Mirek's Yahdice v.1.52
Copyright (C) Mirek Wójtowicz 2001, Lublin, Poland

Yahdice is a feature-rich Palm OS 2.0+ clone of the world's most popular family
dice game, Yahtzee™. You can play Yahdice both solitaire or in a group. Full
documentation can be found under Help menu options. Enjoy!

Yahdice is free, you are also allowed to put this program on a CD-ROM.

Check http://www.palmgear.com/ and http://www.freewarepalm.com/ for new versions
of Yahdice!


List of features
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 - Original Yahtzee™ rules
 - 1-4 players
 - Saved 8 high-scores
 - Scoring hints
 - Undo
 - Configuration
 - Nice graphics, sounds and animations
 - Easy game play
 - Game resuming
 - Online help
 - Small size
 - Gremlin-tested
 - And more...


Contacting the author
=====================

e-mail: mirwoj@homemail.com
http://www.mirwoj.opus.chelm.pl/
http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/mcell/


Revision history
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v.1.00, 14. Jan 2001
  - First release, Gremlin-tested.

v.1.10, 17. Jan 2001
  - Undo feature allowing to revert to the situation before selecting
    a wrong scoring category.
  - "Sound signals" configuration option removed, Palm global settings are used now.
  - Removed bug allowing to add +100 points several times for 1 Yahdice.
  - Removed bug causing Palm freezing on some machines.
  - Added more help texts.
  - After the 3rd roll dice can't be toggled any more.

v.1.50b Beta, 25. Jan 2001
  - Possibility to resume last game after quitting the program.
  - Possibility of selecting the re-rolling method - keeping good dice
    or marking wrong ones.
  - New preference setting - "Advanced user" - allows to prevent
    from displaying the Bonus dialog box.

v.1.50c Beta, 26. Jan 2001
  - Bug removed causing the program to crash on Palm OS < 3.5.

v.1.51, 02. Feb 2001
  - Restored "delicate sounds", available in the first version.
  - More colors in the user interface.

v.1.52, 08. Feb 2001
  - Obeying the general Palm system sounds settings.
  - Clearing high scores - possibility to preserve more than one high score.


Installation
============

Follow the standard PalmPilot installation procedure for Yahdice:

First, unzip Yahdice100.zip somewhere on your PC or Mac. Then from Windows, run
the PalmPilot Install Tool program which will be in the same group as your
PalmPilot Desktop application. When the install dialog comes up, click on the
"Browse" button and navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Yahdice.prc
file. Select Yahdice.prc by double-clicking it in the FILE OPEN dialog and then
click on the Install button. On the next HotSync, the Yahdice application will
appear in your list of applications.

This program works on PalmOS 2.0 or greater.

You DON'T have to uninstall any previous version of Yahdice prior to installing
this one.

Credits
=======

  Thanks to:
    - Jasmeet Singh, JT and others for Beta-testing and ideas.
    - John J. Lehett for the GNU 'C' port.
    - Wes Cherry for 'PILRC'.
    - Ole Grossklaus for 'VFDIDE'.


Disclaimer
==========

This software is provided "as-is" with no warranty expressed or implied. At no
time shall  the author, his principles or employees, or any other party directly
or indirectly associated with the production or distribution of this software be
liable for any damages direct or consequential.
IT IS THE USERS SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE FITNESS OF PURPOSE FOR THIS
SOFTWARE.  The user is encouraged to follow accepted computing practices in
backing up sensitive or important information prior to the use of this software.


Yahtzee™ is a registered trademark of Milton Bradely Company
PalmPilot™ is a registered trademark of 3COM Corporation