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#<PRE>
Chess Set and Board Instructions
by Roleigh Martin
August 05, 1995
Copyright 1995, Roleigh Martin
All Rights Reserved.
Read Me First !
===============
Print this document out. In Windows, you can run the program,
Notepad, to open this file and print it out. Or at the DOS
prompt, you can type: COPY CREATE.TXT PRN and press ENTER.
Cutting Instructions For The Pieces
===================================
1. Buy a set of Red/Blue/Poker Chips -- one box will make 2
complete sets of Chinese Chess, so you would want to print
out two sets of boards too. Use Red and White Chips for one
set; and Blue and White Chips for the other set. Do only one
set at a time to avoid confusion.
2. Buy a box of Avery Laser Labels, size 5160, which is 1"x2&5/8"
in a 3 labels per row format.
3. Install the Paint Shop Pro software--if you are using a newer
version, I recommend printing with the older version. The
game board/pieces were tested on both a HP LaserJet IIP and a
HP Deskjet 560C. Hopefully, because it is a Windows based
program, nearly any printer (excepting daisy wheel printers)
should work. To install, follow these instructions:
A. Get at the MS-DOS prompt (either under or out of
Windows.
B. Make a new directory, type:
C:
MD \PSP102
CD \PSP102
MD TEMP
CD TEMP
C. While still at the DOS prompt with the current
directory, C:\PSP102\TEMP\, wherever you have
the self-extracting EXE file, PSP102.EXE, type
in that path in place of the string "A:\" in the
example that follows below:
A:\PSP102.EXE
D. Get into (or back into) Windows and at the
Program Manager Window, Click on "file" then
"new" then "item" and type in the command line:
C:\PSP102\TEMP\SETUP.EXE
then click OK. The program will be installed for
you and an icon will be made for you. Click on that
icon now (after the install).
(Later, if you want, you can delete the directory
and the files in C:\PSP102\TEMP\; if you do not
know how to do that, then just ignore this step.)
Note: if you have problems installing PSP102, then refer to
the file, README.PSP.
4. Don't put the labels in the printer yet; first use 3 sheets of
white paper. Open up the file, SET_MAP.PCX, and print out
that file on plain paper. It provides a visual reference
guide to help follow these instructions. Then open the files,
WXIAN_A.PCX and WXIAN_T.PCX and print them out for visual
help on the board piece-setup phase (at the end, when you are
actually ready to play).
5. Note: practice this step first with plain, cheap paper if you
do not have a HP Laserjet IIp. On my HP Deskjet 560C, the
pieces were slightly too small "as is" for the same Avery
labels that worked on my HP Laserjet IIp. I had to use the
Paint Shop Pro (the shareware that is included) command,
resize, to make the pieces large enough to fit evenly within
each "label row." As you practice with plain paper, put the
printed out pieces against a very bright light against a
plain Avery label sheet to see if they will line up right.
Now insert the Avery labels (two sheets) in the printer.
Open up the two files, CHI_SET.PCX and PIC_SET.PCX, and
print them out--you'll end up using two sheets of labels, one
for each file--alltogether this makes one Chinese/Korean
Chess Set (Westernized Side labels on one side of the poker
chips; Chinese Side labels on the other side).
Cut around the circles.
6. Place the "Chinese Side" labels on the center part of the
poker chips; the black pieces have a black background. Refer
to the above drawing to remind you what piece is what. If a
black and white piece are identically drawn except for the
colors, they are not shown in both colored depictions above.
Place the "Westernized Side" labels on the center part of the
other side of the poker chips--make sure that both sides
maintain the same color and piece though. For the White
"Westernized Side" labels, the color Grey is used. It is
obvious which "Chinese Side" pieces are white and Grey was
not needed--remember a Black background for both
"Westernized" and "Chinese" sides means the piece is a black
piece.
Cutting Instructions For The Board
==================================
1. Follow the above instructions first--then the software will be
installed. Run the program, Paint Shop Pro (see above for
help).
2. Insert plain paper in the printer--you'll need four sheets of
paper and Scotch brand magic tape (my favorite).
3. Open, one at a time (before opening another file, you'll print
out the open file first), the four files:
CCBD_BLH.PCX, CCBD_BRH.PCX, CCBD_TLH.PCX, CCBD_TRH.PCX.
The files have wording in one of the 4 corners:
Bottom Right Hand - Lay this on the floor or table.
Bottom Left Hand - Cut the right edge (right up to the
black line) of the paper off and lay
on top and to the left-side along
the Bottom Right Hand.
Top Left Hand - Cut the bottom edge (right up to the
black polka dots) and lay on top and
onto the top side of the Bottom Left
Hand sheet, lining up the polka dots.
Top Right Hand - Cut the bottom edge (right up to the
black polka dots) and cut the left
hand edge (right up to the black
line) and lay on top and onto the
right edge of the Top Left Hand
sheet and also onto the top side of
the Bottom Right Hand sheet, lining
up the polka dots.
Now tape the four sheets together on the top and bottom side.
If you want a permanent board, put the board between two
sheets of plastic glass that you can get at the lumber store
or just tape the top side to the bottom side of one sheet of
plastic glass and protect the bottom with 2" wide tape.
Playing Instructions For Chinese Chess
======================================
Obtain either (a) Volume #17 of ShareDebate International
(DBATE017.ZIP or SI_017.ZIP on Compuserve's Politics Forum) or
(b) the zipfile, CHICHESS.ZIP or CCHESS.ZIP -- a popular
download file that I've made available to Compuserve and the
internet, or (c) print out the enclosed files, CHICHESS.TXT,
CHICHESS.FAQ or the short file, CHICHESS.RUL. In Windows,
use the Write program to do this (the FAQ file is too long
for Notepad program; choose "don't convert text" option in
Write.)
Playing Instructions For Korean Chess
=====================================
Obtain either (a) Volume #18 of ShareDebate International
(DBATE018.ZIP or SI_018.ZIP on Compuserve's Politics Forum)
or (b) print out the enclosed file, koreanc.txt. In Windows,
use the Write or Notepad program to do this (choose "don't
convert text" option in Write.)
Questions ?
===========
Have Fun! Any questions? If so, please write me at the following
address:
Roleigh Martin, 5511 Malibu Drive, Edina MN 55436 USA
Credits
=======
The Western-style guard, knight, pawn, and cannon piece
drawings are from the program XIAN and are copyright 1993,
Leong Jacobs Inc. Used by permission of Leong Jacobs Inc.
Copyright 1995, Roleigh Martin. All Rights Reserved.
Distribution restrictions
=========================
For electronic freeware distribution only. Distribution of any
of the chess-related files in this issue of ShareDebate
International can only be made via electronic file downloading
or uploading. Paper or Hard-Copy reprinting is prohibited.
Commercial packaging of this game is prohibited even on diskette
or CD-ROM in any manner without prior written permission/
negotiation and this prohibition includes not doing any
shareware/freeware diskette and CD-ROM distributions of the game
without prior written permission/negotiation.
#</PRE>