The folling is a list of all versions of Sage Blackjack released.

Release Date	Version	Fixes/Enhancements

28APR98		3.2	These fixes/enhancements were made to the full
			version "Sage Blackjack", not all of which are in
			the shareware version:

			New Functionality
			1) Added the ability to choose from 10 different 
			   card back designs to be used in the game.
			2) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
                           mouse just below a player's betting circle will 
			   show the player's bankroll, running count, and 
			   true count (if defined).
			3) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
			   mouse over a player's betting chips shows the size
			   of the bet.
			4) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
			   mouse over the dealer's or a player's card hand 
			   will display the hand in a bigger format.
			5) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
			   mouse over the House Rules indicator will show the
			   house rules that are currently being used.
			6) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
			   mouse over the player's betting circle will show 
			   the player's playing strategy.
			7) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
			   mouse over the discarded cards will show how many 
			   cards are in this stack.
			8) Holding the left button down while pointing the 
			   mouse over the undealt cards will show how many 
			   undealt cards remain.
			9) Added the Practice Session functionality. This is 
			   similar to the Tutor functionality but you can 
			   control the number of hard hands, soft hands and 
			   pair hands dealt to you and you can either just 
			   play the first two cards dealt to you or play the 
			   hand out to completion. Whenever you make a 
			   mistake you will be notified and the playing 
			   strategy table with the entry where the error 
			   occurred will be highlighted. It can work for 
			   count based strategies as well. The cards are 
			   larger than in a standard game. If you want to 
			   learn a playing strategy you have to check this 
			   out!
			10) Added the menu item "Default Settings" which will
			    set all settings and statistics to their default 
			    values when selected.
			11) The settings that were last saved will now 
			    automatically be loaded when you run Sage 
			    Blackjack.

			Bug Fixes
			12) Modified Ace rich formula used in a count based 
			    betting strategy. Ace rich or poor is now rounded
			    to the nearest whole number as a human would do.
			13) When chip iterations were set at one or dynamics 
			    were turned off and an insurance bet was placed, 
			    problems could occur including a crash.
			14) Properly repaint cutcard when it is the next card
			    to be dealt in a single or double deck game. 
			    Previously it repainted as an ordinary card.
			15) Cleaned up garbage displayed when the Count 
			    Training was started then, before the cards begin
			    flipping, select the options and turn on the 
			    display options.
			16) When playing a seat with no playing strategy 
			    defined then set the player of the seat to 
			    "unplayed" after the initial bet was placed would
			    cause a crash.

			Graphics Improvements
			17) When bets are composed of multiple chips the 
			    chips are now spread out a bit more so you can 
			    see the chips underneath more easily.
			18) The stack of discards are now shown in 3D. The 
			    edge increases as the number of cards on the 
			    stack increases (26 cards = 1 pixel).
			19) The speed of the graphics is no longer dependent 
			    on a computer's processor speed and display card.
			    Processor speed is increasing at an incredible 
			    rate and the latest pentiums were displaying the 
			    dynamics of this game at breath taking speeds 
			    even when the iterations were maxed out. Now the 
			    system clock is used to slow down these speed 
			    demons.
			20) Added dynamics when a hand busts.
			21) The displayed hand value is now more visible 
			    against light backgrounds as sometimes happens 
			    when hands are split.
			22) Added the dynamics of the player's hand gesturing
			    its actions which include standing, hitting, 
			    doubling down, splitting, and surrendering.
			23) Added the dynamics of the player's hand gesturing
			    frustration when they bust.
			24) Added the dynamics of player's hand collecting 
			    bets.
			25) Added the dynamics of the dealer's hand 
			    indicating a push.

			Enhancements
			26) Added the ability to turn on or off the 
			    displaying of a hand's value when actions are 
			    being performed on it. By turning the display off
			    it will help you learn how to figure your own 
			    hand value as you would in a casino.
			27) You can now display either the running count, the
			    true count, or bankroll under a player's betting 
			    circle.
			28) Added house rule: "All bets lost when dealer has 
			    blackjack". In older versions this house rule was
	 		    automatically assumed if the house rule: "Dealer 
			    takes no hole card" was selected. But some 
			    European and Australian customers have told me 
			    that some of their casinos take no hole card but 
			    the double downs and split bets are not lost to a
			    dealer's blackjack. Now you can turn these house 
			    rules on or off individually.
			29) You can now have no upper betting limit at the 
			    table. Actually the maximum it can be is $999,999
			    due to the size of the input field but this 
			    should be enough for all practical purposes.
			30) You can now specify any number of decks to be 
			    used in the game between 1 and 8 inclusively. 
			    Some Australian casinos have 5 deck games and 
			    there may be others that offer 3 or 7 somewhere 
			    in the world.
			31) You can now specify the shuffle point to the 
			    exact card. Some customers told me that they 
			    couldn't accurately specify the shuffle point to 
			    reflect their favorite casinos and this could 
			    have a large effect on a counter's advantage.
			32) When an error is made when the Tutor is on, the 
			    error and the best action will be displayed along
			    with the playing strategy table with the action 
			    where the error occurred highlighted. This will 
			    also display count-based strategy tables.
			33) Many improvements have been made to the Bet 
			    dialog box. You can now specify the betting unit 
			    there and you can specify a bet of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
			    or 6 betting units at the touch of a button. Also
			    you can specify to bet the table min, table max, 
			    and you can parlay your bet if you won the 
			    previous round with a single button selection. 
			    Also, there is now a button to skip playing the 
			    current round. This can be useful for someone who 
			    plays a strategy which requires them to stop 
			    playing when their strategy dictates that the 
			    conditions are unfavorable.
			34) Added different sound effects for each seat. The 
			    sound effects for each seat represent a different
			    character which makes comments during the game 
			    when these sound effects are turned on.
			35) More sound effects added.
			36) Increased the number of different music files 
			    that can be played in succession from 5 to 8. 
			    Also, this version comes with 12 different music 
			    files comprising of Rock, Classical, and Jazz (9 
			    different music files in the Simulator). You can 
			    still have your own music files played also.
			37) Modifications have been made to the Playing 
			    Strategy dialog box. Now you can specify 4 
			    different basic playing strategies for single and
			    multi-deck games by selecting a single button. 
			    Also, if the currently defined playing strategy 
			    matches one of these predefined strategies, it 
			    will show you which one.
			38) The "Stop Game" menu entry under the "Game" menu 
			    item now will stop all sessions currently 
			    running: a Game session, a Count Training 
			    session, or a Practice session.


30SEP96		2.7	These fixes/enhancements were made to the full 
			version "Sage Blackjack", not all of which are in 
			the shareware version:

			1) Enhancement: Added house rule: "dealer takes no 
			   hole card" which is used frequently in Europe.
			2) Dynamics for doubled down card rotating 90 deg.
			3) Display dealer's hands.
			4) Dynamics for dealer points to active hand.
			5) Dynamics for players' hands push their bets out.
			6) New functionality: Previous Hand Statistics.
			7) Enhancements to Progressive Betting Strategy:
			   Ability to advance levels upon losses.
			8) Enhancements to Count Definition: Ability to
			   specify an unbalanced count.
			9) Show dealer's and all players' hand values before
			   collecting their hands.
			10) Enhancements to Count Training: Ability to flip
			    cards two at a time.
			11) Some improvements to the card graphics.
			12) Collecting cards dynamics improved.
			13) Pause before collecting bet (as opposed to after).
			14) Additional info and error checking added to the
			    Tutor Options dialog box.
			15) Additional info and error checking added to the
			    Evaluation Options dialog box.
			16) Tutor indicator added.
			17) Evaluation indicator added.
			18) Bug Fix: Selecting "Clear" in Player Statistics
			    caused some settings in other dialogs to default.
			19) Enhancements to Count Training: Show ace count.
			20) Bug Fix: Pausing count training (such as by
			    selecting a menu item) would cause 2 cards to
			    flip in rapid succession after the pause.
			21) Bug Fix: Progression Stats always reset to level
			    1 upon shuffle (whether specified or not).
			22) Bug Fix: Repaint problems when training displays
			    need repainting while Count Training is running.
			23) All scrolls now increment and decrement multiple
			    times when held down.
			24) New functionality: Flashcards - a new training
			    aid.
			25) When player exits, reset Progressive Bet and
			    Progressive Stats.
			26) Bug Fix: Exit info used to indicate exit is now
			    saved to disk upon saving game.
			27) Bug Fix: Some Exit Stats wrong if Session Stats
			    are not activated.
			28) Enhancement: Added "Ignore Pushes" option on
			    hands lost option on Exit Conditions dialog box.
			29) Enhancement: Added "Based on money lost in #
			    rounds" option on Exit Conditions dialog box.
			30) Dynamics of cutcard being inserted into the deck
			    after suffle.
			31) Bug Fix: 1 pixel off bug in routine used for
			    repainting while zoom box is displayed.
			32) Enhancement: Calculated point of change 
			    (interpolated true count value) added to Hand
			    Evaluation Range Stats.
			33) Enhancement: Added "Apply" capability to True
			    Count Range for quick setting.
			34) New functionality: Added "Calculated Strategy
			    Tables" to Evaluation Stats.
			35) Enhancement: Added "Save as ASCII" capability for
			    saving evaluation stats to ASCII file.
			36) Dynamics for dealer collecting players' lost bets.
			37) Modification to Random Shuffle.
			38) Dynamics for dealer paying players' won bets.
			39) Bug Fix: Chip graphics for payoff of players'
			    insurance bet 2 times too much.
			40) New functionality: Sound effects added.
			41) New functionality: User selectable music (five
			    songs in sequence).
			42) New functionality: Miscellaneous Stats.
			43) Bug Fix: In House Rules, when Double Down 9, 10,
			    11 or 10, 11 and Allow double down on soft hands
			    is selected it would not allow doubling down on
			    A,8 and A,9.
			44) Enhancement: Added "Save as ASCII" capability
			    for saving Player Stats to ASCII file.
			45) Bug Fix: Curruption (graphics problems, etc) when
			    using V6 shuffle and > 1 num shuffles specified.
			46) Animation added for all face cards.
			47) More animation added in introduction display.
			48) Bug Fix: In Session Stats, do not include num
			    rounds dealt in current session in number of
			    rounds dealt.
			49) Enhancement: Added "Based on num rounds" option 
			    on Exit Conditions.
			50) Enhancement: Added Standard Deviation to Session
			    Stats.
			51) Improved "RUNNING SIMULATION..." display.
			52) Enhancement: Increased number of Progressive
			    Betting levels from 8 to 12.
			53) Enhancement: Added ability to reset to level 1
			    when win goal of last level is met in Progressive
			    Betting Strategy.
			54) Enhancement: Increased number of levels in 
			    Progressive Stats from 8 to 12.
			55) Added "Slow", "Medium", "Fast" buttons on the
			    Dynamics Settings dialog box.
			56) Bug Fix: Save num times new cards were introduced
			    to disk when game saved.

01AUG95		1.0.8	1) Display copyright year in About Blackjack dialog 
                           box in large font displays.
                        2) Correct problems with repainting hand value in 
			   large font displays.

04JUL95		1.0.7	First release to the public.

