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- **Golf Patience**
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- **by**
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- **Arthur Crump**
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- **Table of Contents**
- **=================**
- 1. Getting Started
- a. How to Play Golf Patience
- b. Requirements
- c. Installation & Setup
- d. Starting Golf Patience
- 2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- 3. How to Contact Us
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- **1. Getting Started**
- **==================**
-
- **a. How to Play Golf Patience**
- **----------------------------**
-
- There are many variations of the game of Solitaire,
- Golf Patience is one variation.
-
- Each game round starts with thirty cards dealt face
- upwards to the board in six rows of five cards each
- overlapping. The first card of the stock is dealt
- face upwards to the board to begin the heap.
-
- The object of the game is to eliminate all cards from
- the links by packing on the exposed card of the heap
- the exposed cards in the links. The cards may be packed
- in ascending or descending order, irrespective of suit,
- or direction until no more cards can be packed.
-
- If you click on the 'DEAL' button, the next card of
- the stock is dealt.
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- The game is won if the player clears all the cards
- from the links.
-
- **b. System Requirements**
- **----------------------**
-
- To run Golf Patience, you'll need the following system:
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- An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
- Two Megabytes of RAM
- A VGA monitor
- Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
- Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
- Mouse
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- You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:
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- Pentium processor
- Four Megabytes of RAM
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- **c. Installation and Setup**
- **-------------------------**
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- 1. To get started with Golf Patience on a hard disk:
- a. Insert the Golf Patience disk in your
- floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
- b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
- Enter.
- c. Follow the screen directions.
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- **d. Starting Golf Patience**
- **-------------------------**
-
- To start the game, double click on the Golf Patience icon in
- Windows.
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- **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
- **======================================**
-
- If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
- needing to get help. Try the following:
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- If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
- try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
- disk cache.
-
- If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness on
- your monitor.
-
- If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
- electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
- your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
- you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
- that were displayed.
-
- **3. How to Contact Us**
- **====================**
-
- Write to:
-
- **AGCrump**
- **P.O. Box 8216**
- **Inglewood, CA 90308**
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- E-mail:
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- **ao545@lafn.org**
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- Golf Patience is Copyright (c) 1996-1997 by Arthur Crump
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