Solitaire Till Dawn 4.0 by Rick Holzgrafe. December 21, 2000
Solitaire Till Dawn is the premiere solitaire for the Macintosh! It contains 40 different solitaire card games and offers beautifully drawn cards, unlimited undo and redo of moves, the unique Card Shark Options for intelligent game play, and more. This folder contains everything you need:
• Solitaire Till Dawn — The game itself.
• Solitaire Till Dawn User Guide — Instructions on how to use the program.
• Solitaire Till Dawn Games Guide — Rules for all the games.
• Sample Games — Saved games that demonstrate each kind of solitaire.
• Register — The convenient way to pay your shareware fee.
Shareware: Solitaire Till Dawn is distributed as shareware. You may take a copy and try it out; if you like it and decide to keep it, you must send in the shareware fee of US $20. Full instructions are given below. This version is free to anyone who has purchased any earlier version, but you will have to send proof of purchase to Semicolon Software in order to receive a free registration key. Previous versions of Solitaire Till Dawn did not require a registration key.
Requirements: Any color-capable Apple Macintosh or Mac OS compatible system running System 7.0 or later. Fully compatible with Mac OS 9.
==== How To Purchase Solitaire Till Dawn ====
You can purchase on the Web at <http://order.kagi.com/?RH>, or purchase via email, fax, or postal mail by using the Register application that is included with Solitaire Till Dawn.
To use the Register program:
1. Open the Register application by double-clicking the Register icon (or by clicking the Register button that you'll find in the Solitaire Till Dawn "About" box). You'll see a window titled "Register."
2. Fill in your name, postal address, and email address in the boxes at the top of the window. You may omit one or the other address. If you do not provide an email address, or if you want a paper receipt, please also click the Postcard Receipt checkbox. Your name and addresses will be kept confidential; you will receive no unwanted email or postal mail.
3. How many copies? Fill in the number of copies you want in the Solitaire Till Dawn "Single User" box. Your total payment will be calculated automatically.
4. Choose your method of payment from the pop-up menu labeled "Method." If you choose to pay by credit card, your credit info will be kept entirely confidential and will be encrypted for your security.
5. Send in your payment to our payment service Kagi Shareware by following the directions in the "Payment Details" box. You may send payment by postal mail, or if you are paying by credit card or First Virtual, you may send payment by email or by fax. Here are the addresses to send to:
Email: shareware@kagi.com
FAX: +1 510 652 6589
Postal:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-RH
Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
USA
6. You will receive a reply sent to your email or postal mail address, confirming your purchase and delivering your registration key. If you paid by Web or email, you can usually expect a reply within three to four days, often sooner. Fax and postal payments may take longer, up to several weeks for postal payments.
7. Enter your registration key by opening Solitaire Till Dawn and clicking the Register button in the startup screen, or by selecting Register from the File menu.
Thank you for supporting shareware!
Please be aware that the version of Solitaire Till Dawn that you already have should be complete and fully functional. We do not generally send anything back to you when you have paid, except for your registration key. The latest version of this program is available for downloading from our Web site at <http://www.semicolon.com>. If you feel that your copy is not complete, or if you do not have the latest version, feel free to visit our Web site and download a new copy.
If you have questions about your shareware fee: Write to Kagi Shareware at <admin@kagi.com>. PLEASE DO NOT send questions about solitaire to this address. Kagi Shareware is only a payment service, and they will not be able to help you.
If you have questions about Solitaire Till Dawn: Write to the author, Rick Holzgrafe, at <support@semicolon.com>, or visit the Semicolon Software Web site at <http://www.semicolon.com>, where you'll find news, reviews, feature lists, screen shots, and latest versions of all of our products available for downloading.
You can also send postal mail to Semicolon Software at the address below. Including a stamped, self-addressed envelope will help speed our response. Thank you!
Semicolon Software
P.O. Box 700863
San Jose, CA 95170-0863
==== Change History ====
Version 4.0:
+ New games: Rouge et Noir, King Albert (Idiot's Delight), Miniature Golf, Shamrocks, Will o' the Wisp, Klondike (Easy)
+ New large card size (smaller sizes still available)
+ New Decor menu includes iMac colors!
+ Improved graphics: added the "Marion Deck" and "Standard" court card designs.
+ Highlight movable cards by holding down the Shift or Caps Lock key.
+ New high-fidelity sound effects (yes, you can still turn them off, too!)
+ Registration key required
+ Game counter now counts a game as soon as it's won
+ Fixed a bug in Montana (Gaps) that could cause crashes.
+ Fixed a scoring bug in Golf.
+ Sample games now use an internal lock instead of a Finder lock, and can now be emptied from the Trash without special effort.
+ Faster startup for registered users.
+ Registered users can turn off the display of the total number of games played.
+ Color-capable Macintosh is required.
Version 3.4.2:
+ Really fixed the bug that was supposed to be fixed in version 3.4.1.
Version 3.4.1:
+ Fixed a bug which left an invisible temporary file behind after quitting. This file would be visible in the Trash after the next restart. Due to a bug in Mac OS 8.1, the temporary file could also cause a crash or other misbehavior at system shutdown.
Version 3.4:
+ New game: Mount Sunflower, by Randy Rasa.
+ Games are automatically saved when you quit and resumed when you start up again.
Version 3.3:
+ New game: Montana.
+ The program tells you what's wrong if it can't find the ColorCards file.
+ New feature: Game IDs let you easily send a game to a friend and organize tournaments and challenges.
Version 3.2:
+ New game: Eight Off.
Version 3.1.2:
+ Fixed a bug that caused crashes on monochrome monitors or systems.
Version 3.1.1:
+ Fixed a bug that prevented running from a non-startup disk.
Version 3.1:
+ New game: The Towers.
+ Fixed a bug where Profiles would not be correctly saved on non-startup volumes.
+ Fixed a bug where Yukon (Strict) would incorrectly report a win.
+ Fixed a bug where Klondike (Familiar) would incorrectly report being stuck.
+ Fixed a bug that could cause a crash at startup if the remembered window position was partially offscreen in the wrong direction.
Version 3.0:
+ Four new games: Free Cell, Flower Garden, Thirteens, and Yukon (Strict).
+ Card Shark Options:
Smart Cards
Tell Me When I'm Stuck
Auto-play to Goal
More options for Win Notification
+ New options for red numbers and larger cards
+ Choice of cardback designs
+ More background patterns
+ More keyboard shortcuts
+ Large games now fit better on smaller screens
+ Faster shuffling and dealing
+ Improved find-cards feature
+ Fixed bugs in switching and creating Profiles
+ Fixed bugs in card highlighting
+ Now requires System 7 or later
Version 2.1:
+ Sound effects!
+ Two new games: Bisley and Baker’s Dozen.
+ New feature: "Magnetic Mouse" enables moving cards without clicking. Great for RSI relief!
+ New "Status Bar" constantly displays score, stats, and count of moves.
+ New "Register" application makes shareware payments easier. We now take credit cards!
+ New "I Paid" checkbox in the Preferences dialog.
+ On-line rules are now in a modeless window: you can play while the rules are displayed.
+ Fixed a bug in statistics that could sometimes record a win twice.
+ Fixed a bug that hosed Undo/Redo after "Revert to Saved."
+ Fixed a bug in the scoring of Aces High.
+ Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause crashes when starting new games.
+ Fixed a bug in Pyramid: sometimes a matched pair wouldn't automatically go to the discard pile.
+ Fixed a bug that could cause a crash on non-color Macs (Plus, SE, Portable, Classic, Powerbook 100 and others) when you change the card size.
+ Recompiled with Symantec's Think C 7.0.4.
+ Moved the "About Solitaire" chapter out of the User Guide and into the Games Guide.
Version 2.0.3:
+ Improvements to Beleagured Castle: Now allows dragging partial builds as a shortcut to dragging the cards one at a time, if the cards are in sequence and there are enough empty tableaus. Wins are now detected and reported earlier.
+ Fixed a bug in the placement of piles when resuming saved games of Fortress, Chessboard, and Beleagured Castle.
+ Single-click automatic moves now work even on very slow machines.
+ Recompiled with Symantec's Think C 6.0.
Version 2.0.2:
+ Increased the spacing of the cards in La Belle Lucie and Trefoil.
+ Fixed a problem with changing your monitor's color depth while Solitaire Till Dawn is running.
+ Further fixes for non-color-QuickDraw machines.
Version 2.0.1:
+ Fixed a bug which confused the settings of the "Large Cards" and "Never Use Color" preference options. This could cause crashes on non-color-QuickDraw Macs such as the Plus, SE, Classic, and Portable.
+ Added the "Auto Scroll" menu item, allowing the user to turn auto-scrolling on and off.
+ Now allows dragging partial builds in Forty Thieves as a shortcut to dragging the cards one at a time, if the cards are in suit and there are enough empty tableaus.
+ Now allows the use of an alias to the ColorCards file in place of the real thing.
