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ACCORDION SOLITAIRE Ver. 1.01 CGA or Monochrome (C) Copyright 1988 by Raymond M. Buti All Rights Reserved United Innovations Plus Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, Ca. 94546 Table of Contents TERMS ........................................................ 1 REGISTRATION AGREEMENT ....................................... 1 PROGRAMS ON DISK ..............................................2 REQUIRED PROGRAMS .............................................2 ACCORDION RULES ...............................................2 STARTING ACCORDION ............................................2 MAIN PLAYING SCREEN ...........................................3 MAIN OPTIONS ..................................................3 PLAY OPTIONS ..................................................3 PLAYING ACCORDION .............................................4 SETUP MENU ....................................................5 HIGH SCORES ...................................................6 OTHER PROGRAMS ................................................6 CASINO/GAMBLING GAMES .....................................6 SOLITAIRE GAMES ...........................................6 WORD GAMES ................................................6 UTILITIES .................................................6 SHAREWARE LIMITATIONS .........................................7 REGISTRATION FORM .............................................8 TERMS This software is distributed as ShareWare. What this means is, you a granted free license to use, copy and distribute this software as often as you wish so long as the following restrictions have been met: 1 - When distributing this software, it must be in its original unmodified form. The ARCed or Compressed .EXE version of this software will only be distributed to Bulletin Board Systems and computer information exchanges, i.e. The Great American Dream Machine (415)-581-3019, GEnie, Delphi, The Source, Compuserve etc. 2 - Prior written consent from United Innovations Plus must be obtained before a fee or charge is made for copying or distribution, with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. 3 - This software shall not be included with other programs, goods, services, etc. without prior written consent from United Innovations Plus with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. REGISTRATION AGREEMENT United Innovations Plus requires you to register this software if you plan on using it. Registered users will receive the latest version with all options available, full support and notification of later releases. Please note that not all options and functions are available with this Shareware release. To register your copy of this software, please use the Registration Form and make checks payable to United Innovations Plus. - 1 - PROGRAMS ON DISK The following is list of file names that you should have on your distribution disk. File Name File Description Accord .Exe - The main program for Accordion Solitaire. Accord .Doc - The documentation for Accordion Solitaire. AcStart .Bat - A batch file to read the documentation, print the documentation and install Accordion Solitaire on your Hard Disk. AcRead .Com - Used by AcStart.Bat. AcReply .Com - Used by AcStart.Bat. AcIntro - Used by AcStart.Bat. AcPrt - Used by AcStart.Bat. AcHd - Used by AcStart.Bat. Acc11S .Arc - Shareware Version of Accordion Solitaire REQUIRED PROGRAMS The only program required to play Accordion Solitaire is called "ACCORD.EXE". Be sure this program is on your game disk or game directory. ACCORDION RULES Accordion Solitaire uses a standard deck of fifty-two cards. The cards are shuffled and dealt from the deck, one at a time, face up, and placed on the game table. If the card just dealt off the deck is the same suit or same rank as the first card to its left or the third card to its left, it is placed face up on that pack. The cards are dealt and played in this fashion until all fifty-two cards have been placed on the game table. The object is to end up with all fifty-two cards on one pile. Some players deal out the entire deck before making any moves. Some make their moves as they arrive. You may want to deal out any number of cards before looking for your moves. Anyway you play is legal as long as the cards are dealt from left to right and follow the rules for Accordion. STARTING ACCORDION Be sure ACCORD.EXE is in Drive A or in your current directory. From your DOS prompt, type "ACCORD" and press the ENTER key. Once Accordion is loaded into memory, your screen will display the boot screen. This displays the copyright notice, version number and a message of either Shareware or Registered. The Shareware versions may be distributed freely. The Registered versions are sent only to those that have registered their Shareware version and they are not to be distributed. It will take about fifteen seconds before the screen clears and you are brought to the main playing table. You may speed this process up by pressing any key once you've read the boot screen. - 2 - MAIN PLAYING SCREEN The Main Playing screen displays the options you have available prior to playing a game and while playing game. The lower left portion of the screen shows a box labeled "Main Options". When you start playing Accordion, the options will change to "Play Options". The right lower portion of the screen shows your current score, highest score, current game and total games played. MAIN OPTIONS Your options you have available before starting a new game of Accordion Solitaire are: F1/ENTER Deal F3 Setup Options F8 High Scores F10 Quit Option Description F1/ENTER Pressing either Function 1 or the ENTER key will start a new game by shuffling the cards. F3 Pressing Function 3 will bring you into the Setup screen where you'll be allowed to make changes to Accordion Solitaire. F8 Pressing Function 8 will bring up the High Score Screen. This displays the top 15 players, showing the players name, scoring method used, score achieved, game number and the date the score was entered on. F10 Pressing Function 10 will quit the game and bring you back to your DOS prompt. PLAY OPTIONS D Deal U ARROW Mark L/R ARROW Move U/D ARROW Drop ALT-C View card total HOME Display start END Display end F10 Quit Option Description D Pressing the letter "D" will deal the next card off the deck and place it on the playing table. UP ARROW Pressing the Up Arrow will mark the card the pointer is pointing at. - 3 - L/R ARROW Pressing the Left or Right Arrow moves the pointer in its respective direction. If there are thirteen or less cards on the table, the pointer will wrap around to the opposite side when you've reached the end of the table. If there are more than thirteen cards that have been dealt out, the Left/Right Arrows function in the following manner: Moving the right arrow continues until it reaches the last card that has been dealt, then continues to wrap in a clockwise manner. Moving the left arrow continues left until it reaches the first position, then continues to wrap in a counter-clockwise manner. U/D ARROW Pressing the up or down arrow will drop the first card marked when you first pressed the up arrow. The first card or stack of cards is dropped on the card the pointer is pointing at. Anytime you press the up arrow for the first time, it will mark the card you are going to move. If its pressed again, it drops the card. ALT-C Pressing the key combination of ALT-C will display the total amount of cards in each packet or position. If there hasn't been any cards dealt, nothing will appear on your screen until at least one card has been dealt off the deck. Pressing ALT-C again will remove this from the screen. HOME Pressing the Home key will move you to the start of the cards on the table. This only works if there are more than thirteen cards on the table. END Pressing the End key will move you to the end of the cards on the table. This only works if there are more than thirteen cards on the table. F10 Pressing Function 10 will quit the game and return you to the Main Options. When you have reached a point in the game when you no longer have any moves, you must press Function 10 to quit. PLAYING ACCORDION From the Main Options, press F1/ENTER. The Play Options are now available. Press the letter "D" to deal the first card off the deck. Press "D" again to deal the next card. The pointer will advance to that card position. If you think you have a valid move, move the pointer to the card you wish to move then press the Up Arrow. That will mark the first card. Now move the pointer to the location you want to drop the first card or pack of cards and press either the Up or Down Arrow. If you press the Down Arrow and the move is not valid, there will not be an error message. Pressing the Up Arrow will produce an error message if the move was illegal. Play continues in the same manner until you've either won or pressed Function 10 to quit. - 4 - SETUP MENU The Setup Menu is reached by pressing F3 from the Main Options. A new screen will appear displaying the following options: 1 Display Shuffling On 2 Sound On 3 Save High Games Off 4 Save Game History Off 5 Show Card Movement On 6 Sliding Screens On 7 Snow Removal Off 8 Card Movement Speed 20 9 Scoring Method STANDARD 0 Save Settings ACCORD.DAT These are the default settings that come with Accordion Solitaire. Options 1 through 9 may be changed and saved to disk by pressing option 0 (Save Settings). Option Description 1 You have the option to display the shuffling of the cards or you may wish to play a faster game by not viewing the shuffling. This may be changed with this option. 2 Use this key to turn your sound either On or Off. 3 If you want to save your high scores to disk, be sure this option is On. 4 If you want to keep track of the total games played and the highest score achieved, be sure you have this option set to On. 5 The cards are displayed while they are being dealt to their respective positions. If you would rather not see this, you may set this option to Off. 6 While going from one screen to another, the screens will slide open. If this causes snow or you would rather not see it happen, you may turn it off with this option. 7 This option will help in eliminating snow. 8 If option 5 above is On, your cards will be dealt and moved around the table at the default speed setting of 14. This means nothing until you actually see the cards in motion. If you press this option 7, you will be able to change the speed setting for the card movement speed. The bottom of your screen will display the following options: LEFT/RIGHT Arrows ENTER F10 Use your LEFT/RIGHT Arrow keys to decrease or increase the speed setting. Press the ENTER key if you want to see the effect the speed setting has on the card movement. When you are satisfied with the setting, press the Function 10 key to quit. - 5 - 9 Your default scoring method is set at Standard. The Standard scoring is actually a value of 10 points for each card you have placed on the first position. The maximum score you can achieve is 520 points. Fifty-two cards multiplied by 10 points for each card. The Advanced method of scoring will also give you a total of 520 points for winning the game. Ten points for each card in the first position. The difference is, you are also awarded points for the second, third and fouth positions on the table. Cards in the first position receive 10 points each, cards in the second position receive 5 points each, cards in the third position receive 3 points each, and cards in the forth position receive 1 point each. 0 Once you have altered the Setup Menu, you may save your changes to disk using this option. HIGH SCORES This screen is viewed by pressing the Function 8 key from the Main Options. If Option 3 in the Setup Menu has been set to On, scores will be saved to disk and you will be able to view the top fifteen players. The screen will display the players name, score, game number and date the score was recorded. On the right side of the players name will be either a "-S" or "-A". These symbols identify the score to the scoring method. OTHER PROGRAMS * Shareware programs will run on CGA or Monochrome ALL REGISTERED VERSIONS run on either CGA or Monochrome CASINO/GAMBLING GAMES *Lowball Poker Draw Poker Baccarat Roulette *Blackjack Connoisseur *Chuck-a-Luck *Holdem Poker *Knock Poker *Red Dog SOLITAIRE GAMES *Pyramid Solitaire *Poker Solitaire *Osmosis Solitaire *Accordion Solitaire WORD GAMES *SuJu UTILITIES DCS EU Kill DX CDate - 6 - SHAREWARE LIMITATIONS The Shareware Version of Accordion Solitaire will not allow the user to change any of the options in the Setup Menu with the exception of option #9 (Scoring Method) and option #7 (Snow Removal). These options have been reserved for Registered Users only. The Shareware Version will only allow the user to play two games of Accordion Solitaire. At the end of the two games, you will be returned to DOS. As a Shareware program, you are required to register your copy with United Innovations Plus if you intend on using this program. - 7 - REGISTRATION FORM Registration entitles the user to full support, upgrade notifications, discounts on all programs and future programs. Accordion Solitaire Version 1.01 Registration Registration Fee 5 1/4" disk $15.00 _______ Registration Fee 3 1/2" disk $17.00 _______ If you have previously registered any program with us in the past, please deduct $5.00 _______ All 19 Shareware versions, 3 - 5 1/4" disks $ 8.00 _______ All 19 Shareware versions, 2 - 3 1/2" disks $10.00 _______ Foreign orders add $ 5.00 _______ Name _______________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________ City _____________________________ St. ______ Zip __________ Computer System ________________________________________________ Comments & Suggestions ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ United Innovations Plus Make checks payable to: Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, CA 94546 - 8 -