Blackjack v1.8





                           Altman's Programs & Stuff - 4/15/96



  I. INTRODUCTION

     Thank you for trying my programs.  I hope you find them useful, easy

to use, fun, fast, and efficient.  I know I'm not the best programmer in

the world but I am always trying to improve.  I beleve that a program can

always be improved upon in some way and they are never truly finished.  If

you have any suggestions, notice any bugs, or have any ideas please E-mail

me because I would really like to hear from you.  I have been programming

in various versions of basic for a few years and enjoy programming very

much...  I really like trying to improve programs.



 II. Available Programs

     FILE          COMPLETED  TITLE

     BJACK18.92G   04/10/96   Blackjack v1.8

     CALGEN11.92G  04/09/96   Calendar Generator v1.1

     GETKEY10.92G  04/09/96   getKey Key Codes v1.0

     HILOW10.92G   04/09/96   High-Low Guessing Game v1.0

     PMS16.92G     04/15/96   Professional Menu System v1.6

     TRIANG03.92G  04/10/96   Triangle Wizard v0.3



III. UPDATES, PROBLEMS, IDEAS

     I am always trying to improve my programs so please give me any

suggestions if you have any.  I don't have a WWW page so if you would post

this program on your TI-92 WWW page or ftp site for me I would really

appreciate it (please notify me so I can keep you up to date).  Just send

me the http or ftp address that it will be on so I can add it to the

following list.



     You can currently get my programs from the following places...

       http://www.nrv.net/~monty/

       





                                    Blackjack v1.8

 

  I. INTRODUCTION

     Thank you for trying my version of Blackjack.  A few other people wrote

their own versions of Black Jack for the TI-92 but I thought there was

much more that could be done to make the game more enjoyable & efficent.

 

 II. HOW TO PLAY

     Playing is pretty simple...  The goal is to get a total number of

points that is higher than the dealer's total.  An Ace is worth 1 or 11,

all face cards are worth 10, and all numbers are worth their face value.

"Blackjack" is when your point total is 21 and "5 card charlie" is when you

get 5 cards without going over 21.  Your bet is affected by how you win

or loose, "Blackjack" is worth 2*bet, "5 card charlie" is worth 4*bet, and

all other wins/losses don't affect the bet.

 

III. PROGRAM FILES

     The group file (BJACK??.92G) containes 3 neccessary program-related

files, they are DECK (Image), BJACK (Program), and DRAWCARD (Program).  You

can delete any of the other files, print them out, or whatever.

 

 IV. CONTENTS OF BJACK??.92G

     *DECK.92I     - Image of the hidden card

     *BJACK.92P    - The Main Program

     *DRAWCARD.92P - Draws each card

      EDITCARD.92P - Helps edit the cards

    

  V. EDITING THE CARDS

     If you want to create your own drawings of the cards here's what you

do. Create images of any of the cards you want to change and place them in

the Blakjack Path.  If one of the card variables is missing then the

default picture will be used.  The cards are named consecutively from

Card1 to Card13.  Card1=Ace, Card11=Jack, Card12=Queen, Card13=King.  To

see how to edit a card look at and run the EDITCARD program enclosed,  It

will create all the card variables for you using the default pictures.  If

a card already exists it will ask you if you want to copy over it.

 

 VI. UPDATES, PROBLEMS, IDEAS

     To upgrade just delete all the current blackjack files and install

the new version.  You can keep the card picture variables if you want them.