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- Calculation Solitaire version 1.0
-
- Copyright (c) 1991 by Daniel Thomas. All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- NOTE: If you print this from NOTEPAD, use File/Page Setup to set the Left
- and Right Margins to 0.
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- Calculation Solitaire version 1.0 is a full-featured shareware Windows
- program that includes card dragging, top scores (records), difficulty levels,
- and hints. Much effort was spent to make playing it intuitive, challenging,
- and fun.
-
- Please read the comments on shareware at the end of this document. If you
- enjoy this game and want to see more like it, please register.
-
-
- Requirements
- ------------
-
- Microsoft Windows 3.0 or higher, in Standard or Enhanced mode; it will
- probably run OK in Real mode, but I can't guarantee it.
-
- Hercules, EGA, VGA, or higher
-
- Mouse
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- You may copy the Calculation Solitaire files into any directory. To add
- Calculation Solitaire (CALCSOL.EXE) to one of your Program Manager groups,
- follow the instructions in your Windows manual. (Briefly, this involves
- selecting File/New/Program Item from the Program Manager menu, and filling
- in the appropriate fields.)
-
- Calculation Solitaire will create a file called CALCSOL.DAT, which contains
- all your settings, and your Records (top scores) information. It also will
- contain your registration information, when you register.
-
- PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE CALCSOL.DAT TO OTHERS OR TO BULLETIN BOARDS. (You
- may distribute the other files freely.)
-
- If you delete CALCSOL.DAT, you will have to re-enter your registration
- information.
-
-
- Overview
- --------
-
- Calculation Solitaire tops the list of solitaire games that give the
- opportunity for skill. Depending on the difficulty level you play, with
- proper strategy you can win 2 out of 3 games, or more. Of course, playing at
- a more difficult level decreases the chances, but also increases the
- opportunity for masterful play.
-
-
- Foundations
- -----------
-
- The Ace, two, three and four of spades are removed from the deck and placed
- across the top of the playing area. These cards form the Foundations. The
- object is to get all the cards onto the Foundations.
-
- Each Foundation is built up in arithmetical sequence (as shown below),
- without regard to suit or color.
-
- Foundation pile 1 counts by ones, as in:
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- A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K
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- Foundation pile 2 counts by twos, as in:
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- 2 4 6 8 10 Q A 3 5 7 9 J K
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- Foundation pile 3 counts by threes, as in:
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- 3 6 9 Q 2 5 8 J A 4 7 10 K
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- Foundation pile 4 counts by fours, as in:
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- 4 8 Q 3 7 J 2 6 10 A 5 9 K
-
- (If you can't remember the sequence, on-screen help is a click away. It is
- discussed later.)
-
-
- Play
- ----
-
- Turn up a card from the deck, one at a time. The card may be played onto
- one of the Foundations, if possible. Alternatively, place it on one of the
- Waste Piles (which are located below the Foundations). There are from 4 to
- 6 Waste Piles, depending on which difficulty level you choose.
-
- If there is already a card on the Waste Pile, simply place the new card on
- top of the existing card.
-
- At any time, the top card of any Waste Pile may be played onto the
- Foundation. No other movement of cards from the Waste Piles is possible.
-
- To win the game, play all the cards onto the Foundations, in the proper
- order.
-
-
- Mechanics
- ---------
-
- To turn over a card from the deck, click once on the deck with the left
- mouse button.
-
- There are 2 ways to select a card for movement, depending on what Option is
- selected.
-
- If "Drag Cards" is checked on the Options menu, you move a card by
- "dragging" it. This means that you point at the card, and hold down the
- left mouse button. The cursor will change into a "hand". When you move
- the mouse, you will drag the card. Release the card (by letting go of
- the left mouse button) when at least half of the card covers the desired
- new location. If it is an invalid location for the card, the card will
- drag itself back to its original location.
-
- If "Drag Cards" is not checked, then you move cards by first selecting
- the card, then selecting the new location. To select a card, click once
- on the card with the left mouse button. It will then be highlighted.
- Then click on the new location. (To un-select a card, click on it
- again.)
-
- You can undo the last move by selecting Undo from the Edit menu, or by
- pressing Alt+Backspace.
-
-
- Hints
- -----
-
- If you can't remember the sequence for a particular Foundation, click once
- on it with the right mouse button. A small window will pop up with the
- sequence.
-
- Alternatively, you may choose to have a "Hint Window" on the screen at all
- times. This is a free-floating window which shows the card sequence of each
- Foundation. Refer to the "Options" section, below.
-
-
- Menu Choices
- ------------
-
- Game
-
- New Game Starts a new game
-
- Records Brings up the Records screen (top scores). You can
- reset the records from this screen.
-
- Exit Terminates Calculation Solitaire.
-
- Edit
-
- Undo Backs up one move. You may also "undo" by pressing
- Alt+Backspace on the keyboard. The Undo option is only
- available after a card has been placed onto one of the
- Waste Piles or Foundation Piles. Once a new card has
- been turned up from the Deck, you can no longer undo the
- last move.
-
- Options
-
- Easy These three options, Easy, Intermediate, and Hard,
- Intermediate control the difficulty level of the game. The Easy game
- Hard has 6 Waste Piles, the Intermediate has 5, and the Hard
- has 4 Waste Piles. It takes an expert to win
- consistently with only 4 Waste Piles.
-
- Green Back- If you don't like the look of the green playing surface,
- round un-check this option.
-
- Hint Window Selecting this option brings up another menu, with these
- options:
-
- Show Check this option if you want a window with the
- card sequences of the Foundations. It is a
- free-floating window, which means that you can
- "drag" it to any position on the screen. If you
- want to move this window, use the mouse to point at
- the caption ("Hint Window"), press and hold the left
- mouse button, and move it wherever you wish. Then
- release the mouse button.
-
- When the Hint Window is displayed, if you hold down
- the right mouse button while pointing at a
- Foundation Pile, the Hint Window will "highlight"
- the corresponding hint row.
-
- NOTE: If you use Whiskers (another Shareware
- product), you may notice a delay when you do
- this. If you want to eliminate this delay,
- turn off Whiskers while running Calculation
- Solitaire.
-
- Restore Position Select this option if you want to move the Hint
- Window back to its original position.
-
- Drag Cards If you would rather not "drag" cards around the
- screen, then un-check this option. See the
- discussion about this, in the preceding section
- "Mechanics".
-
- Changing Deck The card deck shows a picture. When this option is
- selected, the picture on the card deck will
- periodically change during game play. If this is
- annoying, un-check this option.
-
- Start Maximized When this options is checked, Calculation always
- starts up in full-screen mode. If you don't like
- that, un-check this option.
-
- Help
-
- Help Currently, selecting this options starts Notepad,
- opening up this document. A future version will use the
- standard Windows help system.
-
- About Selecting this option brings up the "About" screen,
- which gives you information about the version number and
- the author.
-
-
- Strategy
- --------
-
- Think ahead when you have to cover up cards on the waste pile. Try to
- figure out which cards are likely to be needed first. The more you play the
- game, the more familiar you become with the order. This is essential to
- winning Calculation Solitaire. Use the Floating Hint Window to help you
- learn the order.
-
- Remember that Kings are the last card on each Foundation, so be careful what
- you cover up with a King.
-
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
-
- Calculation Solitaire was written in Borland's Turbo Pascal for Windows.
-
- Many thanks to all the guys in Borland's support department, including
- Danny Thorpe and Rob Powell.
-
- Also I'd like to thank my wife, Gina, for believing.
-
-
- Trademarks
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-
- Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
- Turbo Pascal for Windows is a trademark of Borland International.
-
-
- A note about Shareware
- ----------------------
-
- This program, Calculation Solitaire, is Copyright (c) 1991 by Daniel Thomas.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Calculation Solitaire is Shareware. This means that you are free to use it
- for a trial period, at no charge. After a reasonable trial period, if you
- continue to use it, you must register it.
-
- This program is a fully functional version, and is not crippled in any way.
- I do not believe in crippling software in order to force registration.
-
- To register your copy of Calculation Solitaire, please print and fill out
- the order form at the end of this document. NOTE: The order form is
- duplicated in the file CALCSOL.REG. You can load this file into NOTEPAD
- and print it.
-
- When you register, you will receive a registration number that will get rid
- of the reminder screen that you see when you start the program. In
- addition, for a small additional fee you can receive the current version on
- disk, along with a small printed manual.
-
-
- You may distribute this program freely, as long as all files are included
- EXCEPT THE FILE CALCSOL.DAT, and the files are not modified in any way.
-
- You can contact me on Compuserve at 72301,2164, and Prodigy at CWRF01A.
- Thanks for your support.
-
- Dan Thomas
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- Calculation Solitaire v1.0 Registration Form
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- Name: ________________________________________________________________
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- Company:________________________________________________________________
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- Address:________________________________________________________________
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- Electronic Mail: _______________________________________________________
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- Where did you get your copy of Calculation Solitaire from:
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- __________________________________________________________
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- Calculation Solitaire registration: $15.00 $___________
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- Printed manual and current version on disk (optional):
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- US & Canada address: $5.00,
- Foreign address: $10.00 $___________
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- Disk size(circle one): 5.25 3.5
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- Total (US Funds): $___________
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- Checks must be drawn on a US bank, and payable in US funds.
-
- Please make checks payable to: Daniel Thomas
-
- Send to: Daniel Thomas
- 2301 N. Huron Circle
- Placentia, CA 92670
- (714) 524-5625
-
- Compuserve: 72301,2164
- Prodigy: CWRF01A
-