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- BVS Solitaire Collection 2.4 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000
- * 24 October 1999
- Copyright (C) 1998,99 by Boris Sandberg, BVS Development.
- All Rights Reserved.
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-
- BVS Solitaire Collection 2.4 is a collection of 101
- solitaire games from Russia and it includes a lot of
- solitaire variations you won't find elsewhere.
-
- Requirements:
- Windows 95/98/NT
- 4MB free RAM
- Pentium or 486
- 256 or more colours (16bit or better colour recommended)
- Resolution of 800x600, although most games work in 640x480.
-
- Features:
- * 101 Solitaire Card Games
- * 256+ colour graphics
- * sound
- * multi-level undo/redo
- * empty foundation pile indicator
- * "You Are Stuck" feature lets you know if there are
- no more legal moves to be made
- * statistics for multiple players
- * publishing statistics to the BVS Solitaire Collection
- Web site
- * instruction guide to each solitaire game
- * restart play feature
- * shuffle selection feature
- * selectable card backs
- * automatic card moving
- * selectable backgrounds
- * save game position along with undo/redo history
- * automatic game saving on exit
-
-
- Only 10 solitaire games are available in the shareware version.
- Register to play all games.
-
- FOR WINDOWS NT USERS --
- BVS Solitaire Collection requires at least NT 4.0 Service
- Pack 3.
-
- -- HOW TO ORDER --
-
- This program is shareware. Continued use of BVS Solitaire Collection
- beyond the 45-day evaluation period requires registration.
- Some features of this program are disabled until you register it.
- To order, print out the registration form in the help file and
- send $15 to:
-
- Register Now!
- Dept# 1265-3
- PO Box 1816
- Issaquah, WA 98027
- United States of America
-
- Important: For orders by mail customers should include an additional
- $2.50 per order.
-
- You can also register with a credit card on the World
- Wide Web at http://www.bvssolitaire.com
- Registration price for Online ordering is $15 without any additional
- payments.
-
- The registration code will be sent to you by Email immediately after
- we have received your registration.
-
- The registration code is personal and indicates ownership of
- a legal version of this product. The distribution of
- registration codes is strictly prohibited.
-
- Please, use the "Register" option in the game menu after obtaining
- the registration code.
-
-
- -- HOW TO GET THE LATEST VERSION --
-
- The latest version of BVS Solitaire Collection can always be
- found on the World Wide Web at http://www.bvssolitaire.com
-
- -- UPGRADE FROM BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2 and 2.xx--
- Registered users of BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2 & 2.xx can upgrade
- to this version for free. If BVS Solitaire Collection 2.4
- detects a registered version of BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2 or 2.xx
- on your system, it will convert your settings and statistics
- into BVS Solitaire Collection 2.4 for you. If you are
- a registered user and BVS Solitaire Collection 2.4 does not
- detect your registration, send your registration information (name, address,
- email, registration code) to support@bvssolitaire.com for
- your update.
-
-
- -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT --
-
- Technical Support is available by email to
- support@bvssolitaire.com
-
- -- RELEASE HISTORY --
-
- October 24, 1999 -- Version 2.4
- Improved Select Solitaire... dialog box;
- Customizable Favorites Group in
- Select Solitaire... dialog box;
- 11 games were added: Ants, Baker's Dozen,
- Chameleon, Four Leaf Clovers, Fourteens,
- Impatience, Maria, Old Friend, Raglan,
- Russian Solitaire, Storehause.
-
-
-
- June 27, 1999 -- Version 2.3
- Empty Foundation Pile indicators show base cards.
- Fading Background in vertical or horizontal
- direction. Publishing statistics to the
- BVS Solitaire Collection Web site
- 25 games were added: Aces Up, Boulevard,
- Caprice, Colorado, Complicated, Confusion,
- Corona, Courtyard, Deck, Divorce, Doublets,
- Even and Odd, Grandfather, Napoleon's Square,
- Nestor, Pairs, Pyramid, Quadrangle, Royal
- Family, Six By Six, Strip, Thirteens,
- Twelve Sleeping Maids II, Twenty, Vertical
-
- February 14, 1999 -- Version 2.2
- 65 games version. 10 games were added: Accordion,
- Alternations, Brigade, Cornfield, Eight Off,
- Lucas, Martha +, Streets, Vassal, Voracious.
- Re-designed winning dialog box, save game
- position along with undo/redo history,
- automatic game saving on exit, pause feature,
- improved help information.
-
- December 12, 1998 -- Version 2.1
- 55 games version. 9 games were added:
- Alternative, Barricade, Beautiful Lutecium,
- Braid, Difficult Sequence, Eight Sphinxes,
- New Manner, Peppy, Stairs.
- Autoplay option for each game can be turned on and
- off during play from Options|Autoplay menu item.
- October 5, 1998 -- Maintenance release. (Version 2.01)
-
- September 23,1998 -- Version 2.0
- 46 games version. A lot of new features: sound,
- multi-level undo/redo, selectable backgrounds,
- automatic card moving, restart feature,
- shuffle selection and more...
-
- April 21, 1998 -- BVS Solitaire Collection release (version 1.2)
-
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-
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- -- ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS --
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-
- Boris Sandberg is a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make
- sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you
- are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with
- an ASP member by contacting the member directly,
- ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help
- you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members'
- products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
- 157-F Love Ave, Greenwood, IN 46142 USA,
- FAX 317-888-2195, or send email to
- omb@asp-shareware.org.
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