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- Installation of WinCraps V1.2 for Windows 3.0
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- Thank you for downloading PyroWare Craps. Craps requires Windows 3.0
- running in standard or enhanced mode, 2 Megabytes of RAM, and a mouse.
- While the game may function with less than 2 Meg of RAM, performance MAY
- be degraded. If you recieve an empty dialogue box when you attempt to run
- the program, you likely do not have enough free memory. This seems to
- occur when running in Standard mode with 286 processors and 1 Meg of RAM.
- Enhanced Mode Windows does not seem to display this quirk.
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- While it is possible to "roll the bones" with a keyboard only, full
- functioning of all features requires the use of a mouse.
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- Updates to Version 1.2 include repair of a bug which permits saving of a
- game between sessions, improved dice handling and animation, and other
- minor modifications.
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- To install Craps, create a discrete directory and note the path to
- that directory. If you wish, you may copy the game files directly to
- your Windows directory. The game consists of three files... CRAPS.EXE,
- CRAPS.HLP, and VBRUN100.DLL. CRAPS.EXE is the main program. CRAPS.HLP is
- an ASCII text file containing help information. If you read or access
- CRAPS.HLP outside of the program, please, DO NOT MODIFY IT, or the game
- will not be able to access or reconstruct the file. VBRUN100.DLL MUST
- remain in the same directory as CRAPS.EXE, or it must be available along
- your PATH statement. The easiest method is to move it, if you must, along
- with CRAPS.EXE and CRAPS.HLP. Since VBRUN100.DLL is the Visual Basic
- runtime library, you may already have a copy of the file for other
- applications. A good place for this file is in your windows directory.
- If you have multiple copies of this file, you may delete all but one of
- them.
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- Once you have used the save game feature, a fourth file, CRAPS.INI,
- will appear in your directory. This file contains game data for the restore
- game feature. If you open it in a text editor, do not modify it, or
- unpredictable game play may result if the game attempts to make use of this
- file. If you modify or delete it by accident, simply start the game, then
- select "SAVE GAME" from the "FILES" selection on the main menu bar, and the
- game will write a new, uncorrupted CRAPS.INI file.
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- Once you have the three files in the desired directory, start Windows
- in standard or enhanced mode, and click in order "FILE", "NEW", and
- "PROGRAM ITEM" from the Windows main menu bar. A dialogue box will appear
- prompting for "Description" and "Command Line". Enter "Craps" (or what-
- ever) for "Description". For "Command Line", enter the path to the
- directory which contains the game files, with CRAPS.EXE as the target.
- For example, if you have placed the game files in the directory CRAPS,
- your command line description will be "C:\CRAPS\CRAPS.EXE". Click "Okay",
- and an Icon will appear consisting of a pile of blue chips. Craps has
- now been successfully installed.
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- Craps was written using Microsoft Visual Basic, and required 2 months
- of full-time work to complete. If you like the program and feel it is
- worth a darn, $6 will receive the latest version on disk without the
- "About Craps" interruption, licensed personally to you. This will allow
- me to continue to create programs like this. Please, support shareware
- authors if you make use of their programs!
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- If you are a Visual Basic programmer and would like the source code,
- please write for details.
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- Enjoy the program, and good luck "Rolling the Bones". Hopefully, if
- you are a novice to the exciting game of Craps, you may learn enough to
- make intelligent bets in an actual Casino, and walk away from the table
- a winner!
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- PyroWare
- 25 Pandilla Way
- Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
- 71909
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- Microsoft Windows and Visual Basic are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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