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╥ELEASE ╬OTES: ╙OLITAIRE 128/80 V1.0
┴UGUST 1992
╙UMMER MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. ╘O ME, SUMMER MEANS, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, GOING HOME-- AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS, AND ALMOST AS IMPORTANT, AWAY
FROM MY FRIENDS' COMPUTERS. ╠AST SUMMER ╔ CAME HOME AND REALIZED THAT ╔ WAS
STUCK IN ╫ORCESTER WITHOUT A MACHINE THAT CAN RUN ╫INDOWS ╙OLITAIRE. ╔T WAS
JUST ME AND MY 128-- NO ╨├ TO RUN ╫INDOWS OR ┼NSEMBLE. ╔ LOOKED AROUND
ON LOCAL ┬┬╙S TO SEE IF ╔ COULD DIG UP A SUITABLE VERSION OF ╙OLITAIRE TO
RUN ON MY 128. ╘HE ONE ╔ FOUND RAN IN 40 COLUMNS AND WAS TOO PAINFULLY SLOW
TO BE PLAYABLE. ╚ENCE, ╙OLITAIRE-80 WAS BORN.
╙OLITAIRE 80 IS ╒SER-╙UPPORTED ╙OFTWARE. ╘HE PROGRAM IS COPYRIGHT (C) 1992 BY
THE AUTHOR. ┘OU ARE GRANTED PERMISSION TO COPY, UPLOAD, AND OTHERWISE
DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE, BUT ONLY IN ITS ORIGINAL ARCHIVE FORMAT. ╘HE PROGRAM
MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN ANY OTHER FORM WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE AUTHOR. ╔F YOU FIND ╙OLITAIRE-80 ENTERTAINING, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SEND IN A CONTRIBUTION TO HELP JUSTIFY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. ┴ DONATION
OF $5-$10 SEEMS APPROPRIATE, BUT THE AMOUNT IS LEFT UP TO YOU. ╔F YOU'D PREFER
NOT TO SEND A DONATION, ╔'D STILL APPRECIATE A CARD WITH YOUR COMMENTS. ╙END
YOUR COMMENTS AND DONATIONS TO ┴ARON ╨EROMSIK, 28 ╚ADWEN ╥D., ╫ORCESTER, ═┴
01602.
╘HE MOUSE DRIVER IN ╙╧╠╔╘┴╔╥┼ 80 IS BASED ON THE MOUSE DRIVERS THAT COME ON
THE 1351 ╘EST/─EMO DISK. ╔'M NOT SURE IF ╔ CHANGED THEM ENOUGH TO CALL THEM
MY OWN, SO PORTIONS OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE ├OPYRIGHT (C) 1986 BY ├OMMODORE
┬USINESS ═ACHINES.
╙OLITAIRE-80 ╞EATURES:
* ╥UNS ON THE 128 IN 80-COLUMN ╞AST MODE
* ╦EYBOARD COMMANDS ALLOW ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT A MOUSE
* ╞ULL SUPPORT FOR A 1351 IN PORT 1
* ═AIN PROGRAM IN ┬┴╙╔├ 7, BUT MANY KEY ROUTINES ARE ═╠ TO KEEP THINGS
QUICK SO GAMEPLAY DOESN'T BECOME TEDIOUS
* ╙MART CARD PLACEMENT TRIES TO PUT CARDS WHERE YOU MEANT TO, NOT NECESSARILY
WHERE YOU SAID TO. ╔F YOU DROP A BUNCH OF CARDS HALFWAY BETWEEN TWO PILES,
╙OLITAIRE-80 CHECKS BOTH PILES FOR A LEGAL MOVE, AND IF IT FINDS ONE IT
ASSUMES THAT'S THE ONE YOU MEANT.
╨OSSIBLE ╒PGRADES FOR ╞UTURE ╓ERSIONS:
* ╙OME KIND OF FANFARE ON THE RARE OCCASIONS WHEN SOMEBODY WINS.
* ├LEAN UP MOUSE HANDLING. ├URRENTLY, AT LEAST ON 128S WITH OLD ╓─├'S (LIKE
MINE) THE POINTER OCCASIONALLY LEAVES SOME GARBAGE IN ITS WAKE. ╔ HAVEN'T
TRIED THIS ON A NEWER 128 TO SEE IF THIS IS A ╓─├-RELATED PROBLEM. ═OVING
A STACK OF CARDS NEAR THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE SCREEN IS ALSO HANDLED MESSILY,
BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LASTING EFFECT ON THE SCREEN DISPLAY. ╞UTURE VERSIONS
SHOULD HAVE CLEANER MOUSE MODE HANDLING, BUT THE GAME IS STILL QUITE PLAYABLE
IN ITS CURRENT FORM.
* ┴DD CODE TO DISABLE THE MOUSE ╔╥╤ WEDGE FOR CLEANER EXIT.
* ┘OUR SUGGESTIONS HERE!
╙END YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE AUTHOR AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE.
╔'LL TRY TO ANSWER ALL MAIL EVENTUALLY, BUT ╔ GET SLOW DURING THE ACADEMIC
YEAR. ┴ ╙┴╙┼ IS LIKELY TO SPEED THINGS UP.
┴ARON ╨EROMSIK
┴UGUST 1992