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- GIN RUMMY CHALLENGE
- Version 8.1, April 1991
- For IBM PC/XT/AT/PS Systems, Compatibles, And Clones
- Copyright 1991 by Jim Cody, Omaha, Nebraska
- (CIS ID: 72276,1366)
-
- John Scarne's "Encyclopedia Of Card Games" (Harper & Row) recognizes Gin
- Rummy as America's most popular two-handed card game.
-
- Gin Rummy Challenge (RUMMY) is a dynamic and elegant way to play Gin Rummy
- against your computer, or against another human player via modem-to-modem
- communications between two computers. A modem compatible with the standard
- "AT" command set is necessary only for modem-to-modem play.
-
- RUMMY runs on color (CGA/EGA/VGA), black-&-white, or monochrome video
- displays in DOS modes CO40/80, BW40/80, and MONO. Of course, color is the
- preferred mode of operation (except B-&-W may be best for some laptops with
- LCD/Plasma VDUs). From the DOS command prompt or from a batch file, you
- should start RUMMY with command syntax appropriate for your video system.
-
- Color: Black-&-White: Monochrome:
- [MODE {CO40|CO80}] [MODE {BW40|BW80}] [MODE MONO]
- RUMMY RUMMY RUMMY
-
- A mouse device is optional. All of the game instructions and help you will
- need are contained within the program. The simplest way to play the game
- is to use a MOUSE or the <Enter> and <Right-Arrow> keys to signal your Gin
- Rummy draw/discard decisions. Be sure to read the help screens, which are
- available when the message "Press <F1> For MENU" appears on a game screen.
-
- If you have a color video display (CGA/EGA/VGA), you will find that playing
- in ZOOM mode is preferable after you have familiarized yourself with the
- features of the game. ZOOM mode may be enabled whenever the message "Press
- <F2> To ZOOM" appears on the game screen.
-
- A sample game save/resume file (RUMMY.GS4) has been included. Simply delete
- this file in order to start your own game save/resume file. If you have a
- save/resume file (RUMMY.GS3) from a previous version of RUMMY, you must
- rename it as RUMMY.GS4 in order to use it with V8.1.
-
- RUMMY V8.1 relaxes communication tolerances to temporary loss of carrier
- and to intermittent line noise. In most telephone operating environments,
- these changes should defeat unwanted disconnects caused by the Call-Waiting
- signal and/or noisy line connections. V8.1 also includes minor changes to
- the Voice Conference option and to help window instructions.
-
- RUMMY was written as a "charityware" project. The author is a victim of
- chronic NARCOLEPSY, which caused him to abandon his professional career
- at age 41 in 1982. Thousands of other NARCOLEPSY victims are also unable
- to pursue full-time careers. You can help them!
-
- RUMMY is FREE; however, if you enjoy the game, your CHARITABLE DONATION of
- $20 (or more) to the AMERICAN NARCOLEPSY ASSOCIATION would be appreciated
- by the 200,000 Americans who suffer from NARCOLEPSY, a chronic disorder of
- the central nervous system. Please mail your TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION to
- AMERICAN NARCOLEPSY ASSOCIATION, P.O. BOX 1187, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070.
-
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- NARCOLEPSY CONTRIBUTION FORM
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-
- DATE: _________________________
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- TO:
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- AMERICAN NARCOLEPSY ASSOCIATION
- P.O. BOX 1187
- SAN CARLOS, CA 94070
-
-
- Please accept my enclosed charitable contribution in the amount of $_______.
-
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