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                           SOLITAIRE
                       Copyright (c) 1991
                     Written by: Danny Davis

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General Information:
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     This program is provided as is with no warranties
     whatsoever.  We will not be held liable for any damages,  or 
     losses from the use of this software. Also I will not be     
     responsible for any inability to use this software.  This    
     program has been tested and tested again and I have yet to   
     have any problems arise from the use of this program.

     This program may be used by you for 30 days to evaluate
     and decide if you wish to REGISTER this program.  If you
     decide that you do not wish to REGISTER this program then
     please remove it from your BBS door section.  In the
     event you wish to REGISTER this door please print out the
     REGISTER.TXT and send it to me at the address provided at
     the end of the txt file.

     You may freely distribute this program as long as no
     money is charged for it and no alteration's are made to
     the program or its files.  


REQUIREMENTS:
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     BRUN45.EXE Runtime File (This is Needed For The Program to Run)

     CGA Monitor (sysop end only, MONO ok on remote providing
     remote user receives ansi)

     IMB XT/AT/386

     Also supports Desqview.
 
     This program has been tested on the following systems.

        Wildcat 2,X, and 3.0
        Gap v4.0 and Greater
        Pcboard v14.0
        QuickBBS v2.64 thru v2.75
        SuperBBS
        Remote Access
        Spitfire BBS


     DorinofX.Def Drop Files
     -----------------------

     This program should also work with other DORINFOx.DEF & DOOR.SYS
     producing BBS's. For other BBS's not mentioned,  there are MANY
     door conversion utilities available.

     You will also need a copy of Brun45.exe in your path or file
     directory along with SOLITAIRE.  My suggestion is to have it in your
     dos path so you don't have duplicate copies of it anywhere.


INSTALLATION OF THE DOOR:
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     USING THE INSTALL PROGRAM:
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     I have made a program called INSTALL that will automatically
     make the SOL.CNF file needed to run the program.


     1.   First create a directory for the program and
          place all the files in that directory.
           
          C:\WILDCAT\DOOR\SOL (whatever you door directory will be)

     2.   Below is what the SOL.CNF file should look like.

          Line one is the path to your dropfile.

          Line two is the name of your BBS

          Line three is your name that you use on your
          BBS.

          Line four is where you specify what type of BBS software you
          have.

          Line five is where you specify if you are running at lock
          baud or not.  If you are running lock baud then enter the 
          baud rate....ie 9600 or 19200 or 38400.  Enter 0 for    
          none.

          Line six is to tell if you wish to have page available or not.
          1 = YES   0 = NO

          Line seven is the total time you wish a user to be on the door
          at one given time.

          Line eight is how many times a user may play the game per day.

          Line nine is the IRQ information for comm port 3

          Line ten is the IRQ information for comm port 4

          Line eleven is the number of pints to be given for each card
          played on the foundation.

          Line twelve is the number of points to required to break even.

          Line thirteen is the bonus points for clearing the Solitaire
          Board.

          Line fourteen is where you will specify the ASCII Bulletin path
          and filename.

          Line fifteen is where you will specify the ANSI Bulletin path and
          filename.


          Okay here is what the whole thing should look
          like after you finish:

            C:\WILDCAT
            The Lighthouse BBS
            Danny Davis
            WC3
            19200 or 0 for none
            1
            30
            5
            03E8 3
            02E8 4
            10
            100
            250
            C:\WILDCAT\BULL\BULL1.ANS
            C:\WILDCAT\BULL\BULL1.ASC

     3.   Okay now lets look at are batch file to start
          the game.


     WILDCAT DOOR#.BAT :
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          DOOR#.BAT
          CD\WILDCAT\DOOR\SOL
          SOL
          CD\WILDCAT
          CAT


     QuickBBS & DORINFOx.DEF  (a TYPE 15 for QuickBBS)
     -----------------------

          You may specify up to 9 different DorinfoX.def 's by    
          selection from within the install program.


          D:
          CD\DOORS\SOL
          SOL
          C:
          CD\QBBS
          GOTO RESTART

          To run as a type 7 (for QuickBBS), simply put the SOL.BAT
          file in the QuickBBS directory, using "*C /C SOL.BAT" in
          the optional data line in the type 7 menu.  (there are  
          other ways to do it, this is the easiest).

     Gap and Pcboard:
     ________________

          DOOR#.BAT
          CD\DOOR\SOL
          SOL
          CD\GAP
          GAP


     For Local Players (Non BBS)
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     1.   Okay just edit the SOL.CNF to state the path
          where your SOLITAIRE files are.  See example below.
          Plus use the /LOCAL command

          Okay lets say my path is C:\SOL
          The SOL.CNF will look like the following:

          C:\SOL
          The Lighthouse BBS     'Whatever you wish for this line
          Danny Davis            'Your Name
          DOOR.SYS               'Leave as Door.Sys
          0                      'You need not to speciffy LockBaud
          1                      'N/A
          30                     'Max Time Per Game
          5                      'Max Time On
          03E8 3                 'N/A
          03E8 4                 'N/A
          10                     'points for cards played
          100                    'deduction points for each game
          250                    'Bouns for clearing board
          PATH\FILENAME          'for ansi bulletin
          PATH\FILENAME          'for ascii bulletin

    Maintenance :
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        Also enclosed is a maintenance file that needs to be ran once a
        day to keep the player.dat file clean.  By passing a nuber value
        from 8-30 you can specify how many days you will allow a user to
        stay in the door before being deleted.

        i.e.  MAINT 17   'this allows 17 days before a player is deleted
                          for non-use

    SOLBULL :
    ----------
        This file can be ran each time the door is exited or in a
        nightly batch file.  It will make a ANSI and a ASCII Bulletin
        from the information you specify in your installation module.

    Page Files :
    ------------
         Read the PAGE.CTL and configure it to meet your needs.


    Multi - Line BBS :
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         Well this is a rather simple task.  When you run the install
         program you can pick upto 4 different configuration files.
         To run this door as a multi door all you need to do is place
         the following statement:

                SOL SOL1.CNF

             And so on for the rest of the configuration files.  The
             reason for this is so you may specify the different
             LOCKBAUD rates for each node.


    Support BBS :
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    The Lighthouse BBS
    209-442-8329
    Fido Net 1:205/75
    US ROBOTICS DUAL STANDARD

     Registration of this door will cost you $15.00 plus shipping
and handling.  With your registration you will recieve a key file
that will work with all future versions of SOLITAIRE.
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