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VChess 2.0 - A Chessgame for Amiga-Computers
Copyright © 1993 by Stefan Salewski
All Rights Reserved
Preface to the English Documentation
This text should be a verbatin translation of the german original
documentation. If there are any differences between the german and this
english documentation, then of course the german text has precedence! If
you read this text, you will notice that my english is very strange
sometimes. But I hope that everybody can understand it. Of course, a
better english documentation (a new translation of the german text, or a
corrected version of this one) is always wellcome.
Copyright and other legal stuff
VChess is NOT a PD-Program, but Shareware! VChess and all other files of
this package (exept the libraries) are Copyright © 1993 by Stefan
Salewski.
In spite of several tests, no warranty is made that there are no
errors in VChess. YOU USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK. In no case I will
be liable for any damage, direct or indirect, resulting by the use
of VChess.
The complete VChess 2.0-Package contains the following files:
File Size Meaning
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VChess 97564 Mainprogram, V2.0
VChessOpenings 40588 Opening-Library, 138 Openings
VChess.doc 35290 English Documentation
VChess.dok 44030 German Documentation
CustomColors1.config 1668 Example-Configuration
OneWindow.config 1668 Example-Configuration
Games/A.Geller(UdSSR)-H.Palm(D) 592 Saved Game
Games/Game1 480 Saved Game
Games/Game2 432 Saved Game
Text/Text1 39 Icon for Textfiles
Text/A.Geller(UdSSR)-H.Palm(D) 1116 Example-Movelist
Libs/GarbageCollector.library 9820 © Fridtjof Siebert, V 3.0
(Libs/ReqTools.library 38104 © Nico Francois, V 38.1022)
Distribution of VChess is only allowed if the following conditions are
fulfilled:
All these files must remain unmodified. None of these files may be
distributed on its own, the entire package must be distributed as one
whole. (It is allowed to distribute this package without ReqTools.library,
because I think nearly everybody have it already, or to replace the
libraries with newer releases.)
It is allowed to archive these files with archiving-programs like LHA
(© Stefan Boberg) if it is possible to retrieve the files from the archive
in their original state.
Permission is granted to include this package in Public-Domain
collections, especially in Fred Fish's Amiga Disk Library (including CD
ROM versions of it).
The complete package may be (in archived form) uploaded to Bulletin Board
Systems or FTP servers.
PD-dealers and other people who want to distribute VChess are only allowed
to take money for the floppydisk and copying efforts. Nobody may take more
than US$ 5 or DM 5 for the disk with VChess. This is also valid if there
is other software besides VChess on the Disk.
The distribution of VChess in "Software Packages" (more than one disk)
together with other Software is only allowed with my written permission if
the package cost more than US$ 5 or DM 5.
The distribution of VChess on CD-ROM is only allowed if the CD-ROM
contains the contents of FD-Disks (for example Fish 500-1000) or if the
price of the CD-ROM in not greater than US$1 per megabyte. This means,
that nobody may sell a CD-ROM containing VChess and 100 Megabyte other
software for a price greater than US$100.
Distribution of VChees together with commercial software is forbidden.
Of course it is reserved to me to forbid single companies or persons the
distribution of VChess.
User of VChess should regard this: An empty Floppy-Disk costs less than
US$1, and copying VChess takes less than two minutes. If you paid more
than US$3 for the disk with VChess, then this was quite much money. But if
you have paid more than US$5, this was too much. Try to get your money
back, and tell me about it.
Introduction
VChess is written fully in Oberon language, and was developped on an Amiga
3000 using Amiga Oberon V 3.0 (© Fridtjof Siebert). With the help of
OS 2.0, ReqTools.library and Amiga-Oberon, I have produced a compact,
powerful and easy to use program. To run this program, you need an Amiga
with OS 2.0 or greater, and additional the ReqTools.library
(© Nico Francois) and GarbageCollector.library (© Fridtjof Siebert). Both
libraries are freely distributable. If the ReqTools.library is not part of
this package, you can find it for example on Fish-794. The
GarbageCollector.library should be part of this package. (Please note that
for both libraries there exists Preferences-Editors to modify the
behaviour of the libraries. You can find these on Fish-794 and AMOK-75.
(AMOK is a german FD-Libray with Amiga FD-Software written in Oberon or
Modula.) VChess needs not much memory. Without the use of the
Opening-library, it should be possible to use VChess on an Amiga with only
512 K. The normal stacksize of 4096 Byte should be enough too.
Installation
Copy, if not already installed, the GarbageCollector.library and the
ReqTools.library to LIBS:. This is all. Now you can start VChess from
Workbench with Double-Click. If you want to install VChess on your
harddisk, it is best to copy the whole VChess-Drawer to harddisk, because
this drawer contains the Opening-Library and other things.
Starting VChess
The easyest way is to start VChess with a Double-Click on its Icon. But of
course you can start it from Shell by typing its name and then pressing
the <Return>-Key. (VChess needs no parameters.) If there is the file
VChess.config in the Drawer of Vhess, then the program uses this file for
the startup-configuration, otherwise defauls are used.
First Steps
Before you go on reading this text, it is better to start VChess now and
try it out. When the program has started, you can see three windows. The
big one with the chessboard is the main-window. The both other windows are
only help-windows for showing some information. If the mainwindow is
active, then you can press the right mousebutton to take a look on the
Pulldown-Menu. ( Don't be sad if the display looks ugly at this time. Many
things like colors, fonts and screen-resolution can be changed.) Please
select now the menuitem "Config/Reset to defaults" to reset all
adjustments to defaults. Start the game by selecting "Project/NewGame".
Now you play with the white stones against the computer. To move a stone,
simple click on it with the left mousebutton. Now this stone is marked.
Now click on the destination-square. If this was a legal move, the stone
will move from source to destination, and the computer will answer with
his move. Now it's again your turn, and so on. Don't hesitate to test some
of the menu-functions. The meaning of most of them should be clear, just
try it out. Of coure you can resize the windows, or close the helpwindows.
Shareware-Contribution
I started the development of VChess in summer 1992, and now at the end of
October 1993 version 2.0 is finally (nearly) finished. I guess, that this
program took nearly thousand hours of work until now. I think you can
imagine how much money the development of this program would have cost a
software-company, or how much money I could have earned if I had work this
time somewhere else. And last not least the costs that the development of
software causes are not