A few words about "Mille Bornes v1.2" November '96 What's "Mille Bornes v1.2"? --------------------- Mille Bornes is a French cards game edited by Dujardin International, and Parker Brothers. The Psion version is quite close to the original, is designed to run on Psion Serie 3a. That's a 1 player game, the Psion being the opponent. You'll need the Serial link & appropriate software to transfer the game onto your Psion. An alternative solution is a PC-SSD parallel interface. Required installation skills ---------------------------- Sorry, I have provided no scripts or anything, you'll have to do that yourself: You can install the game from an external Flash or Ram SSD. It will NOT attempt to write on that drive (hopefully). Create a directory called mbornes in \APP Those files should go in your freshly created \APP\MBORNES directory: intro.pic ** cartes.pic claps.wve ** hihi.wve ** deal.wve fire.wve * oo.wve * pouic1.wve * pope.wve whiz.wve * Files with no star MUST be present. Files with 1 star are not necessary though they make the game more pleasant. Files with 2 stars are not necessary, just there for more fun. The entire distribution takes a lot of memory, so you may not want to include everything... This file should go in your \APP directory: mbornes.opa Then install using the standard Psion-I hotkey; choose mbornes.opa Note that a file called mbprefs.ini will be automatically created while playing, in the internal \OPD directory. Things you outta know --------------------- There's an internal help to learn to rules of the game. Just press the Help key during a game. This not an exact clone of the original game. I have not kept the 700 then 1000 bornes option, nor followed the exact rules for the end of each match (match stops as soon as the dealing deck is empty) The game offers 3 levels of difficulty. It is very simple to beat it with level 'easy'. Things get harder with level 'normal': it actually counts the played cards, and tries to guess what's in your hand. Level 'cheater'... erm, is rather difficult to beat as dealt cards are in favour of the Psion! The game takes a lot of memory while running... Please get sure that you have about 100k of free memory on the internal drive before lanuching a game. Sorry, I have not optimised it. Money talks ----------- That's Freeware. That means you can use it as much as you can without having to pay me anything. However, I keep the copyright on the source code, the graphics and the sounds. Please do not modify it without telling me before. Please to not decompile it using RevTran or whatever utility you'd have. Anyway, the main procedure will put RevTran v4.2 in trouble... You'd better politely ask for the source code! Lurking insects v1.2 --------------- There are some bugs, as I have yet to discover the subtilities of those Psion beasties... Corrected from v1.1: * Speed limit bug, discovered by Gérald Gaubard Still present in v1.2: * Psion sometimes plays 2 (or more) coup-fourres of the same kind. This is annoying. It know. I wish I could find where the error hides... Take it as some kind of cheating :) * The game sometimes stops with a "err /dim". Errors handling is very limited, so please respect the installation directories names or your Psion will scream in anger. Please report me any nasty behaviour via Email. "Mille Bornes v1.2" requires a 480x160 (or better) screen to run. That means no chance for Serie 3 or Workabout owners to run it... And sorry for Siena owners, that won't work either. Psion 3c should be ok, though untested... This is the last release. This version is definitely playable, I've headed to something else now... Legal stuff to be aware of -------------------------- Feel free to pass this software to anybody you know. Inclusion in any software library, on floppy, CDRom, electronically etc. is very welcome as far as you do not alter the archive. If you're intending to insert Mille Bornes v1.2 in a library (on floppy, CDRom etc), please drop me a quick Email (I won't ask for a freebie, don't worry!) Please do not charge for more than the usual media & postage fees. Warranty -------- No warranties whatsoever. Use at your own risk. To get in touch --------------- Email: fbotton@hol.fr (Internet) 2:320/220.13 (Fidonet) Snail mail: (this has changed) Frederic Botton 25, rue d'Enghien F-75010 Paris France Web place: http://wwwperso.hol.fr/~fredbt/psion.html Thanxx ------ I have to thank my wife who tested this game on her Psion! And Arnaud Weil who played it and found all the bugs I've tried to hide, and more :) Thanks to Gérald Gaubard who spotted a silly bug is v1.1... :) Thanks to all the kind Psioners who added a link to my Web page. So thank you Steve Litchfield, Didier Cabuzel, Matt Thomas, Daniel Pfund, Arnaud Weil... This software has been written under heavy decibels. Metallica, Slayer, Prong to name some of them... Plus Coca-Cola. And Moka coffee. Final word ---------- I hope this game will please you! If you're not familiar with it, give it a few tries before feeding your trashcan. Do buy the original game and play it with a few friends. That will help you doing something else than toying with electronic stuff! Fred.