BridgeD2 V2.2 copyright 1992, is a demo of a game of Contract Bridge
for Macintosh computers. It is not copy protected and may be placed on a
hard disk. The demo of the game is copyright but freely distributable when
accompanied by this documentation. A continous playing version is
available. This demo plays for 15 minutes before resetting.
This game is just being introduced to the Macintosh. It has been through
many revisions on other platforms hence should be reliable. On monochrome monitors the game occupies 512 X 342 pixels. On color monitors the size is 640 X 480 and color is limited to the card symbols.
The game has been developed on an Amiga 3000 using ReadySoft's excellent AMax emulator. The 128K Mac Rom's do not support color. The game runs successfully on Mac SE's and early color Mac's. Earlier versions had problems with the newer SI and CI Mac's but the author believes the problem to be repaired although a search of all the local Mac outlets failed
to produce a suitable computer to test it on. More color will be added
when these computers are available for rental locally.
This version has several options: three playing speeds are offered,
review of the bidding, see the last trick played, replay the last hand and
automatic trick or manual trick pickup.
Bidding instructions are quite detailed and include slam bidding,
opening bids, 1st Replys to Openers, Rebids by opener and 2nd Reply bids..
The bidding and scoring rules are available from the menus.
As usual any comments or revisions to improve the bidding or play are
welcome and will help guide future revisions.
A Replay capability permits replaying the last hand repeatedly. The
scoring and game continuity resume after replay(s) are completed.
This implementation as well as the continous playing version require
system 6.07 or later software and should have 384k of ram available.
The game has been under development for three years and is available
for the Macintosh, IBM and Amiga computers. This version 2.2 implementation
is considered completely reliable and has included the most requested
improvements from registered users. Additional suggestions are always
welcome and should be sent to:
Errol Wallingford
Botting Road
Sydenham Ontario
Canada K0H-2T0
(613) 376-3751
Demo users are encouraged to register. To receive the latest non time
limited version of this program please send $20.00 Can or US funds
(Shipping,taxes and handling included) to the above address.
For immediate delivery send Postal Money order or equivalent. Personal
cheques(US and Canada only) will require two weeks for clearance.
Charge cards will not be accepted. Please specify your computer as
Macintosh, Amiga or IBM, if the latter say if 3 1/2" or 5 1/4" media are required.
Registered users will be informed of all significant updates and
will be required to pay at most a nominal charge.
Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to my wife who spent many hours testing this product
and to the many users who made specific recommendations for improving
the product.
Disclaimers:
This product is considered to be completely reliable however the author
will not be held responsible for its use, misuse or excessive use.
