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- FreeCell Version 0.7 (beta)
- Copyright (c) 1996 Bill Kirby
-
- This is the shareware version of FreeCell 0.7 for Pilot.
-
- You are free to use this program for up to 30 days in order to
- evaluate it. If you continue to use it beyond 30 days, you must
- register it. For registration information, please see the file
- REGISTER.TXT or visit the following web page:
-
- http://www.electronhut.com/pilot
-
-
- ------ Installation ------
-
- To install FreeCell 0.7 onto your Pilot, run the INSTAPP.EXE program
- which resides in the same directory as the Pilot Desktop software.
- This program will allow you to specify that a .PRC file should be
- downloaded to the Pilot during the next hotsync.
-
-
- ------ Game play ------
-
- The object of the game is to create four piles of cards, one for
- each suit, where the cards are stacked from Ace to King. The game
- starts with the entire deck dealt out into 8 columns, all the cards
- face up. You may move cards from one column to another as long as
- the cards remain in descending order and alternating suit color.
- To assist moving cards, there are 4 empty "Free Cells" that can
- each hold one card. Any card may be moved to a free cell. Once a
- card is in a free cell, it may either be moved to the ace pile, or
- back to a column (with the restriction of descending rank, and
- alternating color). Any card be moved to an empty column.
-
- It is possible to move stacks of cards by using the free cells.
- For example, if you wish to move a stack of cards containing:
-
- 8 hearts
- 7 spades
- 6 diamonds
- 5 clubs
-
- onto a different column that contained the 9 of clubs. You could
- move the 5,6, and 7 to the free cells, move the 8 to the 9, and then
- move the 7,6, and 5 from the free cells back to the 8.
-
- This is sequence is automatically done for you if you select a
- group of cards that can be legally moved.
-
- The size of a stack you can move is limited by the number of emtpy
- free cells. If there are N empty free cells, you can move a stack
- of N+1 cards.
-
- Double-tapping on a card will move it to an ace pile, if it is a
- legal move.
-
- Pressing the page-up button will attempt to move as many cards to
- the ace pile as possible. This is handy for finishing up a game.
-
-
- ------ Menus -------
-
- New Game -- starts a new game (and the abandoned game is considered
- a loss, as far as the statistics are concerned)
-
-
- Preferences -- Auto-play: automatically move cards to aces after
- each move.
-
- Statistics -- Not Yet Implemented
-
-