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- **Monte Carlo Patience**
-
- **by**
-
- **Arthur Crump**
-
- **Table of Contents**
- **=================**
- 1. Getting Started
- a. How to Play Monte Carlo Patience
- b. Requirements
- c. Installation & Setup
- d. Starting Monte Carlo Patience
- 2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- 3. How to Contact Us
-
- **1. Getting Started**
- **==================**
-
- **a. How to Play Monte Carlo Patience**
- **-----------------------------------**
-
- There are many variations of the game of Solitaire,
- Monte Carlo Patience is one variation.
-
- Each game round starts with twenty four cards dealt face
- upwards to the board in four rows of six cards each.
-
- The object of the game is to eliminate all 52 playing
- cards. Any two cards of the same rank that touch each
- other, either at the top or bottom, or at either side, or
- at one of the four corners can be eliminated by clicking
- on the two matching cards.
-
- If you click on the 'DEAL' button, the lay-out of the
- board is consolidated by closing up the rows from right
- to left and from bottom to top.
-
- The game is won if all 52 cards are eliminated.
-
- **b. System Requirements**
- **----------------------**
-
- To run Monte Carlo Patience, you'll need the following system:
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- An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
- Two Megabytes of RAM
- A VGA monitor
- Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
- Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
- Mouse
-
- You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:
-
- Pentium processor
- Four Megabytes of RAM
-
- **c. Installation and Setup**
- **-------------------------**
-
- 1. To get started with Monte Carlo Patience on a hard disk:
- a. Insert the Monte Carlo Patience disk in your
- floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
- b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
- Enter.
- c. Follow the screen directions.
-
- **d. Starting Monte Carlo Patience**
- **-------------------------------**
-
- To start the game, double click on the Monte Carlo Patience icon in
- Windows.
-
- **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
- **======================================**
-
- If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
- needing to get help. Try the following:
-
- If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
- try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
- disk cache.
-
- If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness on
- your monitor.
-
- If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
- electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
- your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
- you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
- that were displayed.
-
- **3. How to Contact Us**
- **====================**
-
- Write to:
-
- **AGCrump**
- **P.O. Box 8216**
- **Inglewood, CA 90308**
-
- E-mail:
-
- **ao545@lafn.org**
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- Monte Carlo Patience is Copyright (c) 1996-1997 by Arthur Crump
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