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Contents

   * Welcome
   * Features
   * Installing Solito Deluxe
   * Decompressing Solito Deluxe
   * Game rules
        o Klondike Rules
        o Canfield Rules
        o Pyramid Rules
        o Aces Rules
   * Using the small icons
   * The scoring system
   * How to improve your luck
   * Removing Solito Deluxe
   * Changing your Preferences
        o Displaying the Welcome screen
   * History of changes
   * Feedback
   * Cheating

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Welcome to Solito Deluxe!

Solito Deluxe is a Newton version of four popular Solitaire games. With
Solito Deluxe, you can play Klondike, Canfield, Pyramid and Aces, each with
different playing options. See the end of this file for instructions on how
to play.

Solito Deluxe is Shareware and costs $15. It will run for two weeks before
expiring. To register call Tactile Systems, Inc. at 303-841-1114 or mail $15
to:

     Tactile Systems, Inc.
     19970 Latigo Lane
     Parker, CO 80134

I know, Solito Deluxe used to be free, but times change! If you are using
version prior to 2.02, you should still pay the shareware fee, or perhaps
$10 if you like, isn't it worth it?

You can contact us at info@tactile.com or you can visit the Solito Deluxe
web page at http://rainbow.rmi.net/~rbruce/tactile/solito.html

This is version 2.1 and seems stable, but if you find any bugs, please
report them to info@tactile.com. If you have any suggestions on anything,
we'll be more than happy to read them and try to implement them as well
(when time permits and if shareware fees start pouring in ;-) ).

Features:

   * Four different games (with multiple options)
   * Many card designs
   * Auto Start in your favorite game
   * Iconizable
   * Fun animation and ending
   * Scoring based on how lucky you are
   * Statistics (games played/won)
   * and more!

Installing Solito Deluxe

When you install Solito Deluxe on your Newton, You have the option of
installing the Help File (SoloHelpII) and Extra Decks (Classic, Clear,
Intricate, or Solo 1.41) as well. These take up a little more RAM, but
they're worth it! You may also install these packages on an external storage
card, even if Solito is in your Newton's internal storage memory.
SoloHelpII, and the Extra Decks appear in the Extensions folder of the
Extras Drawer.

Decompressing Solito Deluxe

If you are using a Mac, simply decompress the enclosed files with a Stuffit
compatible decompressor.

If you are using a PC, you might need to de-binhex the file first (depending
on where you got it). There is a program called BINHEX that will do that for
you. Then you will need UNSTUFF (make sure you have the latest version) to
unstuff the files. Both of these programs are available almost everywhere,
but if you can't find them let me know. Once this is done, you'll have all
the files you need and you can then install them (using the Windows
Connection Kit).

Game rules

You probably know how to play some form of solitaire, and the specific rules
for each game follows this topic, but here are a few pointers for general
operations.

   * Tap New Game to select the game you wish to play.
   * Tap the deck to get more cards.
   * Tap the Lock icon to enable dragging the Deck, Tap again to lock it and
     resume play.
   * Tap Restart to replay the same game, with or without the same deck.
   * Tap the "i" button for Information and Options

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     Klondike Rules

     There are three components to the game: the Deck, the four
     Foundations and the seven Columns.

     Place cards in descending order and alternating suites ( i.e. 10
     of Hearts, 9 of Spades, etc.) down the columns, the King being the
     highest value and the only card allowed in an empty column.

     Aces can go to the Foundations at the top. You then build the
     Foundations in ascending order of the same suite.

     Canfield Rules

     Canfield is similar to Klondike, except the Foundation card is
     selected at random. When you build the Foundations, you start with
     the randomly selected value, build up to the King, then you
     continue with the Ace, and so on. When building the columns, you
     go down from the card which comes just before the Foundation card
     (it becomes the highest value card) and build down to the Ace
     which is then followed by the King.

     This game adds a fourth component: the Stock. Only Cards from the
     Stock go to empty columns until it becomes empty, at which time
     you can use cards from the Deck to fill these empty columns.

     Pyramid Rules

     Pyramid is very simple to play, but very hard to finish (the
     reward is good though). The goal is to combine cards whose values
     total 13 i.e. 6 & 7, 8 & 5, single King, etc. Simply tap on the
     cards each in turn to select a pair.

     You go through the Deck once, one card at a time. When playing the
     2 card game, the previously dealt card is fed to a second pile
     from which you may also combine cards. This option makes the game
     somewhat easierI

     Aces Rules

     Cards are dealt 4 at a time. Remove all the lowest cards of the
     same suite by tapping on them. Aces have the highest value. For
     example, if you deal the following cards:

     8 (Clubs) 3 (Harts) 10 (Clubs) 4 (Clubs)

     You may remove the 4 and 8 of clubs as they are lower than the 10
     of clubs.

     Either only aces or any card may be played in an empty column (see
     prefs).

     You must end up with only aces on top, and all cards must be
     played. It's even better to end up with only the four aces and no
     other cards underneath.

Using the small icons

   * Lock: To lock the Deck's position, otherwise, you can drag it around
     (or the Flip arrow).
   * Lightning bolt: To clean up the screen.
   * Little Spade: Iconize the game. Tap the button which appears in your
     Notepad to return to a productive game of Solito (interrupted by some
     annoying "real work").

The scoring system

Scoring is based on Luck Points. For every game you play, you lose a little
bit of points, but when you win you get a bunch of points. The harder the
settings, the more points you get. Win twice in a row and get extra points!
Bring your luck to 100% and see what happens! By the way, the Joker card is
good luck too!

How to improve your luck

Use harder settings and don't cheat.

Hint: flipping 1 card an unlimited number of times is not very good for your
luck.

Using the same deck twice might be fun, but you'll loose a few luck points!

Winning twice in a row is considered the luckiest thing of all!

Seeing a joker card is also lucky!

If you win an average number of games, your luck will stay pretty much the
same (it might improve a bit), if you win more than the average person, your
luck will increase, now this is based on the statistics I (with the help of
my beta testers) managed to compile by playing many games, over time, future
versions of the game will be more fair, especially if you let me know how
many games you've played, which settings you used and how many you've won.
Send me mail!

Removing Solito Deluxe

If you ever decide to remove Solito Deluxe (why would you?) you might want
to be aware of two things. Solito creates some preferences in your Newton's
memory, they are small, but they are there. When you delete (or scrub)
Solito Deluxe you will get an alert asking you if you want to remove the
preferences from your Newton.

Changing your Preferences

Tap the "i" button and select "Prefs".

   * Card design: Choose your favorite!
   * Back Design: Many styles to choose from!
   * Specific options: Choose the number of flips of the Deck, the playing
     technique (drag or tap), etc.
   * Auto Startup: Start Solito Deluxe directly into your favorite game!

Displaying the Welcome screen

So you like the Welcome screen eh? But you decided you didn't want to see it
anymore? And now you want to see it again? Well fear no more! You can
display it again by choosing "Show Welcome screen" in the Preferences.

History of changes

     Changes in 2.1

        * Numerous changes to enable Solito Deluxe to run on the
          MessagePad 2000 and eMate 300.
        * Separated the Extra Decks into individual packages
        * Added button to the Preferences to erase the Stats.
        * Added a Deletion Script to offer to remove the preferences

     Changes in 2.02

        * Changed name from Solo Deluxe to Solito Deluxe because of
          copyright issues.

     Changes in 2.01

        * Fixed a big problem which caused the aces in Aces to have the
          wrong value, making the game impossible to win after playing
          one of the other games.
        * The Flip button is not shown in Aces anymore
        * Fixed the popup in the Prefs screen to work properly
        * Fixed a problem with the Iconized version of the game.

     Changes in 2.0

        * Fixed glitch which made the luck points appear in a strange
          place under Netwon OS 2.0. Fixed a bug which caused an error
          to be displayed when launching Solito Deluxe for the first
          time.
        * Added the game Aces.
        * Inverted the position of the Lucky Horseshoe...
        * Made changes to the help file.
        * Changed author info.
        * Changed some interface elements to follow the Newton OS 2.0
          guidelines a little more closely.

     Changes in 1.63

        * Changed info about the author. Now Shareware $15.

     Changes in 1.62

        * Fixed a bug where starting a new game after choosing the
          Restart with same deck function once would not use a new deck
          but always use the same one.
        * Fixed a bug with the options dialog (the text which hides the
          other options when selecting options for Pyramid was
          draggable).

     Changes in 1.61

        * Fixed a bug that stopped the welcome screen to be shown, even
          if it was set to be in the preferences.
        * Fixed the delay until the Jocker appeared when a game was won
          (this might affect performance just a bit).

     Changes in 1.6

        * Finally fixed the bug making Solito Deluxe incompatible with
          Extras Drawer management software (removed the code that
          changed Solito DX's icon during a game).
        * Added an option not to hear Solito's card sounds and
          surprises (useful for playing during long meetings).
        * Added the option to display your current luck score during
          game play.
        * Fixed a bug that made playing using the Tap method a very
          unlucky experience! This was a biggie!
        * Fixed another few bugs
        * Made it impossible to use both the Welcome screen and
          Autostart together since this caused errors.
        * Corrected a spelling mistake in the Help file (if you care,
          replace the one you have).

     Changes in 1.5

        * Jumped to version 1.5 to stop the confusion about the old
          Solito 1.41 (some people thought it was more recent than
          Solito Deluxe 1.1).
        * Better memory management (heap space doesn't get mangled as
          much, especially on MP100s)
        * Fixed a bug that caused problems on Newtons using utilities
          like ExtraExtras (please report any problems).

     Changes in 1.1

        * New optional SoloDecksTwo file for those of you that miss the
          deck used in Solito 1.41... contains another deck as well.
        * Couple of changes to the Help file.
        * A couple of spelling mistakes in the help file and the
          Joker's comments.
        * Bug fix: when undoing a Deck flip, the number of remaining
          flips would not increase.
        * Bug fix: Cannot tap through the Welcome screen anymore
        * Interface: info button now complies with interface guidelines
        * Interface: "How many card flipped" outline dissapears during
          game play.

Solito Deluxe is distributed as a stuffit file. If you do not have the
decompressor for this file format, you can download it from Aladdin System's
web page and other sources. Updates are available on the Solito Deluxe home
page at http://rainbow.rmi.net/~rbruce/tactile/solito.html

Here a couple of things you should know:

Solito Deluxe takes up quite a bit of RAM (about 140K), especially if you
have the Help book and the Extra Deck designs installed (SoloHelpII (19K),
Classic (10K), Clear (8K), Intircate (11k) and Solo 1.41 (7k) ). If this is
too much for you, find a copy of Solito 1.41 (regular version with Klondike
only) which takes up less RAM (58K) and which also comes with Solito Lite ,
a lighter (35K) version that supports all the same rules, but without the
gadgets. Both of these are free.

Feedback

Send Registration fee ($15), comments/suggestions/bug reports to:

Tactile Systems, Inc.
Internet: info@tactile.com
19970 Latigo Lane
Parker, CO 80134

Or call:

303-841-1114

Thanks to Scott Leapman, Matthiew Dixon Cowles and Jeremy Wyld for beta
testing! And to Scott Fringer for helping out with DOS compression stuff.

Cheating

Playing a card from the Deck or Stock to the Columns, then moving it to
another column (Klondike & Canfield), moving a card from the Foundations
back into play or changing the number of cards flipped half way through the
gameI

Although these moves are not valid (and illegal!), the game lets you play
them anyway, but beware you may feel guilty after cheating this way (and
your luck points may decrease slightly in some cases)!

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