you are now playing.

o  Menu

   Press Esc to return to the Main
   Menu.

   If you press Esc accidentally in
   the middle of a game, press F10 to
   return to the current game.
   Selecting any of the items on the
   Main Menu, except for option 5 (Set
   game options), causes the current
   game to be erased.  A prompt
   reminds you of this and asks if you
   want to continue with that option.



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Set Game Options~
----------------

When you are at the Main Menu, press 5
to change any of the following
options.



Cheat?~

Pressing 1 switches between the
responses "No," "Not now," and "Yes."
Leave the one you want displayed as
the answer.

If you select "Not now," the game is
played normally until you go through
the deck twice (or once if you are
playing game 1) without playing any
cards.  Then, the message "Want to
cheat now? (Y/N)" appears.  Answer Y
(for yes) or N (for no).

See the section "Cheating" to find out
what advantages cheating gives you.



Sound?~

You can choose to have the sound
either on or off during the game.
Pressing 2 switches between "Yes" and
"No."  Even if you choose to have the
sound off, you will hear beeps when
you press an incorrect key or try to
play a card to a place it cannot be
played.



Show Last Play?~

You can choose whether or not the last
play you made is displayed at the
bottom of the game screen.  Pressing 3
switches between "Yes" and "No."



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Set Display Type~
----------------

When you are at the Main Menu, press 6
to change the display on which you
want to play SOLITAIRE.  Then press
the number shown before the type of
display you want to use.



Set Color Choices~
-----------------

This option appears only if you have a
color display adapter in your PC.

You can select most of the colors used
in SOLITAIRE.  Press 7 on the Main
Menu to display a screen showing the
colors you can change.  Then press the
number shown before each option to
cycle through the possible colors
until the one you want is displayed.

To make sure you can always read
everything on the screen, SOLITAIRE
does not allow the foreground and
background colors of a pair to be the
same.  For example, color 6 (Screen
foreground) and color 7 (Screen
background) cannot be yellow at the
same time.

Press Esc when you are finished.


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Cheating~
--------

When you elect to cheat, an extra
option (Cheat) appears in the list of
commands.  Press F2 and the following
commands become available:

o  Peek

   Press 1 to see the first down card
   in each pile.

o  Move

   Press 2 to move any available card
   or column to fill an empty tableau
   space.  SOLITAIRE finds the first
   empty column and asks which card
   you want to place there.  You do
   not need a king to fill the space.

o  Slip

   Press 3 to move a card from the
   talon and put it at the top of a
   tableau column.  Notice that the
   card must still be one higher in
   rank and the opposite color of the
   top card of the column.

o  Burn

   Press 4 to turn the talon back over
   onto the deck and move its top card
   to the bottom.  Notice that if you
   are playing a single-pass game,
   this enables you to go through the
   deck more than once.

o  Help

   Press F1 for a reminder of what
   these extra commands do.

o  Game

   Press Esc to return to the normal
   list of commands.



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Quitting the Game~
-----------------

To leave SOLITAIRE, press Esc until
you return to the Main Menu.  Then
press Esc again.

If you have changed any of the game
options or colors, you are asked if
you want to save them.  Press Y or N.
If you press Y, the options are
automatically used the next time you
play SOLITAIRE and select the same
type of monitor.