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- Montana Patience V1.0 for the Psion Series 3a
- =============================================
-
- Installation
- ------------
- This application may be easily installed like other Series 3a
- applications.
- 1 Copy MONTANA.APP, MONGRAPH.LIB, MONTANA.HLP and MCARDS3A.PIC
- to an \APP directory on one of your Series 3a drives.You may
- omit MONTANA.HLP if you do not require on-line help.
-
- 2 Press the System button, select the icon before which you
- would like Conversions installed and then hold down the
- Psion button and press I to reach the installation dialog.
-
- 3 Using the left and right cursor keys on the File: Name/Drive
- entries, locate MONTANA.APP and press Enter.
-
- Quick Summary
- -------------
- All cards are dealt face up in a 13x4 formation and the aces
- removed. By moving cards into the holes left, try and arrange
- the cards from 2-K from left to right in each suit.
-
- You may only move a card into a hole if the card to the left is
- one lower in the same suit (e.g. 10S next to the 9S). A two can
- be moved into any gap on the left hand side and no card can be
-
- You have two chances to re-deal all of the available cards (i.e.
- those not forming a suit sequence starting from 2 on the left
- hand side). These cards are gathered, shuffled then delt and the
- aces removed.
-
- Each card is worth its face value (2-10) with J=11, Q=12 and K=13.
- You only score with cards which have been arranged correctly. A
- bonus may be awarded on finishing the game making the maximum
- score possible 400 points.
-
- Use the cursor keys to highlight the card you wish to move. Press
- the spacebar or enter key to try and move it. Psion+D re-deals any
- free cards (up to 2 times).
-
- There's lots more in the help file...
-
-
- Registration
- ============
- Montana is supplied to you as try-before-you-buy shareware. If, after
- a reasonable period like 21 days, you would be unwilling to lose
- Montana, you should pay the purchase price. We will send you a fine
- registration certificate to prove you've done the decent thing!
- If you don't pay, nothing bad will happen, but your conscience will
- nag just the same as leaving a store without paying for your shopping.
- 'Shareware' is just a distribution method, like 'Retail', but with the
- advantage that you'll never waste money on software you don't need.
-
- How to pay
- ----------
- To pay for Montana, do one of the following. ú refers to pounds sterling,
- $ refers to US dollars.
-
- Credit card
- -----------
- We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express. We charge ú6 to the card
- and you eventually pay your local equivalent, without either of us going
- through the expensive business of currency exchange. You need to send us
- your card number and expiry date together with your name and the address
- your card statements are sent to. You can write, fax or e-mail these
- details - see the 'address' section below for destinations.
-
- Cheque
- ------
- Please send either a sterling cheque drawn on a UK bank for ú6 or cheque
- for $12 drawn on a US bank. Eurocheques are also acceptable.
-
- Cash
- ----
- We don't recommend sending cash but sometimes it's the only answer. If
- you want to take the risk of losing it, send ú5 or $10 in paper money.
-
- Addresses
- ---------
- We obviously need your postal address; electronic addresses are also most
- welcome. We don't send junk mail or sell address lists but we will keep
- your details on our computer and perhaps even tell you should a new
- release occur (particularly if you supply an e-mail address).
- We may be contacted at any of the following addresses.
- >>> Postal
- SP Services
- PO Box 456
- Southampton
- SO9 7XG
- United Kingdom
- >>> CompuServe Mail
- 100016,1625
- Note that we do not follow any particular forum closely.
- >>> Internet Mail
- sphipps@cix.compulink.co.uk
- CIX subscribers can also get support in the sps/convert conference.
- >>> Fax machine
- 0703 322416 (that's +44 703 322416 internationally).
- >>> Answering Machine
- 0703 550037 (+44 703 550037)
- The answering machine is cleared regularly. Note that there is no staffed
- voice line available.
-
- Terms & Conditions
- ------------------
- (c) 1993, Ian Heath - All Rights Reserved
- You agree to pay for this software if you continue to use it for a
- reasonable evaluation period not exceeding 1 calender month.
- This package is provided 'as-is' and no warranty is associated with it
- beyond your statutory rights. In particular, the fact that this is a
- computer program written by humans means that there are bugs in it,
- some of which might result in inaccurate results, system failure or data
- loss. Use of the package indicates your acceptance of these Terms &
- Conditions and your willingness to accept sole responsibility for any
- problems resulting from using it.