CHAINLINK  - version 1.0
February 1997 - My Cat Software
Copyright 1997, Lucie Dorais

A brand new card Solitaire game for
the PC, was a smash hit with TI-99/4A 
Home Computer users for many years.
Move all cards to the Top by building 
Chains of cards of the same Suit. 
the mouse or the keyboard. Big card
design option.

Win 3.1, Win 95 compliant.  
Minimum requirements (286, VGA)
Needs VBRUN300.DLL to run. 


To Install:  
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Just all files files in the directory of your choice (you don't 
need the WAV files if you don't have a Sound Card); all files must
be in the same directory, so you can use Help and hear the sounds.  

If you don't already have VBRUN300.DLL in your Windows\System
directory, you must get it before you can play CHAINLINK. 
It is a must for any program written is Visual Basic 3.0, and
is available on the majority of BBSs and commercial online services.
On CompuServe, look for VBRUN3.ZIP in Library 1 of the WinShare
Forum, or go PCFF and search for file VBRUN3.ZIP.  

I leave to you the joy of adding the program to one of your
Program Manager's Groups or TaskBar Start menu. In Windows 3.1:
select a group, click on File Menu, then New, select "Program
Item", add the proper description (like "Chainlink") and command
line (path of directory you placed the program in, plus filename,
as in "C:\dir\subdir\CHAINLNK.EXE"), then press the OK button.
The icon will appear in your Group.  In Windows 95:  well I will
leave that to you, as I don't have it yet...


Card design:
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Because CHAINLINK needs 13 columns, Windows cards had to be
reduced by one third and might be hard to read; there is a
bigger style available as an Option.  I left the regular cards
because I spent a whole weekend redesigning them...


Registration: 
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CHAINLINK will run for 30 days. After that, you should be addicted;
to continue playing you need to... Register!

Registration is only $15 US (or $15 Cdn if you live in Canada and pay by
snail-mail).  On CompuServe, GO SWREG, and follow the menus; the 
registration number is #14442.  

You can use the file ORDER.TXT to register via snail-mail. American 
users can send a cheque. If you live outside Canada or the US, and
if the charges for a bank draft or money order are out of this world, 
you can send the equivalent in your country's money (bank notes only); 
although it might not be safe, I have had no problem so far.
                         
The shareware version is not crippled in any way, I am the
optimist type... (except for the trial period). And, being 
mostly homebound (and not working) due to illness, I avoid 
trips to the Post Office.  

Please send any mail to:
     Lucie Dorais
     603 - 222 Guigues
     Ottawa, Ont.
     K1N 5J2
     Canada

     CompuServe:  76440,623
     e-mail: ldorais@cyberus.ca
             76440.623@compuserve.com
             l.dorais@genie.com
     www:  http://www.cyberus.ca/~ldorais/index.htm

What you will get:  a nice thank you letter, a free conscience,
and my eternal gratitude. And that nagging screen will disappear forever!


License:
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CHAINLINK is a Shareware program and is provided at no charge to
the user for evaluation.  You may evaluate it for 30 days; after 
that trial period, CHAINLINK will stop running (but will still allow 
you to enter the registration number if you got one).

Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give
it away altered or as part of another system.  And please don't
give them your registration number! The essence of "user-supported"
software is to provide personal computer users with quality
software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for
programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this
program useful and find that you are using CHAINLINK and continue
to use it after a reasonable trial period, you should look deep
into your pocketbook and make an effort to register it (see
above). This will entitle you to the right of running one copy of
the program on one computer at a time.
