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R U M M Y FROM SPECIAL K SOFTWARE
release 2.8 - 2002
created by G.M.McKAY
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS:
Any 486, pentium or better IBM compatible computer will successfully
run this game as long as it can run Windows 95 and has over 8 Mb of memory.
It will use any sound driver that your Windows has fitted (ie. a
sound card or PC speaker driver). A mouse is required (as with all
Windows activities). It works best if Windows has a standard
screen resolution, such as 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or 1280x1024.
However, it can accommodate any resolution. You should have at least
256 colours in your Screen Color Palette.
DISTRIBUTION:
This copyrighted game is distributed under the SHAREWARE system which
depends upon your support for on-going development. You are encouraged to
freely copy and distribute this product unaltered to friends, business
associates, bulletin boards and user groups. HOWEVER THIS PRODUCT IS NOT
FREE!
You have an evaluation period of two weeks. If you decide you do
not like the game, simply pass the disk along to someone else. If you are
still using "Rummy From Special K" after two weeks of evaluation, you are
obligated to send a minimum payment of $30. If the future of low-cost
quality software is to continue, we all must support this concept. If you
cheat on this payment may you be constantly finessed.
When you register, you get lots of goodies, as well as that warm fuzzy
feeling that only comes from the knowledge that you are more saintly than the
scum around you.
If you registered a previous version that gave you life time
registrations (like this one does), simply setup this Shareware program on
top of the previous one (ie into the same directory). It will become
registered. DO NOT delete the previous version.
INSTALLATION:
RUMMY is distributed in a form which makes installation easy for you.
Like all Windows programs, its installation is more complex than DOS programs,
but the SETUP.EXE utility takes care of all this for you. This way, it can
ensure that you have the correct Windows System files that it needs to run
properly, without you having to do any work.
After installation, you should have these files in the
\Program Files\Rummy From Special K directory -
RUMMY.EXE - base program
RUMMY.HLP - Windows help file
RUMMY.TXT - ASCII text help file
REGO.FRM - user registration form
SCORES.RUM - game scores and set-up info
GAME.RUM - saved game
*.CRD - data files.
In addition, it will make sure that you have Windows system files in
your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
If you received this software from a Bulletin Board or the Internet,
it will be compressed into the one file, eg RUMMY.ZIP. Before running the
installation program you will need to decompress it. Create a temporary
directory, eg C:\MYTEMP, and decompress all the files into it. The software
is now ready to install, as if you had bought it on a floppy disk. Now run
the SETUP.EXE program. The easiest way of doing this is choose RUN from
Windows START button, and type in the drive, directory, and SETUP.EXE name.
Alternatively, you can run it from the File Explorer. If you have Winzip
installed, you just have to open the .ZIP file and run the SETUP.EXE file.
The installation program prompts you to enter the directory name in
which to store the files. The installation program does NOT interfere with
any of your standard set-up eg, AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, *.INI, path. It
places the icon to start the RUMMY game in a group called
"Rummy From special K" that it creates in the Programs group on the START
button. If you want, you can easily move this icon to a different group
(by the usual method of dragging and dropping).
If you created a temporary directory, eg C:\MYTEMP, you can now
remove it.
The total space that this program takes up on disk is about 3.8 Mbytes.
If you run RUMMY and find that it does not fill the whole
screen, the answer is probably the screen resolution that you have chosen
for Windows. You can change this via the Display icon in the Control
Panel. It works best with standard resolutions, such as 640x480, 800x600,
1024x768, or 1280x1024. However it supports most other resolutions.
If it does not fill the whole screen, you can force it to use a particular
resolution by including on the command line /RESOLUTION500x400. Adjust
the numbers to make the game suit your screen. The command line is set
by the 'properties' of the 'Rummy' shortcut.
You will never want to do it, but you can delete the program, via
the 'Add/Remove Programs' icon in the 'Control Panel' (use the 'START'
button, then 'SETTINGS').
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If you have any problems with this program, whether installing
it, or running it, please let me know. You can contact me on
gmckay@dezzanet.net.au or Garry.McKay@akzonobel.com.au
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