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- FIVE HUNDRED card game for WINDOWS 95
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- release 5.5 - 1999
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- created by G.M.McKAY
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- COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS:
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- Any 486, pentium or better IBM compatible computer will successfully
- run this game as long as it can run Windows 95 and has over 8 Mb of memory.
- It will use any sound driver that your Windows has fitted (ie. a
- sound card or PC speaker driver). A mouse is preferable (as with all
- Windows activities), but this is not a requirement. It is designed for
- standard Windows screen resolutions, but it can accommodate any resolution.
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- DISTRIBUTION:
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- This copyrighted game is distributed under the SHAREWARE system which
- depends upon your support for on-going development. You are encouraged to
- freely copy and distribute this product unaltered to friends, business
- associates, bulletin boards and user groups. HOWEVER THIS PRODUCT IS NOT
- FREE ! You have an evaluation period of two weeks. If you decide you do
- not like the game, simply pass the disk along to someone else. If you are
- still using "500 for WINDOWS 95" after two weeks of evaluation, you are
- obligated to send a minimum payment of $30. If the future of low-cost
- quality software is to continue, we all must support this concept. If you
- cheat on this payment may you be constantly finessed.
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- When you register, you get lots of goodies, as well as that warm
- feeling that only comes from the knowledge that you are more saintly than the
- scum around you. Read the help file to find out about all the goodies.
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- If you registered a previous version that gave you life time
- registrations (like this one does), simply setup this Shareware program on
- top of the previous one (ie into the same directory). It will become
- registered. Note that this applies to '500 For Windows', or '500 For
- Windows 95', but not 500 For DOS.
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- INSTALLATION:
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- 500WIN is distributed in a form which makes installation easy for you.
- Like all Windows programs, its installation is more complex than DOS
- programs, but the SETUP.EXE utility takes care of all this for you. This
- way, it can ensure that you have the correct Windows System files that it
- needs to run properly, without you having to do any work.
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- After installation, you should have these files in the \500WIN
- directory -
- 500WIN.EXE - base program
- 500WIN95.HLP - help file
- 500WIN.TXT - this information
- REGO.FRM - user registration form
- SCORES.500 - game scores and set-up info
- GAME.500 - saved game
- *.CRD - data files.
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- In addition, it will make sure that you have a number of system
- operating files in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
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- If you received this software from a Bulletin Board or the Internet,
- it will be compressed into the one file, eg 500_95.ZIP. Before running
- the installation program you will need to decompress it. Create a temporary
- directory, eg C:\500TEMP, and decompress all the files into it. The
- software is now ready to install, as if you had bought it on a floppy disk.
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- Now start Windows, and run the SETUP.EXE program. The easiest way of
- doing this is choose "RUN" from Windows 'Start' Button, and type in the
- drive, directory, and SETUP.EXE name. Alternatively, you can run it from
- the File Explorer.
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- The installation program prompts you to enter the directory name in
- which to store the files. The installation program does NOT interfere with
- any of your standard set-up eg, AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, *.INI, path. It
- places the icon to start the 500WIN game in a group called "500 for Windows"
- that it creates in the 'Programs' menu on the 'Start' button. If you want,
- you can easily move this icon to a different group (by the usual method of
- dragging and dropping).
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- If you registered a previous version that gave you life time
- registrations (like this one does), simply setup this Shareware program on
- top of the previous one (ie into the same directory). It will become
- registered. DO NOT delete the previous version first. Note that this
- applies to 500 For Windows, 500 For Windows 95, but not 500 For DOS.
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- If you created a temporary directory, eg C:\500TEMP, you can now
- remove it.
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- The total space that this program takes up on disk is about 3.8
- Mbytes.
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- Very occasionally, a particular combination of computer and video
- card does not work well with "500 for Windows 95" at different screen
- resolutions. This shows up as the game not fitting on the screen properly.
- The reason for this is probably a combination of the screen resolution
- and the size of the fonts that you have chosen for Windows. It may
- take up only part of the screen, or only part of the game may be
- displayed on the screen. You can fix this by forcing the software to
- display a particular resolution by including on the command line
- "/RESOLUTION500x400". Adjust the numbers to make the game suit your
- screen. Set the "properties" of the "500 for Windows" shortcut. You
- can change your screen resolution and screen font via the Display icon
- in the Control Panel in Windows 95.
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- You will never want to do it, but you can delete the program, via
- the 'Add/Remove Programs' icon in the 'Control Panel' (use the 'START'
- button, then 'SETTINGS').
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- If you have any problems with this program, whether installing
- it, or running it, please let me know. You can contact me on
- gmckay@dezzanet.net.au or Garry.McKay@akzonobel.com.au
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