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- VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 31-Aug-1995
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- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: CONTRACT BRIDGE Card Game
- Version: 2.1
- Version Date: 18-Aug-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
-
- Product Description: CONTRACT BRIDGE v2.1 <ASP> - Consisting of
- BRIDGE.EXE and BRIDGE.DOC, this highly
- interactive PC/AT DOS program bids, plays and
- scores rubber matches of the card game
- Contract Bridge. Requires a color text
- monitor. Mouse support included. On-line
- instructions. The program is best suited for
- recreational Bridge players. Can be used to
- learn the game, or to sharpen playing skills.
- Reason for version: Documentation Update
-
- Category: Games; Card games
- Keywords: CARD GAMES CONTRACT BRIDGE
- Required Packages: BRIDGE21
- This Package: BRIDGE21
- Registration Fee: 15.00 (US DOLLARS)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088)
- Clock Speed: 8 MHz
- Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.0
- Standard RAM: 512K
- Hard Drive Space: 250K
- Required:
- Color monitor
- Keyboard
- Won't Work With:
- Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA)
- Hercules Graphics Card
- Monochrome monitor
- Req'd Software: NONE
- Other Require: NONE
-
- Orders:
- Address: Robert Lindsay Wells
- 1405 Lynn Avenue
- Clearwater, FL 34615
- Phone: (813) 447-0604
- AmOnLine: WellsCom
- Internet: wellscom@aol.com
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- Support:
- Address: Robert Lindsay Wells
- 1405 Lynn Avenue
- Clearwater, FL 34615
- Phone: (813) 447-0604
- AmOnLine: WellsCom
- Internet: wellscom@aol.com
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- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- CONTRACT BRIDGE, consisting of BRIDGE.EXE and BRIDGE.DOC, is a highly
- interactive DOS program that bids, plays and scores rubber matches of
- the card game Contract Bridge. It requires a color text monitor. Mouse
- support is included. There are a variety of utilities included. For
- example, you can enter hands from the keyboard, and save the current
- deal and rubber score to disk.
-
- CONTRACT BRIDGE is best suited for recreational players who enjoy
- informal games of Rubber Bridge, but most players should find themselves
- both challenged and entertained by the program.
-
- Although CONTRACT BRIDGE is not a tutorial on how to play Bridge, it is
- quite possible to learn to play the game using the program and a good
- book on Bridge.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
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- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 398 18-Aug-1995 02:10a 806351ED
- BRIDGE.DOC 8340 16-Aug-1995 12:24p FC8EDF1F
- BRIDGE.EXE 227572 17-Aug-1995 10:59a B3A664B0
- BRIDGE.ORD 1523 10-Jul-1995 11:28a 996D7F8E
- BRIDGE.TXT 7015 31-Aug-1995 10:55a 70FFE14C
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE TO HARD DRIVE
-
- To install from diskette, you need to perform the following steps.
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- 1) Place the CONTRACT BRIDGE distribution diskette in the appropriate
- diskette drive.
-
- 2) Copy BRIDGE.* from the distribution disk to a directory of your
- choosing on your hard drive.
-
- 3) Change to the directory where you installed the program and
- type BRIDGE at the DOS prompt to run the program.
-
- INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE
-
- If you downloaded CONTRACT BRIDGE from a BBS (or received it in the form
- of archive files from some other source), you will need to perform the
- following steps.
-
- 1) Extract the contents of the archive file in a diretcory of
- your choosing on your hard drive. The procedure for doing this
- varies, depending on the form in which you received the package.
- If you don't have the tools and knowledge to perform this step,
- you should be able to obtain directions from the same source
- from which you received the package.
-
- 2) Type BRIDGE at the DOS prompt to run the program.
-
- INSIDE CONTRACT BRIDGE
-
- Select the INSTRUCTIONS item from the main menu to familiarize yourself
- with the conventions and key strokes used in the program. After each
- hand has been played, you can return to the main menu, review the
- instructions, and then return to continue the rubber with the score
- intact.
-
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. ROBERT LINDSAY WELLS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
- TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER ROBERT LINDSAY WELLS NOR ANYONE ELSE
- WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
- THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
- INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
- SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ROBERT LINDSAY WELLS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
- BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida
- and shall inure to the benefit of Robert Lindsay Wells and any
- successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding
- brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to
- this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of
- competent jurisdiction located in Pinellas County, Florida. The parties
- hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- CONTRACT BRIDGE is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
- Robert Lindsay Wells. This software and accompanying documentation are
- protected by United States copyright law and also by international
- treaty provisions.
-
- Robert Lindsay Wells grants you a limited license to use this software
- for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed thirty days. If you
- continue using this software after the thirty-day evaluation period,
- you MUST make a registration payment to Robert Lindsay Wells.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Robert Lindsay
- Wells.
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference.
- Any distributor satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed
- in that data record is hereby authorized.
-
- Permission to distribute the CONTRACT BRIDGE package is not transferable,
- assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to
- distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of this
- limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
- Robert Lindsay Wells, 1405 Lynn Avenue, Clearwater, FL 34615.
-
- Robert Lindsay Wells may revoke any permissions granted here, by
- notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are
- reserved to Robert Lindsay Wells.
-
-
- ===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
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