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YNOT Version 1.00 (1st Release) 18th July, 1993
- A Dice Game for the Psion Series 3 -
Copyright 1993 Right Hand Software Ltd.
45, Kenilworth Gardens, London SE18 3JB, UK
Phone/Fax : 081-319-8576
- Email -
righthand@cix.compulink.co.uk
chennings@cix.compulink.co.uk
100010,511@compuserve.com
1) Description
YNOT is a version of the traditional game played with 5 dice. The
game requires both luck and strategy to score as many points as
possible from 13 turns in each of which the dice may be rolled up to
3 times. Points are awarded for various combinations of dice such
as 3-of-a-kind, full-house, straights etc. A full description of
the rules and game play are provided below.
YNOT can be played as a solitaire in which you aim to get into the
highscore table or to improve your personal best and average scores.
YNOT also has a 2 player mode in which you might chose to play "first
to an agreed total score" or "highest total in an agreed number of
games".
YNOT is called "YNOT" because - why not ? (Yes I know this is a
hostage to fortune if the time comes for foreign language versions).
Enjoy!
2) Shareware & Registration
YNOT is fully functional. You are granted a limited licence (please
see the detailed Terms & Conditions set out below) to enjoy and
evaluate YNOT as follows :-
You may run/launch YNOT up to 25 times for evaluation purposes (of
course you may play as many games as you like each time YNOT is
launched). If you intend to play YNOT once this evaluation period
has expired you must register your version as described below. You
will be able to tell once your evaluation period has expired
because:-
* For the very first time you run YNOT, the full registration and
copyright information is displayed.
* For the next 24 times you run YNOT only a brief welcome screen is
displayed.
* For any subsequent run of YNOT the full registration and copyright
is always displayed.
I hope you will agree that the evaluation period is generous, the
"nagging" is minimal and of course the "crippling" is nil!
Indeed, the approach here to the expiry of the evaluation period is
to provide a gentle reminder rather than a heavy handed "lock out"
and in any case I'm sure many of you will realise the relatively
trivial steps required to hack the system.
However, it is to be hoped that such concerns will be immaterial as
long before the expiry of the evaluation period you will want to
register your copy of YNOT. This you can do with a nominal payment
(suggested minimum 7.50 ukp or local equivalent). Payment should be
by cheques drawn on UK Banks or Building Societies made payable to
Right Hand Software Ltd or in cash. Please contact us if you wish
to discuss other forms of payment.
On registering you will receive a code which can be entered with your
name so that your name appears as a registered user in the program
information display. This will also suppress any further copyright
information displays on start up.
Registration also has the major benefit of giving you the warm
feeling of satisfaction that you are supporting the development of
software for the Psion Series 3.
3) Installation & Logistics
a) Setup
Copy the file YNOT.APP to any directory on any drive and use
PSION-I to install YNOT to the system screen. YNOT is a type 0
application and so has no filelist on the system screen.
Alternatively, place YNOT in an \IMG\ directory so that it can be
launched from the RUNIMG filelist.
b) Free Memory
YNOT needs between about 25k to 30k free memory to load and run.
We hope to reduce this requirement in future releases through the
use of overlay or other techniques.
c) Support Files
YNOT uses 2 types of support file. Firstly, YNOT is resource
based (English language resources are embedded in the main .app)
and YNOT will look for foreign language resource files in a \YNOT\
directory that must be located under the directory from which the
app is launched. No foreign language resource files currently
exist but if anyone is interested in doing the translation work,
we will be happy to supply them.
Secondly, YNOT saves various items of information to a file called
YNOT.INI. If the drive from which YNOT was launched can be written
to and is not a FLASH SSD, the .INI file will be created in a
\YNOT\ directory under the directory from which the program was
launched. Alternatively, the .INI file will be created in
LOC::M:\RHS\
d) General Operation.
YNOT has extensive online help. Press the HELP key for details of
how to use the various facilities available.
4) Terms & Conditions
a) YNOT comprises the files YNOT.APP and this file YNOT.TXT. YNOT is
copyright material of Right Hand Software Ltd. and all ownership
rights are retained.
b) You may use and distribute YNOT only in accordance with the terms
and conditions stated here.
c) You may NOT modify YNOT in any way.
d) You may use YNOT free of charge ONLY for the 1st 25 times you launch
the program. For all and any subsequent use of the program, you
must register your copy as described in section (2) above. You
may use YNOT only in a personal and private capacity. Use within
commercial, corporate or government institutions requires a
commercial users licence.
e) You may distribute YNOT only provided that :
i) All the original files are included (in particular these
terms and conditions).
ii) NO charge is made other than to cover the fair and
reasonable costs of distribution.
Any distribution of YNOT that renders any form of commercial
advantage (financial or otherwise) to the distributor, requires a
commercial distributors license.
f) While appropriate care has been taken in the creation of YNOT,
Right Hand Software Ltd. does not warrant that the software is
error free. Indeed, Right Hand Software Ltd. disclaims all and
any warranties relating to the software.
g) Under no circumstances shall Right Hand Software Ltd. be liable
for consequential, incidental or indirect damages of any kind
arising from the use of the YNOT software.
5) YNOT - The Game
A game of YNOT comprises 13 turns. Each turn comprises up to 3 rolls
of the dice. For the 1st roll of each turn all 5 dice must be
rolled. For the optional 2nd and 3rd rolls you may select any or all
of the dice to be rolled. You may choose to score the turn after the
1st or 2nd rolls and the turn must be scored after the 3rd turn.
There are 13 different ways in which points can be awarded to score a
turn. Each of these ways must be used once and only once during a
game. The objective of the game is to score as many points as
possible.
6) YNOT - Scoring
The ways in which a turn can be scored are organised into 2 sections.
The 1st section has 6 ways to score a turn. These are :-
1s - Score the total of all dice showing 1 (ie 1 5 1 1 2 = 3)
2s - Score the total of all dice showing 2
3s - Score the total of all dice showing 3
4s - Score the total of all dice showing 4
5s - Score the total of all dice showing 5
6s - Score the total of all dice showing 6
Additionally, if the total of all points in the 1st section is 63 or
more you get a bonus of 35 points.
This means that you should aim to have at le