Terrace Card Game for Windows
Copyright (c) 1992-94 P.B.Cook
Shareware Version 2.1
31 January 1994
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0. Documentation
For full documentation consult the Windows on-line Help File.
1. Shareware
The program TERRACE.EXE comprising the Card Game 'Terrace' and this
documentation file is distributed as 'Shareware'. It is a fully
functioning program. You may evaluate the program for a period of 30 days,
after which continued use of the program requires registration with the
author.
I don't ask much for the registration fee, and will be pleased to send you
an updated version of the program when you register provided you supply a
disk and cover my costs.
To register see the online Help File.
2. Introduction
The Terrace Card Game is a two pack patience game described by David
Pelter in his book 'The Penguin Book of Patience'. It has numerous names
used around the world and may more prosaically be called 'Queen of Italy'
or 'Signora'. The game 'Terrace' is one of a family of related games with
slightly varying rules and layouts. The principle variants described in
the book have all been implemented in this program.
The program is written using Turbo Pascal for Windows from Borland (an
excellent language product which I can thoroughly recommend).
3. Installation
3.1 Requirements
An IBM PC AT or compatible. Microsoft Windows V3+. A mouse.
The program has been tested running under Microsoft Windows V3.0 and V3.1
using hardware varying from an 8Mhz Tandon AT to an IBM 386DX Portable on
a range of display adaptors.
3.2 Installation
You should receive this software as a single self extracting archive file
using the LZH format from Yoshi. (TERR_21.EXE)
To install the software
a) Copy the file TERR_21.EXE to the Drive and Directory you wish to use
for the installation.
b) Execute the file TERR_21.EXE.
c) You will be prompted with a Copyright screen and the option to proceed
to install the program files.
d) The program will then de-archive the files
TERRACE.EXE - the Windows Executable file.
TERRACE.HLP - the Windows Style Help file
TERRACE.TXT - this short documentation file.
DECK_???.BMP - a set of Bitmap files containing the Deck designs
You may include the TERRACE.EXE file in Windows Program Manager or double
click on its filename in File Manager to launch the program.
Once you have run the program and selected from the user definable options
a further file
TERRACE.INI
will be found in the Directory containing your Windows Files. Should you
wish to remove 'Terrace' from your system at a future date then this file
may be deleted.
Unless registered with the author the program will remind you periodically
that the 'Good Guys' register their Shareware Programs.
4. Other Products
At the time of writing I can offer for following programs for use with
Microsoft Windows -
13OUT V3.0 - Single pack patience game.
WINLHA V1.1 - Fully featured Windows Based Driver for the Dos LHA Archive
Program from Yoshi (LZH archive files). FREEWARE.
Shrink all thoses lesser used files... and think of the space
you can save.
DOCARC V1.4 - Data file archiving program, allowing the data file to be
archived and de-archived and automatically launching the
files application. (Try it and see).
CARLTON V2.0 Double pack patience game.
4ACES V1.0 Single pack patience game.
JACKPOT V1.1 Four Reel Fruit Machine Program
PMPlus V1.4 Enhances the Program Manager by allowing you to
nest one Program Group inside another. Adds depth
to your workspace.
TMPlus V1.2 Windows Task Manager replacement. Includes all the
functionality of the original and adds a user definable
menu system to launch your programs as well as a Browse
and Run facility to access your less used programs.
For Programmers - if you are a programmer and use Turbo Pascal for Windows
then I am also willing to sell a couple of Turbo Pascal Units (TPU files)
which implement all the hard work in the card games 13 Out, Carlton and
Terrace. All you need to add is the framework of the game plus the logic
to implement its rules. Give me a ring for more details.
Philip B. Cook
January 1994
Mr. P.B. Cook
7 Deaf Hill Terrace,
Trimdon Station,
County Durham
ENGLAND TS29 6BZ
Tel +44 429 880319 / +44 642 485395
Update Information
V1.0 31 May 1992 First Release version of Terrace
Reported Bugs
1. RH Mouse Hints not functioning properly in a
number of ways.
V1.1 21 June 1992 Bugs in V1.0 fixed.
Reported Bugs
2. Problems with Hercules Display Driver using
patterns to represent colours.
V1.2 10 August 1992 - Bug in V1.1(2) fixed. Hercules screens now use
white background (like Solitaire).
- Recompiled with TPW V1.5.
- Redesigned a smaller size card deck to fit the
screens better.
- added INI setting to change the background colour.
V1.3 14 August 1992 Incorporated new Stack Drawing Code.
No changes in functionality over V1.2.
Reported Bugs
3. Changing the Dragging Mode caused an extra set
of cards to be dealt to the Terrace.
4. Fatal error (produced by nul selector - very rare)
V1.4 11 October 1992 Fixed V1.3 Bug 3.
Added Windows Help File system.
4. Fatal error (produced by nul selector - very rare)
V1.5 25 Nov 1992 Fixed V1.3/4 Bug 4.
Modified Help File
V2.0 1 June 1993 Added dialog to select the Card Displacement.
Added automatic length adjustment of card sequences
in the Tableau.
Added selection of external card decks from bmp files.
Supplied 24 External Decks (same designs as V1.5).
Reported Bugs :
5. Three of the variants did not display the base
card letter/number on the backcloth to assist
play.
V2.1 31 January 1994 Fixed V2.0 Bug 5.
Incorporated new Registration and About code.
No change in the card games.
31 July 1994 Removed references to 4 Aces in the error dialogs
associated with loading Card Decks.