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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 6-Aug-1998
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- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Mah Jongg Wall (Windows 95) A Mah Jongg Tile Game by Russell Wilson
- Version: 2.1
- Version Date: 6-Aug-1998
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
-
- Product Description: Mah Jongg Wall 2.1 (Windows 95) A Mah Jongg
- Tile Game by Russell Wilson
-
- Build the Mah Jongg Wall as you remove pairs
- of those ancient Mah Jongg tiles. More
- mystery, strategy, and challenge than any of
- the other tile removing games. Special moves
- allow changing directions of removing tiles
- and moving a tile to an adjacent stack to
- keep your hopes alive.
- Reason for version: Release 2.1
-
- Category: Games; Board games; Mahjong
- Keywords: mahjong mahjongg mah-jong mah-jongg mah jong
- mah jongg wall tile game chinese
- Required Packages: mjwr21
- This Package: MJWR21
- Registration Fee: 19.95 (U.S.A. dollars)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80486)
- Clock Speed: 40 MHz
- Minimum OS: Windows 95
- Standard RAM: 8000K
- Hard Drive Space: 5000K
- Required:
- Hard drive
- VESA Super VGA (SVGA, VESA)
- Other Super VGA (SVGA, other)
- Mouse
- Won't Work With:
- Floppy only
-
- Orders:
- Address: Cypress Lane Diversions
- 624 County Road 16
- Fayette, AL 35555 USA
- Internet: sales@cypresslane.com
- Other E-mail: http://www.cypresslane.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Tech Support
- Cypress Lane Diversions
- 624 County Road 16
- Fayette, AL 35555 USA
- Internet: support@cypresslane.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
-
- Notice for 2.0 and 1.0 users:
- Your current Options will be changed the
- very first time you run Release 2.1
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Mah Jongg Wall
- A Mah Jongg Tile Game by Russell Wilson
-
- Release 2.1 - July 1998
-
- Shareware Registration Fee: US$19.95
-
- Did you ever play those Chinese tile removal games,
- where you remove matching pairs of ancient tiles from
- the Chinese game of Mah Jongg? Mah Jongg Wall adds
- more mystery, strategy, challenge, and a beautiful
- set of ancient looking game pieces including tiles
- with bone faces dovetailed into bamboo backs, wind
- discs, bone counters, and Chinese dice. Plus, oriental
- paintings and music add to the ancient atmosphere.
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ----------------------------------------------------
- 486, Pentium or better with Windows 95
- 8MB of free RAM, 5MB of hard drive space
- 256 colors on a 640x480 screen
- (looks better in 800x600, game remains 640x480)
- Sound card for music and sound effects
- Internet connection for online registration and use
- of the www menu (browser and more memory needed)
-
-
- HOW TO INSTALL
- ----------------------------------------------------
- In Windows Explorer, double click Setup.exe in the
- folder you unzipped to and follow the instructions.
- Or, select Run from the Start menu, click Browse and
- find the folder you unzipped to, click Setup.exe,
- click Open, click OK and follow the instructions.
-
-
- HOW TO UNINSTALL
- ----------------------------------------------------
- From the Start Menu, select Settings, then Control
- Panel. Double-click on 'Add/Remove Programs,' click
- on 'Mah Jongg Wall,' click on the Add/Remove button,
- click Yes if you are sure.
-
-
- HOW TO REGISTER
- ----------------------------------------------------
- Current registration options are available via the
- www menu's Current Registration Options or at:
- http://www.cypresslane.com/mahjongg/register.html
-
- You can also see 'How to Register' in the Help file
- for options available with this release.
-
-
- BENEFITS OF REGISTERING
- ----------------------------------------------------
- No more ugly nag boxes
- FREE minor and major upgrades
- FREE email support
- Change Options:
- Witness The Preliminaries
- New Game At Startup
- "No More Moves!" Notice
- "Begin Casual Play?" Warning
- Fortune Cookie With Exit
- More oriental playing mats
- Saved 'official' games Open as 'official'
- 200+ proverbs from Master Chen Hai Yang
- Fortune cookies with exit from game
-
-
- WHAT'S NEW IN RELEASE 2.1
- ----------------------------------------------------
- New lower price! US$19.95
-
- 2.0 bug fixes:
- 'No More Free Pairs!' notice came up at the wrong time
- 'Helpful Mouse Pointer' declared Joker free when it was not
-
- Mostly 'cosmetic' changes to the graphics
-
- Strategy menu item in popup menu
-
- Enhanced Help file
-
-
- WHAT'S NEW IN RELEASE 2.0
- ----------------------------------------------------
- Help menu/file
- FAQs menu item
- Special Moves menu item
- Preliminaries' Help buttons jump to correct sections
- Options menu
- Game Sets
- Ancient - old, used looking (as in 1.0)
- Modern - new looking
- Bigger Tiles (see Help FAQs)
- How-to change display mode via Help file
- No More Free Pairs! Notice
- For current Prevailing Wind only (not game over)
- Winnable New Games
- Each stack contains all different tiles
- Helpful Mouse Pointer
- Mouse pointer changes to a hand over free/selectable tiles
- Left hand for those with their buttons reversed
- Popup menu
- Tile names, etc. in top item if mouse is over them
- Keyboard equivalents for Restacking A Tile direction buttons
- Nice for laptop users
- Notice for trying to make Special Moves when all have been used
-
- 1.0 bug fixed (after registering, File menu painting was
- replaced with same one in the www menu)
-
-
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- ----------------------------------------------------
- Free technical support for registered users only:
-
- Email:
- support@cypresslane.com
-
- Snail mail:
- Tech Support
- Cypress Lane Diversions
- 624 County Road 16
- Fayette, AL 35555 USA
-
- Online support via FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
- is available in the Help file and at:
- http://www.cypresslane.com/mahjongg/support-faq.html
-
-
- KNOWN BUGS & BUG REPORTING
- ----------------------------------------------------
- There are two known bugs on some 486 machines:
-
- 1. Background music crashes computer at random times
- on some 486s and old motherboards. Some users should
- just use "Tile Clicks & Thumps"
-
- 2. "Hide Me Now!" will not turn off background music
- in 256 color mode on some 486 machines
-
- For the latest information or to report a bug go to:
- http://www.cypresslane.com/mahjongg/bug-report.html
- Or, while playing the game, you can select "Bug
- Reporting & Notices" from the www menu if you are
- connected to the Internet and have a web browser.
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
- ----------------------------------------------------
- CD-ROM vendors please see VendInfo.DIZ file and check
- http://www.cypresslane.com/mahjongg/index.html
- to make sure you have the current version.
-
- You can also get the latest version info by emailing
- versions@cypresslane.com (auto-responder)
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- _SETUP.1 3863845 6-Aug-1998 09:51p EA1B6979
- FILE_ID.DIZ 374 6-Aug-1998 02:10a 32933B8A
- _SETUP.DLL 6128 19-Dec-1996 04:03p 447EDA90
- SETUP.EXE 45312 18-Jan-1997 10:53a E70EA4F7
- _ISDEL.EXE 8192 7-Sep-1995 07:22p DB6FF40D
- _INST32I.EX_ 320411 18-Jan-1997 11:04a B807E5B8
- README~1.HTM 6451 6-Aug-1998 05:19p 50A53C87
- DISK1.ID 5 6-Aug-1998 09:51p 2ED46A83
- SETUP.INI 35 6-Aug-1998 09:50p 54EE86ED
- SETUP.INS 70160 11-Feb-1998 02:16p 7EA573AA
- SETUP.ISS 530 6-Aug-1998 09:50p 642E1B47
- _SETUP.LIB 196951 6-Aug-1998 09:50p 538FFB3C
- SETUP.PKG 409 6-Aug-1998 09:51p 0565C54D
- LICENSE.TXT 4734 5-Aug-1998 10:45p D1BBD42D
- ORDERF~1.TXT 1164 6-Aug-1998 09:50p 7A9877A7
- README.TXT 5337 6-Aug-1998 05:18p C7C1F472
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- Cypress Lane Diversions' Software License Agreement
- Mah Jongg Wall 2.1 - A Mah Jongg Tile Game by Russell Wilson
-
- IMPORTANT - THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (EITHER
- AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ENTITY) AND CYPRESS LANE DIVERSIONS. BY
- INSTALLING AND/OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
- THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT,
- AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS. YOU FURTHER AGREE
- THAT IT IS THE FULL AND COMPLETE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US,
- SUPERSEDING ALL PRIOR WRITTEN OR VERBAL AGREEMENTS OF
- ANY KIND. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR DO NOT AGREE TO
- THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST CEASE USING THIS
- PRODUCT IMMEDIATELY.
-
- 1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This License Agreement permits you to
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- sole purpose of internal distribution shall not constitute
- "use" for which a separate license is required, provided you
- have a separate license for each computer to which the
- SOFTWARE is distributed.
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- SOFTWARE, but you may transfer the SOFTWARE and
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- most recent update and all prior versions.
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- Limited Warranty
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY. This SOFTWARE is provided "as is"
- without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied,
- including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability
- and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality
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- Cypress Lane Diversions does not warranty that the functions
- contained in the SOFTWARE will meet your requirements, or that
- the operation of the SOFTWARE will be error-free or uninterrupted.
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- NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. To the
- maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall
- Cypress Lane Diversions be liable for any damages whatsoever
- (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits,
- business interruption, loss of business information,
- or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or
- inability to use this Cypress Lane Diversions product, even if
- Cypress Lane Diversions has been advised of the possibility of
- such damages or for any claim by any other party. Because some
- states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation
- of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above
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