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- CardShark Hearts
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- Contents of this README.TXT file:
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- -RECORD YOUR LICENSE NUMBER
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- -GETTING UPDATES
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- -RECENT CHANGES
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- RECORD YOUR LICENSE NUMBER:
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- The letter you received when you paid PsL $25 for the licensed version
- of CardShark Hearts contains your license number. Enter it into the
- program by clicking on the menu bar where it says "Order".
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- You should also be sure to save that letter or to write the number on
- the disk or some other secure place in case you have to reinstall
- CSHearts.
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- If you paid $5 or so for a disk with CSHearts on it or if you got it
- on a CD-ROM, you have NOT paid for the program. You paid only a disk
- fee for an evaluation copy of the program. The money you paid went
- entirely to the vendor who sold you the media the program was on. None
- of that money went to the author of CardShark Hearts. After using CSH
- for a reasonable evaluation period, please print an order form and
- send in the payment to become a licensed user.
-
- The cost of the unlimited licensed copy of CardShark Hearts is $25.
- Add $4 for shipping. The program will be provided on 1.44MB
- high-density disks unless otherwise requested. See the order form for
- additional ordering options and complete ordering information.
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- GETTING UPDATES:
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- CSHearts is constantly being refined and enhanced. You can get an
- update at any time for $6 + $4 s&h from the address below.
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- You can also use any newer versions which you may see on BBSs,
- although these may not be the very latest version. The registration
- code you have already entered will convert these shareware versions to
- registered versions automatically.
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- RECENT CHANGES:
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- See the Help file for details of each of the following features. The
- help system has been overhauled. You can now get context-sensitive
- help for menu items by highlighting the item (use the cursor keys to
- scroll down a menu list) and pressing F1. Once in the Help system, you
- can now use the arrows on the menu bar to page through the file.
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- You can now play CardShark Hearts entirely from the keyboard.
- Use the left-right cursors to move the black-box marker and the up
- cursor to select a card. Press Enter to play the card (or wait for the
- Pause period to time out and the card will be played automatically).
- Click on the Interface menu and Keyboard to toggle this mode on/off.
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- A "Scaled Scoring" option has been added to the Rules menu. Instead of
- giving the low player a point for winning the game, it gives each
- player difference between their scores and the scores of the players
- above them. This is intended to reduce the benefit of a strategy of
- everyone ganging up on the low scorer and taking it easy on the high
- scorer.
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- Replay Deal has been added to the File menu. This lets you replay the
- deal just played to see if you can improve your play. An additional
- option lets you scramble the cards in the other players' hands before
- replaying to see how you could have done against different card
- layouts. See the Help system for more information.
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- Under the File menu, you can now save and recall up to 999 deal
- records rather than just the current and previous deal. You can also
- setup one of these deal records for replay, automatically changing the
- rules, scores, playing styles, etc., then change back to your original
- settings and scores with the click of a button.
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- The menu system has been rearranged for greater efficiency and ease of
- use, including adding shortcut keys (e.g.: Ctrl-S to toggle sounds).
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- Two persistent Windows-generated bugs have been trapped and programmed
- around. One caused the bogus "Invalid Property Valid" message on some
- machines. The other caused a "Wrong number of cards - Redeal" message
- due to clicking on things at the wrong time.
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- As you should now know, a Windows-type installation program has been
- added.
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- Many enhancements have been made in the computer's play.
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- Menu options have been added to the Interface menu for adjusting the
- playing field color and text width in the Score box.
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- A menu option was added to specify who leads first on the next deal
- when the 2-Clubs-Leads option is turned off.
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- In Duplicate mode, if you have a Pause of "0", the cards in the other
- players' hands will not be removed in order to speed up the CardShark's
- turn. With ZIP turned on, it moves really fast now. If you do not want
- it to move so fast in the ZIP mode, select Interface-Pause-1 second
- before clicking the Zip button. Alternatively, you can let it blow
- through the Shark's turn and if the score makes you curious about
- what happened, click on Replay to see it again with ZIP turned off.
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- PsL
- P.O.Box 35705
- Houston, TX 77005
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- ORDERS (ONLY): 800-2424-PSL
- TECH SUPPORT: 713-524-6394
- FAX ORDERS: 713-524-6398
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- INTERNET: nelson.ford@psl-online.com
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