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                  MVP Backgammon 1.1 [unregistered]
               Copyright (c) 1995 Cane Garden Software
                         ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

This game is shareware.  You may freely try it.  If you like it or
find it useful, then you must register with MVP Software.  To
"register" a shareware game means to purchase it directly from the
developer.  (Shareware games are evaluation versions only, which
means you have the right to try them, but after trying them you must
either register them with the author or delete them from your
system.  It is unlikely that anyone will check up on you, so
shareware works because of the honesty of users.)  When you register
you will receive MVP Backgammon Deluxe for Windows, which includes
all of the following additional features:

   * 3 skill levels, including the tough expert "fiona" neural net
     system, plus a beginner level.
   * Single game and tournament match play.
   * 3 different board and stone graphics styles.
   * 3 different screen sizes for full-screen graphics in 640x480,
     800x600, and 1024x768 modes.
   * Lots more music and sound effects, including lots of cool
     digitized speech not in this shareware version.
   * Printed manual with tips and hints from the author.

MVP Backgammon Deluxe for Windows is just $19.95 plus shipping.  So
order today!  Registered users receive a special offer on other MVP
products.

To order, call 800-968-9684 toll-free 24 hours a day.  Please have
your Master Card or Visa ready when you call.  Or fill out the order
form in this manual and fax it to: 616-245-3204.  Make sure your
credit card number and expiration date are legible.  Or if you
prefer mail the order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035
Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407.

For overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376.

             How to Register Online and Receive
       MVP Backgammon Deluxe for Windows Immediately!

MVP is pleased that all MVP shareware products can now be registered
online, with immediate download of the registered version.  This
service is available to anyone in the world who has a Master Card or
Visa and can call from a modem.  To register MVP Backgammon Deluxe
for Windows or any other MVP shareware game online, call InterComm
at 1-310-858-6200.  Once you are connected, go to the MVP section.
There you may download any MVP shareware program free of charge, or
you may order and immediately download any MVP non-shareware title
or registered title.  It's easy and it's fun, so call today.

         Download All the Latest MVP Shareware Games FREE

If your favorite BBS doesn't have an MVP file section, then you may
be missing some great shareware.  To get all the latest and greatest
MVP shareware releases, call one of the leading boards listed below,
and check out the FREE MVP file area.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Ryan's Bar [phone]
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Exec-PC [phone]
In New York, New York -- The Invention Factory [phone]
In Boston, Massachusetts -- Channel 1 [phone]
In Kansas City, Missouri -- Sound Advice [phone]
In Palo Alto, California -- Space BBS [phone]
In Reston, Virginia -- World Data Network [phone]

Or call Intercomm Online at [phone], the new source for
all of MVP's shareware and registered software.

Even better, tell your favorite sysop about the MVP Distribution
Network and how he can be assured of getting all of the latest MVP
shareware hits as soon as they are released.  See the SYSOP.DOC file
for details.

                      MVP is Now on CompuServe!

You can get all of the latest MVP shareware releases, and discuss
MVP titles directly with the authors on MVP's new section on the
world's largest online information network, CompuServe.  Just type
GO MVPSOFT to get to our section!  If you are not a CompuServe
member you are eligible to receive a FREE trial membership,
including software and online time worth almost $55!  That's right,
you get the CompuServe Information Manager software for DOS or
Windows, which normally costs $29.95.  Plus you get a free first
month of online access, worth $9.95.  And to top it off, you get a
usage credit of $15 of additional online time.

To take advantage of this free trial membership to the largest
online service in the world, call 800-848-8199.  Ask for rep 671.
And then GO MVPSOFT and talk to the MVP team on CompuServe.

       MVP is Now on the Internet and the World Wide Web!

You can get all of the latest MVP shareware releases, find out news
of future activities, and give feedback to MVP on the Internet.  To
visit our new home page, just set your WWW browser to this URL:

                  http://www.mvpsoft.com

While there, you can see descriptions of all our releases, download
the shareware versions with a click of your mouse button, and check
out full color screen shots for all of our games.  Be sure to leave
feedback telling us how you like our page!

If you prefer using direct ftp to get our files, you can find them
at the following sites:

                 ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/mvp
                 archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/mvp
                 ftp.he.net/pub/mvpsoft

These sites also have many mirrors, so just look for a game site
with an MVP directory, and you'll be assured of getting the best
games around!

                       Ordering Information

MVP Backgammon Deluxe for Windows is available from the following
authorized distributors:

In the United States:
--------------------
MVP Software
1035 Dallas SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407
phone: [phone]-hour order line only
       [phone] information, technical support, or orders.
fax: [phone]
order price: $19.95 plus $4.00 shipping in the US, $5.00 shipping to
Canada, $6.00 shipping everywhere else.  Michigan residents please
add appropriate sales tax.

In Australia:
------------
Budgetware
9 Albermarle St
Newtown NSW 2042
phone: [phone]          Fax: [phone]
order price: $A30.00 (includes shipping)

In the United Kingdom:
---------------------
Atlantic Coast Plc.
Station Rd.
Colyton, Devon, EX13 6HA
phone: [phone]            Fax: [phone]
order price: L20 (includes shipping and taxes)
Dealers please enquire.

In Denmark and all of Scandanavia:
---------------------------------
Pro-Soft
Benloese Skel 4 G
DK 4100 Ringsted
phone: [phone]             Fax: [phone]
order price: 145,00 kr. + VAT 25% + s/h 25,00

In Japan:
--------
P. & A. Company Ltd
1-3-6-2 Kamisunacho
Tachikawa, Tokyo 190
phone: [phone]         fax: [phone]
order price: 3015 yen includes shipping and taxes

Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
---------------------------------
Topware PD-Service GmbH
Quadrat 0 3, 2
68161 Mannheim
phone: [phone]       Fax: [phone]
order price: 33 DM (includes taxes) plus 6 DM shipping

The Netherlands and Belgium
---------------------------
CSD -- Computer Solutions Dorth
Postbus 59
NL-7213 ZH Gorssel
THE NETHERLANDS
phone: [phone]       Fax: [phone]
order price: fl. 50,00 (includes VAT and shipping)

Italy
-----
Systems Comunicazioni srl
via Olanda
6 - 20083 Gaggiano
phone: [phone]            Fax: [phone]
BBS: [phone]
order price: Lire 42.000 IVA inclusa

Spain
-----
Friendware S.L.
C/ Miguel Angel, 6 2-5
28010 Madrid
phone: [phone]            Fax: [phone]
CIS: 100413,1667
order price: 3.000 Pts

          MVP Backgammon Deluxe for Windows Order Form

Name ______________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________

City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP _____________

Country (if outside USA) __________________________________________

Price of MVP Backgammon Deluxe for Windows                   $19.95
Shipping and Handling (US)                                     4.00
Shipping and Handling (Canada)                                 5.00
Shipping and Handling (all other countries)                    6.00
Michigan residents add sales tax                               1.44
                                                              -----
Make check payable to "MVP Software"        Total enclosed:  $
Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only)
(Please note that we accept Master Card and Visa only.)

Card number __________________________________________

Expiration date ______________________________________
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VOLUNTARY QUESTIONS:  Please help us determine what features you
====================  would like in future products.

Circle what type of equipment you have:  386  486SX  486DX  Pentium
Circle the speed of your computer(Mhz):  33 50 66 75 90 100 133 ___
Circle any that apply:   Joystick   Mouse   Modem_______   SVGA card
                                                 (speed)

Sound Capability:   Adlib   Sound Blaster   SB Pro   SB AWE32
    PC speaker only  Other ____________________________________

Where did you get MVP Backgammon?
Friend   CompuServe   AOL   Prodigy   Channel 1   Invention Factory
World Data Network   Ryan's Bar   Exec-PC   Space BBS   Sound Advice

BBS (name): _______________________  phone # _______________________
    address ________________________________________________________

Shareware Distributor (name): ______________________________________

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Send this order form and your check to:

MVP Software, 1035 Dallas S.E., Grand Rapids, MI  49507-1407
Checks must be in US funds and drawn on a US or Canadian bank.

US or Canada 24-hour order line: 800-968-9684.  Fax: [phone].
Tech support, information, or overseas order line: 616-245-8376.

                       UNFORTUNATE LEGAL STUFF

MVP Software and Cane Garden Software make NO WARRANTIES of any
kind, express or implied, regarding the quality of this software or
its fitness to any particular task.  The user agrees to indemnify
MVP Software and Cane Garden Software against all liability for the
consequences of using this software for any purpose whatsoever.  Any
risks associated with the use of this software are assumed by the
user.

                        WHAT IT REALLY MEANS

We've done our best to produce a quality product.  It is carefully
designed and constructed and has been rigorously tested.  However,
it would be irresponsible of us to suggest that based on that record
this software will never screw up.  Windows configurations are
exceedingly complex, and factors outside of the binaries for this
program can affect its operation.  Always practice safe computing!
Back up important files, and scan incoming files for viruses.  To
rephrase the legal stuff above more directly: if our program crashes
and you lose data we are not going to be responsible.  Period.  If
you can't accept these terms then you should not use this, or
probably any other, commercial software product.

                             HACKER'S CORNER

First of all we respect and admire those of you with the talent for
opcode spelunking.  We've performed numerous traversals of the
dampest corners ourselves, in search of a nugget or two.  It is
because we respect and admire you so much that we are offering to
save those of you whose talents tend toward cracking shareware
programs some time and effort: the shareware version of MVP
Backgammon cannot be cracked into a registered version, because the
requisite code simply isn't in the build.

                           SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows 3.1, 3.11, NT or Windows95
386 or better with 4 megabytes of ram (recommended)
Mouse
Sound Blaster or equivalent (recommended)
Roland CM-32L or equivalent (recommended)
8-bit VGA Graphics Driver

                          INSTALLATION AND PLAY

Installation is simple.  If you received the game on two floppies
then put #1 in a floppy drive, then run x:setup from File or Program
Manager, where x is the letter of your drive.  Follow the
instructions in the setup program help.  If you received an archive
file from a BBS unpack it into a temporary (and empty!) directory.
Run setup in this directory and install the game to another (empty!)
directory.  When you're finished you may delete the original files,
or archive them for later use.

MVP Backgammon makes absolutely no changes to your Windows
installation, and maintains all of its files in the install
directory, with the sole exception of the BACKG.INI file, which is
placed in your \WINDOWS directory.  The program may be freely
deleted from disk at any time (though we hope you won't want to!).

The program was designed with 256-color graphics in mind and uses
the palette to display a richly-textured board and playing
implements.  If you do not have an 8-bit driver installed for
Windows we highly recommend it, for this program and many others.
If you cannot install an 8-bit driver the program will run in 4-bit
mode, but the quality of the graphics is a lot lower.

In addition to the graphics MVP Backgammon uses over a megabyte of
sampled sound effects to punctuate game events.  These effects are
available if you have sound output capability installed in Windows.
If your sound output is limited to the PC speaker you may still hear
the effects by installing the speaker .wav driver, but we cannot say
much for the results.

                          PLAYING THE GAME

MVP Backgammon is easy to learn and play.  The online help contains
complete program instructions.