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- Cadenza Cribbage (version 1.9, May 29, 1988)
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- Hardware Requirements
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- This program should run on any Atari ST computer with a monochrome
- monitor. This program MAY run on color monitors in medium
- resolution (please see the Bugs section below).
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- Distribution of this Program
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- Since Cadenza Cribbage is public domain, you may freely distribute
- copies of the program to other users, user groups, electronic
- bulletin boards, etc.
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- Running the Program
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- Once the program has been started you are ready to play. However,
- there are menus that will allow you to set the length of the game,
- disable or enable x-ray vision, and start a new game or quit the
- program. Menu options can be changed before the start of any game
- (not just before the first game). Menu options and desk
- accessories cannot be accessed in the middle of a game, however.
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- The Game Length Menu
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- This menu allows you to play a game to 121 (twice around) or to 61
- (once around). By default the game will go to 121.
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- The X-Ray Vision Menu
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- Like Superman, you may choose to have x-ray vision which will
- allow you to see all of your opponent's cards. This feature is
- disabled by default.
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- The Who Plays? Menu
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- By default you play the computer. However, if you ever want to
- watch the computer play itself, select the "I play for you"
- submenu. The computer will play itself until you press the <UNDO>
- key.
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- The Start/Stop Menu
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- When you are ready to play a game (after the menu options are to
- your liking), select the Start New Game submenu. When you want to
- quit the program, select the Quit Program submenu.
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- Screen Layout and Card Selection
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- You and the computer will take turns being the dealer, but the
- computer is always the dealer for the first hand of a game. The
- scoreboard is displayed as follows:
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- Me: <games won>/<current score> You: <games won>/<current score>
- RT: <running total of played cards>
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- Throughout the program, the computer is referred to as "I", and
- the human player as "you".
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- To select a card, place the mouse arrow on top of the desired
- card and then press and release the left mouse button. When you
- play a given card, it is turned over. If you attempt to play a
- card that cannot legally be played, the computer's bell will
- sound, and you will have to choose another card to play.
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- The computer's cards are drawn in the uppermost row on the screen,
- and your cards are drawn immediately below them. The crib is
- drawn in a row below the computer's cards, and the starter is
- drawn below the crib, and to the right. As cards are played, they
- are drawn on the bottom of the screen from left to right. The
- human player's cards are drawn with solid borders, and the
- computer's cards have dotted borders.
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- Quitting in the Middle of a Game
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- You can quit in the middle of a game by pressing the UNDO key.
- However, after you press UNDO play will not end immediately - if
- you are in the middle of playing a hand, play will continue until
- that hand is completely finished. Pressing the UNDO will only
- allow you to quit the current game. If you want to quit the
- program, select the Quit Program menu option after you have quit
- the current game.
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- The Rules of Cribbage
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- The rules of this game are rather elaborate, and will not be
- discussed here. If you are unfamiliar with the rules, you may
- want to read one of the following:
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- Hoyle's Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games (Highly Recommended)
- Walter B. Gibson
- Dolphin Books, Doubleday and Co., Inc., Garden City, New York
- ISBN 0-385-07680-0
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- Hoyle's Rules of Games, Second Revised Edition
- Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith
- Signet New American Library, NAL Penguin, Inc., New York
- ISBN 0-451-14842-8
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- Payment
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- If you like this program, please send $5.00 US to the following
- address:
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- Eric Bergman-Terrell
- Cadenza Software, Ltd.
- 1450 West 116th Avenue, #21
- Westminster, CO 80234
- U.S.A.
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- For $10.00 + $2.00 postage you may order a disk containing the
- complete source code for this program, written in OSS Personal
- Pascal version 2.0.
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- You may write to the same address to report bugs, request
- additional information, suggest improvements in the program, etc.
- If you want a reply, please include return postage (2 IRCs for
- those outside the U.S.A.).
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- Bugs:
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- When the computer plays the last card, and this brings the total
- of the played cards to 31, the user is obliged to press the left
- mouse button twice, rather than just once.
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- This program frequently erases and redraws the screen. This
- may cause problems with some desk accessories.
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- Since this program was developed on a monochrome system, there may
- be some bugs when it is run on a color monitor.
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- Enjoy the program!
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