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- A Chinese Chess Board that lets 2 people play the game
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- MDM CHINESE CHESS version 1.00 06/27/91
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- Copyright (C) Heinrich O. Dy, 1991
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- 65 Seagrave Crescent
- Toronto, Ontario
- M1W 3H6 CANADA
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- Phone numbers: (416) 497-7566
- (416) 495-1916
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- Overview:
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- MDM Chinse Chess is, very simply, a chess board. With this program,
- two people can play chess over phone lines by using modems. In order to
- make this program look and feel like a REAL chess board, it will NOT
- check for the validity of the moves made, nor will it distribute the
- turns. Each user can move any pieces to anywhere on or off the board
- at any time.
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- Licence:
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- MDM Chinese Chess is NOT a public-domain program and is NOT in any way
- free. It is distributed under the Shareware/User-Supported concept. That
- is, if you are going to be using a program, then pay for it.
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- If you are going to be using this program after a trial period of 15 days,
- then you will have to register it by sending $15 US or Canadian to:
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- Heinrich O. Dy
- 65 Seagrave Cres.
- Scarborough, ON
- M1W 3H6 CANADA
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- By doing so, you will recieve a registered copy of the latest version of
- this program, unlimited phone support (if you have any problems, just give
- me a ring), and recieve notification of any new programs released by me.
- You will also become legally entitled to use this program. Most of all
- you will be helping create more of these low-cost high-quality programs.
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- Creative criticism, comments, remarks, or suggestions are also welcomed.
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- Ordering Information:
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- To order, simply send in a $15 to the address shown above. Include in
- it your name, address, telephone number, and company name. If you are
- located in continental US, please add $3 for shipping and handling. If
- you are located elsewhere (not in Canada or Continental US), then send in
- your $15 registration fee and enough stamps to cover for the shipping and
- handling of a disk and two pieces of cardboards (to protect the disk from
- bending.) For you Canadian residents out there, this is your break, I
- will pay for your shipping and handling from your $15 registration fee.
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- Disclaimer:
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- MDM Chinese Chess is distributed `as is' and comes with no warranty
- of any kind whatsoever. The author will not be liable for any damage
- or loss arising out of the use or inability to use this program.
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- Copying and Distribution:
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- THE REGISTERED COPY OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT IN ANY WAYS BE COPIED OR
- DISTRIBUTED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN THE AUTHOR REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE
- OR WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
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- Please feel free to copy and distribute this unregistered version to
- others so that they too may be able to try out to program. This must be
- done without any changes or modifications done to any part of this
- program or its documentation in any way at all. In addition, no fees or
- payment of any sort be charged or accepted for the copying and
- distribution of this program by anyone other than the author.
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- These conditions applies to everyone. If any shareware distribution
- houses wants to distribute this program, they will be allowed to do so as
- long as no more than $5 is charged and that this program is distributed
- on a disk of it's own labed "MDM CHINESE CHESS" and that it is not bundled
- with any other programs. No changes or modifications to any part of the
- program or its documentaion can be changed.
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- If anyone of these shareware distribution houses desires to charge
- more than $10 for the distribution of this program, they will have to
- obtain WRITTEN permission from DY-SOFT INTERNATIONAL before doing so.
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- Requirements:
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- - An IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible computer
- - PC-DOS/MS-DOS versions 2.0 or higher
- - A VGA or compatible graphics card
- - A Hayes or compatible modem (most are) to play over phone lines
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- * Suggested for use with a Microsoft or compatible Mouse
- and a computer with at least a 286 or better CPU (IBM AT and PS/2)
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- Starting the Game:
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- To start the game, simply run the file MDMCC.EXE. After doing so,
- startup sceens and the likes will be shown. Just press any key after
- each one is shown to continue. After that, you will be put into a
- screen with a menu at the upper left corner of the screen.
- To select an item from the menu, simply press the number that
- corresponds to the menu item. The menu selections and their meanings
- are as follows:
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- [1] Dial - Call up someone with a modem
- [2] Wait - Set your modem to wait for a call
- For 2 playters to play over a modem, one person must enter
- the program and choose Wait. The second person would then
- choose Dial to call up the person who had chosen to wait.
- When the two modems have achieved connection, a choice will
- be offered to the user. They can choose to use either Chinese
- characters or picture representations by pressing either [1]
- or [2] respectively. After this, a chess board would then be
- displayed and they can start playing.
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- [3] Play - Just use this program as a chess board without the
- modem option. This would mean that both players
- would be at and using the same computer.
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- [4] Exit - To quit the program.
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- PLEASE READ THE FILE NOTE.DOC IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MOUSE INSTALLED.
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- Playing the Game:
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- ***** MOVING
- To play the game with a mouse, simply move the pointing hand around so
- that the hand is pointing at the piece that is to be moved. Then, hold
- down the left mouse button and the hand will change into a circle. Move
- this circle until it is on top of the place where you want move the
- piece and release the mouse button.
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- To play the game with the keyboard, use the arrrow keys to move the hand
- around so that the hand is pointing at the piece that is to be moved.
- Then, press the ENTER/RETURN key. The hand will now change into a circle.
- Use the arrow keys again to move the circle to where you want to move to
- and press the ENTER/RETURN key again.
- + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NOTE: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
- | The tip of the finger should be pointing exactly on top of the piece |
- | (for example, you want to move the red king, the tip of the pointing |
- | finger must be right ontop of a red spot on the screen that belongs |
- | to the king.) This applies whether you are using the mouse or the |
- | keyboard. |
- + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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- ***** CHAT
- When you are using a modem and are playing with another person. Should
- you want to talk to him, you can send him a message by pressing TAB.
- When you press TAB, you will be asked for the message to be sent. Just
- type in the message followed by the ENTER or RETURN key and the message
- will be sent to the other person.
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- ***** SAVING AND LOADING A GAME
- To save a game, simply press F2. Then, you will be asked what number
- to save it as. It can be anything from 0 to 9. Press this number.
- Then, it will ask you for a description of the game. Just type in a
- brief description of the game to help you remember whatever you want
- to remember and press the ENTER or RETURN key and the game will be
- saved.
- To load a saved game, simply press F3. Then, a window will pop up and
- in it will be shown all the descriptions for each of the save game
- numbers. Press the number of the save game number you want to retrieve
- or press ESC to cancel the operation.
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- ***** STARTING A NEW GAME
- To start a new game, simply press F4 and all the board will be reset.
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- ***** HANG-UP THE PHONE/RETURN TO THE MENU
- To hang-up the phone if the modem is in use and then return to the menu
- without exiting the program (where one can choose Dial, Wait, Play, or
- Exit), press F9.
- If the modem is not in use, then pressing this would simply return you
- to the menu.
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- ***** HANG-UP THE PHONE/RETURN TO THE MENU
- To hang-up the phone, if the modem is in use and exit this program,
- press F10.
- If the modem is not in use, then it will simply exit this program.
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- ***** TO REDRAW THE SCREEN
- If, for some reason, the screen gets messed up, press the right button
- or the [*] key (that is, SHIFT and the [8] key on top of the keyboard)
- to redraw it.
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- ***** CHANGING CHARACTER SETS
- As mentioned somewhere above, you can change between the original Chinese
- characters on the pieces or picture representations by pressing ESC key.
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