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Solitaire Suite
Version 1.04
Copyright 1989-92 By
Randy Rasa
18215 Troost
Olathe, KS 66062
Introduction
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Solitaire Suite is a collection of seven challenging and addictive
solitaire card games. It consists of:
- Calculation: Also known as "Broken Intervals", this game requires
the utmost in skill and logic. It offers challenging but
rewarding play, and special on-screen assistance to make things a
little easier.
- Concentration: This is one of the classic solitaires, popular
with all ages. It is easy enough for children to play, but
offers enough challenge for adults.
- Idiot's Delight: Also known as "Aces Up", this game is extremely
simple to play, quite addictive, but maddenly difficult to win.
Success depends on skill and strategy, but even more on the luck
of the cards.
- Midnight Oil: Also known as "La Belle Lucie" and "Three Shuffles
and a Draw", this game is one of the best solitaires, offering
both challenging play and a reasonable chance to win. It is also
highly addictive; once you get into it, you'll be "burning the
midnight oil" more often than not.
- Monte Carlo: Also known as "Weddings" and "Double and Quits",
this game is easy to learn and simple to play, yet challenging
and addictive as well. The game offers a reasonable opportunity
for skill, yet winning often depends as much on luck as making
the right moves.
- Osmosis: Also known as "Treasure Trove", this solitaire offers an
attractive layout and a decent chance of success, but requires
skillful play and a bit of luck to win consistently.
- Royal Cotillion: This is a two-deck solitaire that requires a bit
of skill and a bit of luck, along with a good measure of
concentration.
In addition to the seven games, the package also contains a graphical
front-end menu program called SOLSUITE.EXE.
Solitaire Suite Documentation Page 2
Legalese
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Solitaire Suite is shareware. As such, you can play it, copy it, and
give it away as you wish. In fact, you are encouraged to distribute
the program to friends, family, and strangers alike. This includes
distribution via electronic bulletin board systems (BBS), user's
groups, and disk-distribution services. All that I ask is that the
package remains unaltered and complete, consisting of the following
files:
SOLSUITE.EXE SOLSUITE.DOC SOLSUITE.ICO
SOLSUITE.PIF SOLSUITE.PIC SOLSUITE.PCS
CARDS.CD1 CARDS.CD2 CALC.EXE
CONCEN.EXE ID.EXE MC.EXE
MO.EXE OSMOSIS.EXE RC.EXE
BRUN45.EXE HISTORY.TXT FILE_ID.DIZ
Standard Limited Warranty: This software is sold "as is", without any
warranty as to performance or any other warranties whether expressed
or implied. Because of the vast number of possible hardware and
software environments in which this software may be used, no warranty
of fitness for a particular purpose is offered. The user assumes the
entire risk of using this program. Any liability of the author will
be limited to product replacement or the refund of the registration
fee.
Registration
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Solitaire Suite is shareware. If you enjoy it, please support it.
Registration is only $15 for all seven games, which gets you the
latest registered versions on the diskette of your choice, plus a
registration code good for all future updates of the programs included
in this collection.
The registration codes allow you to change a program from a shareware
version to a registered version. Essentially, what this buys you is
unlimited "free" updates. If you acquire a newer version of Solitaire
Suite from a bulletin board (BBS) or through a shareware disk
distributor, you can convert the shareware versions of all the games
to registered versions for your own use.
To register, print the registration form from the initial shareware
screen and send it in. To do print the form, simply select the "Print
Registration Form ..." button, then select a destination, either to a
printer or a file. If you elect to send the form to a printer, make
sure it is on-line and ready. The form should print on any standard
80-column printer. If you want to save the form to a file, the file
"ORDER.FRM" will be created in the current directory. You can then
print out the registration form by entering the following command from
the DOS prompt (with your printer connected and ready):
Solitaire Suite Documentation Page 3
COPY ORDER.FRM PRN
Then just fill out the form and send it, along with cash, check or
money order, to:
Randy Rasa
18215 Troost
Olathe, KS 66062-9208
Program Requirements
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Solitaire Suite approximately requires 512K of memory, EGA or higher
graphics capability, and a Microsoft-compatible mouse. A hard disk is
recommended.
The files included in the Solitaire Suite package are:
SOLSUITE.EXE ... Solitaire Suite main menu
SOLSUITE.DOC ... Solitaire Suite documentation (this file)
SOLSUITE.PIF ... Windows PIF (Program Information File)
SOLSUITE.ICO ... Windows icon
SOLSUITE.PIC ... Solitaire Suite graphics
SOLSUITE.PCS ... Solitaire Suite graphics
CARDS.CD1 ...... Card Graphics
CARDS.CD2 ...... Card Graphics
CALC.EXE ....... Calculation
CONCEN.EXE ..... Concentration
ID.EXE ......... Idiot's Delight
MC.EXE ......... Monte Carlo
MO.EXE ......... Midnight Oil
OSMOSIS.EXE .... Osmosis
RC.EXE ......... Royal Cotillion
BRUN45.EXE ..... Run-Time library
HISTORY.TXT .... Program histories
FILE_ID.DIZ .... Program description
General Instructions
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The mouse pointer will appear as a white arrow with black edges. In
general, the left button is used to select the object being pointed to
(a card or a button), while the right button is used to exit menus or
prompts.
If you have a three-button mouse, the middle button will blank the
screen. This can also be accomplished by pressing the left and right
buttons simultaneously.
The "Options" button brings up the options menu, which you can use to
set your preferences for both generic and game-specific options. The
generic options are:
Solitaire Suite Documentation Page 4
Sound: Select "Off" to disable the beeps, clicks, and various other
noises the programs make. Select "On" to enable the sounds.
Session Statistics: When this option is set to "On", the program
will keep track of your statistics (games played, games won,
change in average score) throughout the game and then display
them when you quit. (Note: