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Patience Version 1.00 (5/3/95) Code - � David Pratt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a version of patience which I learnt a couple of days ago. I got bored of shuffling and dealing the cards out. It took so long! So I decided to write a computer version of it. The basic idea is to get all the cards in rows, in order in suits. The game takes two parts. The first part is to move all the four aces to the left hand spaced. The second part is the more lengthy, which is to put the cards in order. There is one rule to obey. You can only move a card next to one if it is the next one in sequence and the same suit. This means that is there is a blank space next to a king, that space is out of play. You can only play cards into empty spaces. There are four buttons as the bottom of the window. Restart reshuffles the cards, Do Aces will move the four Aces into the empty places at the left of the screen, Try will unintelligently play the game until it finishes or cannot make any furthur moves and Undo will undo the last moves back to the start of the game, as long as you have not made more that 1000 moves (!) Future version of the game will include ``````````````````````````````````````` � A high score table � Ability to save current position � Hints on next moves � Find card facility Have fun DJP 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contacting the author ````````````````````` Home 15, Partridge Down Winchester Hampshire SO22 4HL Term (1996-7) Jessie Montgomery Duryard Halls Lower Argyll Road Exeter Devon EX4 4RA e-mail (1996-8) D.J.Pratt@exeter.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice ```````````````` This software is public domain. This means it can be distributed to others. You should not make any charge for this program, other than any reasonable amount for your costs, eg postage. The copyright of code/artwork etc remains that of the respective people, as made clear at the beginning of this file. You may modify/use any part of the code for non profit purposes. If you intend to release any product using code from this program, please contact the author first. Commercial use of code will be considered in the same way. This product may not be placed in any public domain library, BBS, Web site or any other form of public or private distribution system for three months after its publication in Acorn User. After this period, any distribution of this kind would be welcomed. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- History ``````` 1.01 (16/11/96) - Help file added and icons rearranged in window. 1.00 (05/03/95) - Original version. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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It t| 00000100 6f 6f 6b 20 73 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 21 20 53 6f 20 |ook so long! So | 00000110 49 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 0a 74 6f 20 77 72 |I decided .to wr| 00000120 69 74 65 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 76 |ite a computer v| 00000130 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 69 74 2e 20 54 68 |ersion of it. Th| 00000140 65 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 69 64 65 61 20 69 73 20 |e basic idea is | 00000150 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 63 |to get all the c| 00000160 61 72 64 73 0a 69 6e 20 72 6f 77 73 2c 20 69 6e |ards.in rows, in| 00000170 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 69 6e 20 73 75 69 74 73 2e | order in suits.| 00000180 20 54 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 | The game takes | 00000190 74 77 6f 20 70 61 72 74 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 66 |two parts. The f| 000001a0 69 72 73 74 20 70 61 72 74 20 69 73 0a 74 6f 20 |irst part is.to | 000001b0 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 75 |move all the fou| 000001c0 72 20 61 63 65 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 |r aces to the le| 000001d0 66 74 20 68 61 6e 64 20 73 70 61 63 65 64 2e 20 |ft hand spaced. | 000001e0 54 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 70 61 72 74 20 |The second part | 000001f0 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 0a 6d 6f 72 65 20 6c 65 6e |is the .more len| 00000200 67 74 68 79 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 74 |gthy, which is t| 00000210 6f 20 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 |o put the cards | 00000220 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 72 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 |in order. There | 00000230 69 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 72 75 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 6f |is one rule to o| 00000240 62 65 79 2e 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c |bey..You can onl| 00000250 79 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 20 63 61 72 64 20 6e 65 |y move a card ne| 00000260 78 74 20 74 6f 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 |xt to one if it | 00000270 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 |is the next one | 00000280 69 6e 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 20 61 6e 64 0a |in sequence and.| 00000290 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 73 75 69 74 2e 20 54 |the same suit. T| 000002a0 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 |his means that i| 000002b0 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 62 6c 61 |s there is a bla| 000002c0 6e 6b 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 6f |nk space next to| 000002d0 20 61 20 6b 69 6e 67 2c 20 0a 74 68 61 74 20 73 | a king, .that s| 000002e0 70 61 63 65 20 69 73 20 6f 75 74 20 6f 66 20 70 |pace is out of p| 000002f0 6c 61 79 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c |lay. You can onl| 00000300 79 20 70 6c 61 79 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 69 6e 74 |y play cards int| 00000310 6f 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 2e 20 |o empty spaces. | 00000320 0a 0a 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 66 6f 75 72 |..There are four| 00000330 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 | buttons as the | 00000340 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 |bottom of the wi| 00000350 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 52 65 73 74 61 72 74 20 72 65 |ndow. 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A hig| 000004f0 68 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 74 61 62 6c 65 0a 20 8f |h score table. .| 00000500 20 41 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 73 61 76 65 | Ability to save| 00000510 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f | current positio| 00000520 6e 0a 20 8f 20 48 69 6e 74 73 20 6f 6e 20 6e 65 |n. . Hints on ne| 00000530 78 74 20 6d 6f 76 65 73 0a 20 8f 20 46 69 6e 64 |xt moves. . Find| 00000540 20 63 61 72 64 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 0a 20 | card facility. | 00000550 0a 48 61 76 65 20 66 75 6e 0a 44 4a 50 20 31 39 |.Have fun.DJP 19| 00000560 39 36 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |96..------------| 00000570 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000005b0 2d 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |-..Contacting th| 000005c0 65 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 0a 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 |e author.```````| 000005d0 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 0a 48 |``````````````.H| 000005e0 6f 6d 65 0a 31 35 2c 20 50 61 72 74 72 69 64 67 |ome.15, Partridg| 000005f0 65 20 44 6f 77 6e 0a 57 69 6e 63 68 65 73 74 65 |e Down.Wincheste| 00000600 72 0a 48 61 6d 70 73 68 69 72 65 0a 53 4f 32 32 |r.Hampshire.SO22| 00000610 20 34 48 4c 0a 0a 54 65 72 6d 20 28 31 39 39 36 | 4HL..Term (1996| 00000620 2d 37 29 0a 4a 65 73 73 69 65 20 4d 6f 6e 74 67 |-7).Jessie Montg| 00000630 6f 6d 65 72 79 0a 44 75 72 79 61 72 64 20 48 61 |omery.Duryard Ha| 00000640 6c 6c 73 0a 4c 6f 77 65 72 20 41 72 67 79 6c 6c |lls.Lower Argyll| 00000650 20 52 6f 61 64 0a 45 78 65 74 65 72 0a 44 65 76 | Road.Exeter.Dev| 00000660 6f 6e 0a 45 58 34 20 34 52 41 0a 0a 65 2d 6d 61 |on.EX4 4RA..e-ma| 00000670 69 6c 20 28 31 39 39 36 2d 38 29 0a 44 2e 4a 2e |il (1996-8).D.J.| 00000680 50 72 61 74 74 40 65 78 65 74 65 72 2e 61 63 2e |Pratt@exeter.ac.| 00000690 75 6b 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |uk..------------| 000006a0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000006e0 2d 0a 0a 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 6e 6f 74 |-..Copyright not| 000006f0 69 63 65 0a 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 |ice.````````````| 00000700 60 60 60 60 0a 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 73 6f 66 74 |````. 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Thank y| 00000a20 6f 75 2e 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |ou...-----------| 00000a30 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000a70 2d 2d 0a 0a 48 69 73 74 6f 72 79 0a 60 60 60 60 |--..History.````| 00000a80 60 60 60 0a 0a 20 20 20 31 2e 30 31 20 28 31 36 |```.. 1.01 (16| 00000a90 2f 31 31 2f 39 36 29 20 2d 20 48 65 6c 70 20 66 |/11/96) - Help f| 00000aa0 69 6c 65 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 69 63 |ile added and ic| 00000ab0 6f 6e 73 20 72 65 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 64 20 69 |ons rearranged i| 00000ac0 6e 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 20 20 20 31 2e 30 |n window.. 1.0| 00000ad0 30 20 28 30 35 2f 30 33 2f 39 35 29 20 2d 20 4f |0 (05/03/95) - O| 00000ae0 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e |riginal version.| 00000af0 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |..--------------| 00000b00 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000b30 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |---------------| 00000b3f
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