═══ 1. General help ═══ Cardgames for OS/2 To learn how to use the help function please chose . As a member of CompuServe you can get support thru GO OS2SHARE. Overview Game rules How to play Astra How to play Scrooge How to play TidyUp How to play Elfer How to play Shift How to play Towers How to play King'n'Ace Menu commands Registering your copy Productinformation and Copyright ═══ 2. Overview ═══ This program contains 7 different solitaire cardgames for OS/2. All games can be solved. How to play Astra How to play Scrooge How to play TidyUp How to play Elfer How to play Shift How to play Towers How to play King'n'Ace ═══ 3. Instructions ═══ To move the cards, just drag them with the right mouse botton Another way to move cards is to click them with the left mouse botton. The card will be moved automatically, if a move is legal. How to play Astra How to play Scrooge How to play TidyUp How to play Elfer How to play Shift How to play Towers How to play King'n'Ace ═══ 3.1. How to play Astra ═══ Astra is played using an ordinary deck of cards. There is one row with 7 stacks. All cards in the stacks are face-up. On the lower left corner is a stack of cards and a single card (face-up). To solve the game you have to establish a row with all cards starting with the single card at the lower left corner. You are allowed to establish mixed decending and increasing orders within the row (e.g. you can line up a 10 or a Queen on to a Jack). Pleace notice: To solve the game it's important to establish a long row. There a sometimes situations were it's better not to take cards from the face-up stacks if that would brack up the row. Further information: Instructions ═══ 3.2. How to play Scrooge ═══ There are 3 rows of cards. The aces are all face-up in the upper row. In the other rows are 6 stacks, each with 4 cards. The rules are simple. You have to move cards from the stacks to an ace stack of same color in increasing order. A card may be moved between the 12 stacks in decending order. You have solved the game if all cards are moved to the ace stacks. Further information: Instructions ═══ 3.3. How to play TidyUp ═══ This game is played using 32 cards (7 to King and aces of each color). There are 4 rows of cards, each with 8 cards face-up. The four aces are on the left side of the rows. To solve the game you have to get 4 rows (for each color one) in increasing order, from left to right. Further information: Instructions ═══ 3.4. How to play Elfer ═══ The game is played using an ordinary deck of cards. The cards are placed in 4 rows, each with 4 cards face-up. The other cards are placed in a stack. Two cards of the summ of 11 have to be covered with 2 cards from the stack (e.g. 10). If the cards King, Queen and Jack are face-up you are allowed to move 3 cards from the stack. Please notice: If you are using one of this tripple moves you have to do it again, otherwise you can't solve the game because one card will be left in the stack. Further information: Instructions ═══ 3.5. How to play Shift ═══ Shift is played using 13 cards (ace to king of diamonds). There are two rows. You have to move the cards so that the upper row contains ace to 8 (from left to right) and the lower row the cards 9 to King so that the free space is at the lower right corner. The cards can be moved horizontaly and verticaly to the free space. Further information: Instructions ═══ 3.6. How to play Towers ═══ Towers is played using 52 cards. The cards are face-up. There is one row with 10 stacks (each with 5 cards) on the lower half of the screen. There are 4 fields in the middle of the screen (upper half) for working stacks (2 allready with one card each). On the upper half of the screen you will see also 4 fields (2 at the left, 2 at the right) for the stacks you have to establish. To solve the game you have to establish stacks for each color in increasing order (starting with the ace). To solve the game you can move cards between the stacks of the lower row and the 4 working stacks (here you can establish stacks with decending order, only one color). The working stacks can be used to store single cards. You have solved the game if all cards are in the ace-stacks. Further information: Instructions ═══ 3.7. How to play King'n'Ace ═══ Further information: Instructions ═══ 4. Menu commands ═══ Game New game Games Highscore Quit Moves Undo Redo Pause Cheat Options Deck Single mouseclick Beep Helpbar Help Index help General help Help on help Key help Register Product information ═══ 5. Hotkeys ═══ Hotkeys: F2 New game. F3 Exit. Undo Undo last move. Strg+Undo Redo last move. Strg+p Pause. ═══ 6. Menu Commands ═══ ═══ 6.1. Game ═══ The menu choice includes the following menu choices: Starts a new game. Lets you chose between 7 different Solitaire games. Brings up the records screen (high scores). Terminates Cardgames for OS/2. ═══ 6.2. Move ═══ The menu choice includes the following menu choices: Backs up one move. Undos the last Undo (sorry). Interrupts the game. Lets you make illegal moves. By doing so you can't receive a high score. ═══ 6.3. Options ═══ The menu choice includes the following choices: Lets you chose between 9 different pictures. Allows you to play the cards with a single click on the left mouse botton instead of a double click. Lets you turn of the annoying warning beep. Turns the status row including the online help for menu selection on or off. ═══ 6.4. Help ═══ The menu choice includes the following choices: Displays a list of all help topics in alphabetic order. If you want to know more about one topic, click on the word to go to that entry. Brings up information about the active window. Displays information how to use the help functions. Displays the available hot keys. Brings up a dialog were you may enter the registration code to eliminate the reminder screens. Further information: How to register Brings up the dialog with copyright informations. ═══ 7. Informations about the dialogs. ═══ ═══ 7.1. Dialog: Product information ═══ Selecting this option brings up the about screen, wich gives you information about the version number and the author. Please click on the button if you want to see more information about the copyright of this program. Clicking on the button brings up the register dialog. Further Information How to register. ═══ 7.2. Dialog: Game over ═══ You solved the game! Clicking on starts a new game. ═══ 7.3. Dialog: Game over ═══ Hah! You lost! There are still cards left. Clicking on starts a new game. ═══ 7.4. Dialog: Registering your copy ═══ This dialog let's you registering your copy. Please enter your name and the number you have received with your registration (don't ignore white spaces in the registration number). The programm will save the data if you click on the button. Further information How to register. ═══ 7.5. Dialog: Pause ═══ You have paused the game. Clicking on let's you continue the game. ═══ 7.6. Dialog: High score ═══ This dialog box brings up the top scores (the best 7). You can reset the records from this screen by clicking on . ═══ 8. Register ═══ To register, send me a note (EMail or post card) with your name and adress. You will receive a registration code wich may be entered to eliminate the registration reminder screens. To order a disk containing the latest version drop me a note. Fees: Germany and Europe: Program DM 35,-- and Disk DM 10,-- Payment: Euroscheck Money order Cash. The fees includes 15% sales tax (Germany). USA, Canada, Australia etc. Program USD 25 and Disk USD 10 Payment: Money order Cash An easier way to register: Using Compuserve. Program USD 28 Log in to CompuServe. After the 'forum!'-prompt just enter 'GO SWREG', look after FMCRDS or the program 1839 and register online. Important: The registration fee is all you have to pay. There are no further costs. Bank account 1238/457 756, Hamburger Sparkasse (BCN: 200 505 50) It is not possible to pay by creditcard. ═══ 9. Productinformation and Copyright ═══ Cardgames for OS/2, (C) 1994 by Felix Maschek, Hamburg. This package of games is shareware. That means that if you like it and use it, you have an obligation to pay for it. This program may distributed freely, but it is NOT puplic domaine or freeware. You may NOT distribute this program in any commercial format without my express written permission. The author does not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of the program and is not liable for any loss or damage of your data. Please take care of the possible occurence of virus infections. You have 4 weeks to test the games. If you are using the games beyond the 30 day free trial period, you are required to register your copy. When you register, you will receive a registration code wich can be used to personalize your copy. Once the registration code and your name has been entered, your name will appear in the Productinformation dialog. You are not allowed to give your registration code or a copy of the registered copy to others. Further information: Registering your copy. This programm and all accompanying files may be distributed freely, provided that neither text nor any other file is modified in any way. No file may be omitted in the distribution. Copyright for this program "Cardgames for OS/2" by Felix Maschek. This program may be distributed only with the following files: INSTALL.CMD README.TXT PICTURES.DLL DEUTSCH.CMD DEUTSCH.EX_ DEUTSCH.HL_ DEUTSCH.IN_ ENGLISH.CMD ENGLISH.EX_ ENGLISH.HL_ ENGLISH.IN_ Felix Maschek Ditmar-Koel-Straсe 34 20459 Hamburg Germany CompuServe 100120,1370 Internet 100120.1370@compuserve.com Bank account 1238/457 756, Hamburger Sparkasse (BCN: 200 505 50)