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Information about “COMPUTER SOLITAIRE”
The government should put COMPUTER SOLITAIRE on its list of addictive
substances. The three games offer the compulsive obsessive card dealer
all the variety and challenge you can handle. SPIDER is a tricky deal,
the nearest thing to a solitaire strategy and skill game. Played with
two decks, it's easy to learn but hard to master. You'll recognize
KLONDIKE, today's most popular solitaire game. But you'll be taunted by
three skill levels and a unique scoring system. CANFIELD, a voice from
Saratoga's past, will haunt you. Originally, you bought a deck for $50
and got $5 for every card played in the field.
FILE1177.TXT
Disk No 1177
Program Title: COMPUTER SOLITAIRE
PC-SIG version 1
The government should put COMPUTER SOLITAIRE on its list of addictive
substances. The three games offer the compulsive obsessive card dealer
all the variety and challenge you can handle. SPIDER is a tricky deal,
the nearest thing to a solitaire strategy and skill game. Played with
two decks, it's easy to learn but hard to master. You'll recognize
KLONDIKE, today's most popular solitaire game. But you'll be taunted by
three skill levels and a unique scoring system. CANFIELD, a voice from
Saratoga's past, will haunt you. Originally, you bought a deck for $50
and got $5 for every card played in the field.
Usage: Card Games.
Special Requirements: CGA graphics.
How to Start: Type GO (press enter).
Suggested Registration: $29.95 and the it allows additional shuffling.
File Descriptions:
README Program startup information text.
SPIDER DOC SPIDER instruction text.
KLONCAN DOC KLONDIKE and CANFIELD instruction text.
INFO DOC Registration information and program description.
INSTRUCT EXE Program instructions with graphics.
SPIDEMO EXE SPIDER program.
KLONDEMO EXE KLONDIKE program.
CANDEMO EXE CANFIELD program.
PAGE1 Graphics page.
PC-SIG
1030D E Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1988 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk No 1177 COMPUTER SOLITAIRE >>>> ║
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║ To start the program, type INSTRUCT (press enter) ║
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║ To copy the documentation to your printer, type MANUAL (press enter) ║
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INFO.DOC
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Soft-Cards, Computer Solitaire program on this disk has received very
favorable reviews including the following:
"...a variety of excellent solitaire games...",
John Dvorak, PC Magazine, November 10, 1987.
"Computer Solitaire is an excellent collection of three solitaire
games.",
Ronny Richardson, Computer Shopper, January 1988.
This disk contains a completely functional version of the program except
that the number of different games that can be played is limited. You
are free to distribute copies of this program as long as you:
1. Do not alter any of the files.
2. Distribute all of the files together on a single disk.
3. Do not charge more than your cost of duplication for the disk.
This disk contains the following files:
INFO.DOC - The file you are reading.
KLONCAN.DOC - Text of the Klondike & Canfield instructions.
SPIDER.DOC - Text of the Spider instructions.
CANDEMO.EXE - Canfield program.
INSTRUCT.EXE - Program for reading the game instructions.
KLONDEMO.EXE - Klondike program.
SPIDEMO.EXE - Spider program.
README - Program startup information.
PAGE1 - Graphics page.
The solitaire programs on this disk are described below:
SPIDER - Unlike many solitaire games, good strategy and skillful play are
more important than good luck in winning the game of Spider. This
game is played with two decks of cards which are easily manipulated
on the computer screen. Spider is easy to learn but difficult to
master. This game is entertaining, challenging, and addictive.
KLONDIKE - This is probably today's most popular solitaire game and is
known by many different names including Fascination, Demon, and
Small Triangle. Three levels of difficulty are available and a
unique scoring system has been added to accurately reflect how well
each game is played.
CANFIELD - This game was made famous by the owner of a Saratoga gambling
saloon in the 1890's. Mr. Canfield sold a deck of cards for $50 and
then paid the player $5 for every card he played to the field. Our
computerized version gives you the chance to see if you could have
beaten Mr. Canfield at his own game.
This program has the following features:
- A custom designed graphics set which clearly shows the games on
the screen. The poorly formed ASCII characters are not used.
- The games are played by using the cursor keys to point and the
function keys to execute the desired action.
- You can choose from 48 different screen color combinations.
- All of the games have complex scoring algorithms which accurately
evaluate how well a game has been played even if it is not won.
- On-line help is available at all times.
- Complete error trapping and automatic error messages if desired.
- Multiple levels of difficulty.
- A complete instruction manual.
You will need the following to use this program:
- An IBM* Personal Computer
- 128K bytes of memory
- DOS version 2.1 or later
- A double sided 5.25 inch disk drive
- A color graphics board
- A color or monochrome monitor
Please call or write if you have any questions.
SOFT-CARDS, PO Box 25588, Portland, Oregon 97225
(503) 292-3922
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1177
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
CANDEMO EXE 77440 5-03-88 8:22p
FILE1177 TXT 1401 10-26-88 9:15a
GO BAT 38 1-18-88 1:38p
GO TXT 540 10-14-88 10:39a
INFO DOC 7654 5-02-88 6:47p
INSTRUCT EXE 33024 5-02-88 7:01p
KLONCAN DOC 31110 11-29-87 7:19p
KLONDEMO EXE 77184 5-03-88 5:59p
MANUAL BAT 147 10-14-88 10:40a
PAGE1 16012 7-28-87 12:05p
README 851 12-02-87 7:21p
SPIDEMO EXE 75008 5-03-88 1:43p
SPIDER DOC 30752 12-02-87 4:21p
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