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DAMA ITALIANA FOR WINDOWS ------------------------- Copyright PC SOLUTIONS 1993-94, All rights reserved. Welcome to the WINDOWS version on DAMA ITALIANA! Comprehensive help screens are provided when you run the program - also try the VIEW command option to replay some of the demo problems on the disk. So, you what is DAMA ITALIANA and Italian draughts? Italian draughts is a game that is particularly interesting to affeciados of the English game, because it is so closely related. Indeed, when you look at the Italian literature on it, you will see references to the 'Old fourteenth', and other openings from the English game. Let us look at the rules, to see the differences. The game is played with an 'inverted' board - ie. with the single corner on the RIGHT BOTTOM of the board. The board is numbered from 1 in Black's right-hand single corner to 32 at White's single corner. White takes the first move in the game. These differences are of course purely technical, and English draughts readers will be interested to learn that DAMA ITALIANA offers the option to play with the English board layout and numbering. The other rules are :- Men are NEVER allowed to capture Kings - otherwise if you can jump, YOU MUST! When you have a choice of multiple jumps, you MUST take the option that captures the most. When you have a choice of jumping the same number of men with a King or Man, you MUST capture with the King. If a King has an option of taking an equal number different ways, he MUST capture kings in preference to men. In other words, you must jump the most WITH the most! Other than the above rules, the moves of Men and Kings are the same as in the English game. While opening play is similar to English draughts, the fact that Kings cannot be captured by men makes the Kings much more powerful. I will now give an illustrative problem, and describe DAMA ITALIANA. Consider the following postion - White is to play and win:- White:5,10,12,14,19,23,28 Black:1,4,15K,18,22,27K,32K (See diagram for problem 299 below..) How long does it take you to solve this? Well DAMA ITALIANA can solve it in less than one second on a 486 PC!! Play continues - 12-7, 27x20, 10-6, 32x23, 14-11, 23x14, 6-3, 15x6, 3x10x19x26, 1x10, 26-22, 4x11, 23x13x6x15x24 - A complete wipe-out! Of course, DAMA ITALIANA can solve other problems, of equal and greater complexity. DAMA ITALIANA (Professional) is a new, powerful program that can play Italian Draughts at master level strength. DAMA ITALIANA provides a strong sparring partner, comparable to the worlds best Italian players! It can annotate and store your games, then print or replay them at a later date. You can also use it enter and solve complex tactical problems. DAMA ITALIANA has already created a stir among players of the Italian variant of draughts - it is the only program in the world that can play this game! DAMA ITALIANA is ONLY available for PC compatible computers, and costs 72,000 lire (Italy), or $49 (USA) or 30 pounds (England) - you can pay with a normal cheque in your own currency, no special money order needed. Send orders/enquiries (Questions in ENGLISH please!) payable to:- PC SOLUTIONS, PO Box 954, Bournemouth, BH7 6LH, ENGLAND +------------------------+ | 1 ::: 2 ::: 3 ::: 4 :::| Black side, moving down. |::: 5 ::: 6 ::: 7 ::: 8 | | 9 ::: 10::: 11::: 12:::| |::: 13::: 14::: 15::: 16| Numbering used for Italian draughts. | 17::: 18::: 19::: 20:::| |::: 21::: 22::: 23::: 24| | 25::: 26::: 27::: 28:::| |::: 29::: 30::: 31::: 32| White side, moving up. +------------------------+ Installing DAMA ITALIANA on WINDOWS. ------------------------------------ To install DAMA ITALIANA to run under windows, follow these steps:- 1) Run windows, and select the GAMES group. 2) Hold the ALT key down, and double-click the mouse at an empty position where you want DAMA ITALIANA to appear. 3) The cursor will be in the DESCRIPTION box - type the name of the program - ie. DAMA ITALIANA. 4) Now click the cursor on the COMMAND LINE box, and enter the path for DAMA ITALIANA - ie. C:\ITAL\ITAL52W.EXE - if in doubt, use the BROWSE option. 5) Now click on the CHANGE ICON box - you will be asked to select an icon from the Program Manager. Click OK on that, then enter the path for DAMA ITALIANA - ie. C:\ITAL\ITAL.ICO or use browse again. 6) Click on OK, and you are ready to go! ENDGAME PROBLEMS for you to try.. --------------------------------- x = Black man, X= Black king, o = White man, O= White king. White to move and win. (Dama sport 1988) Problem 299. +------------------------+ | x ::: ::: ::: x :::| |::: o ::: ::: ::: | | ::: o ::: ::: o :::| |::: ::: o ::: X ::: | | ::: x ::: o ::: :::| |::: ::: x ::: o ::: | | ::: ::: X ::: o :::| |::: ::: ::: ::: X | +------------------------+ 1. 12-7 27-20 2. 10-6 32-23 3. 14-11 23-14 4. 6-3 15-6 5. 3-10-19-26 1-10 6. 26-22 4-11 7. 22-13-6-15-24 White wins. White to move and win. (Dama sport 1988) Problem 300. +------------------------+ | ::: ::: x ::: :::| |::: ::: o ::: o ::: | | ::: o ::: ::: o :::| |::: ::: o ::: o ::: | | ::: ::: X ::: :::| |::: o ::: x ::: X ::: | | X ::: o ::: x ::: X :::| |::: ::: o ::: ::: | +------------------------+ 1. 14-11 25-18 2. 12-8 19-12 3. 26-19 23-14-5 4. 30-23 28-19 5. 8-4 3-10 6. 4-8 12-3 7. 11-7 3-12 8. 8-15-22-13-6 5-9 9. 6-10 9-13 10. 10-17 White wins. AND FINALLY.. ------------- This version of DAMA ITALIANA is released as shareware. You may distribute it as long as you don't alter it in any way. We give permission to Shareware distributers to sell disks or CD-ROMS with our programs on. Please remember that shareware is NOT free, but 'try before you buy', so please become a registered user by purchasing one of our program packs - see the advert within the program. People often ask how we generate such small, fast programs - well special thanks must go to Borland and their excellent Turbo-C compiler - which we use to generate both DOS and WINDOWS versions of our programs. Together with our special tools and graphics libraries (see our Util-Pack) we can generate very efficient code. Overall we find the Turbo-C compiler to be superior to other comparable C/C++ compilers - especially at the price they are sold for! We have also just got the Borland C 4.0 compiler for WINDOWS /DOS - and again we can recommend this Rolls-Royce of languages. If you have had to put up with the large overheads imposed by Visual and Quick Basic, we can strongly recommend the Borland option. Contact Borland UK on Freephone 0800 212727 (or 0734 321150) for further info. HOW TO ORDER ------------ Some programs have both Windows & DOS versions, others DOS only. In either case, easy WINDOWS install is provided for all programs. 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If you do have a problem or question, you are welcome to write to us - but do check things through first - 99% of problems are due to user errors rather than problems in our programs. When you write to us, include your own phone or fax number if you wish - if it is important, we can contact you. PC SOLUTIONS CDROM OFFER ------------------------ We now stock a superb CDROM shareware collection, with literally thousands of superb quality Windows and DOS programs. This collection contains the latest offerings, only off the press a few months, with many new programs that you will not find on other collections. Of course, you will find all the latest PC Solutions shareware offerings on there as well! This CDROM costs only 14 pounds (fully inclusive), or a fantastic 11 pounds if brought at the same time as another PC Solutions package. This is probably the best value for money around - remember that other CDROM retailers have hidden extras like VAT and postage - we include those in our price! GAME-PACK-1 CHESSMATE-2600 - New version of our excellent chess program. Now has very nice shaded effect color pieces, plus full game store/replay features, and more.. SAGE-DRAUGHTS-2700 - Probably the worlds strongest draughts program, new graphics, mouse & many features. Forget those other weak shareware programs, and learn how to REALLY play! ADDIX-II - Great educational strategy game - an addictive two player game (Computer plays one player) also helps with Maths skills. BLITZ - Innovative Checkers game on Vari-size board- many added functions! Both DOS and WINDOWS versions supplied here - for even more advanced versions of SAGE and BLITZ, see the PROFESSIONAL version below.. DROP-IT - Variant on CONNECT-4 theme, with re-sizeable board & more.. Windows and DOS versions.. 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(USA $15) GAME-PACK-3 CAPTAIN ERIC-II - ERIC has to find his way through a dangerous landscape with monsters lurking all around, and many problems to solve. He must also find ammo for his gun, as well as the keys for the next level. Excellent graphics, fast and furious fun! ERICS-REVENGE - Further levels for ERIC to beat - many new puzzles to solve, and many new monsters to beat. FALL-ZONE-II - Another fine action/strategy game - ERICS out again! BOMB-RUN - Bomb strategic targets in this super arcade game. (CGA/VGA) WALL-RUN - Try to out-wall your computer opponent - addictive action! ELEPHANT - Neat 'hunt the elephant' logic game - with source code! RACER - Fast Car-racing game... + many more great games.. GAMES-PACK-3 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) GAME-PACK-4 DYNAMO DRAUGHTS - Play the EUROPEAN 10x10 game, with sweeping KINGS & MEN jumping backwards! Very Strong player, Full Game edit/replay + more.. Also plays SHASHKI (RUSSIAN), SPANISH and AMERICAN POOL draughts! Includes tutorial texts on these fascinating games - as played by hundreds of thousands of players across Europe & America. For an even more advanced version, see PRO version below.. BLOCKADE - An exciting new OTHELLO-ish board game, many features. Its a sort of two-player version of LIFE - you play the computer and try to capture his cells, while generating new ones of your own. you score points for capturing key areas. A truely innovative game, invented by PC SOLUTIONS! CONTAX - Another PC Solutions invention! A fine strategy game (CGA/VGA). The traditional GOMOKU/RENJU type game, but with a twist - you can only occupy cells already adjacent to both one of yours and an opponents piece. This simple rule radically alters the topography of the game, considerably sharpening tactical play. SOLO - New twists to SOLITAIRE game... + all our new releases! GAMES-PACK-4 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) X-WORD For Crossword & Scrabble enthusiasts! Solve complex anagrams, search for letter patterns, with a dictionary of over 140,000 words and phrases. It can solve partial anagrams, or find words within words - very good for 'Countdown' addicts! X-WORD (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) UTILITY PACK Sprites'n'Fonts - Mouse driven sprite/font/graphics designer, with built- in screen designer. C-Tools - Sprites/Fonts library,+ other I/O - make small EXE. (C source) Includes example C code to use graphics from SPRITES'n'FONTS. and example C programs - including a complete 8x8 GO/OTHELLO board demo. XCELCOPY - Fast Disk-Copy utility, better than DISKCOPY, many features! LIFEPIX - Fractalish generator picture generator with C source. BATFX - Menus for BATCH files. MACLAN - Structured Assembly language for the A86 assembler. (with source) CGA Enhancer & PC-XT Speedup (for older machines) DMOUSE screen designer, CBM64 to IBM BASIC Converter. Easy-Ed - a simple line editor, with source. Phonetic Word-Finder - Demonstrates Phonetic word-matching - with C-source. Flexi-Label (Mail list & labels..) + more.. UTIL-PACK 1 (5.25 or 3.5 disk) costs only 8 pounds!! (USA $15) HOW TO ORDER Some programs have both Windows & DOS versions, others DOS only. In either case, easy WINDOWS install is provided for all programs. SPECIAL OFFER - Buy two or more packs, and P & P is free! Please specify disk size when ordering. Remember - our programs come with high quality packaging and printed documentation. Each pack also comes with several extra PC Solutions shareware 'new releases' for free! Add 1 pound UK P&P, or 3 pounds overseas airmail (USA $7) if you are only ordering one pack - otherwise P & P is FREE. Send Cheques/P.O.'s to:- PC SOLUTIONS, Dept IT , P.O. Box 954, Bournemouth BH7 6YJ, ENGLAND. PCS PROFESSIONAL EDITIONS In addition to the standard versions you have just seen listed, PC SOLUTIONS now also market special PROFESSIONAL versions of SAGE DRAUGHTS, DYNAMO DRAUGHTS and DAMA ITALIANA. While the Standard versions you have seen are superb programs, with infinite play-levels, superb graphics, full game store/edit/replay, board position/problem edit and solve, and an enhanced playing power that equals or surpasses any other program - up to grandmaster level, the PROFESSIONAL editions of DYNAMO, SAGE and DAMA ITALIANA have even more features. To start, you have even larger opening and endgame databases, for more accurate and stronger play - with the option to extend the database yourself. There are also database search options - for instance, you can search for all game-lines in the book that transpose into a particular position - users of CHESS-BASE programs will know how useful that is! The play is so strong that even the World Draughts Champion uses our program to help with analysis! There are advanced game annotation features, with the ability to output the resultant game or board position to a word processor. SAGE PROFESSIONAL also comes with the PRO version of BLITZ. Also included with each of the PROFESSIONAL editions of our programs is BASIC CHECKERS - a simple 8x8 english draughts program WITH ITS BASIC SOURCE CODE - so you can have a go at writing your own program! This program will run under the QBASIC interpreter supplied with MSDOS 5/6, so no other purchase is necessary to use it. The code is heavily annotated - you do not need a high level of programming skill to start learning! Each PRO program comes with both DOS and complimentary WINDOWS versions - ie. SAGE PRO comes with BLITZ for WINDOWS. The PROFESSIONAL versions of SAGE DRAUGHTS, DYNAMO DRAUGHTS or DAMA ITALIANA cost 29 pounds sterling EACH, or $49 (USA) or 72,000 lire (Italy) or 255 francs (France) or 75 Dm (Germany) or FL 79 (Netherlands) - pay with a normal cheque in your currency. The price includes first-class/air-mail postage cost. PC SOLUTIONS, Dept IT , P.O. Box 954, Bournemouth BH7 6YJ, ENGLAND.