                      ABOUT A10 PRO
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  A10 PRO is designed to provide an environment in which
  a beginner can master basic strategy,  a pro  can test
  systems,  and  anyone can  enjoy   either  playing  or
  experimenting with Blackjack.

  A10 PRO is divided into five sections:

   1.  A10 PRO TUTOR:

   Gives  comphrehensive  instructions  within  the four
   major rule variations for play strategy, card counts,
   betting patterns and money management.

   TUTOR  contains 10 structured lessons which introduce
   advanced  techniques and enable the  user to PRACTISE
   strategy  tactics, betting and count theories without
   "learning  by losing" at a Casino!


   2.  A10 PRO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS:

   Demonstrates probabilities of winning - statistically
   rather than  mathematically - grouped as  Hit vs Sit,
   Double vs Sit and Hit,   Split vs Sit and Hit,   plus
   the Dealer's chances of success  with  any  card, for
   each of the four rule variations.


3.  GRAPHIC ANALYSIS:

   Allows  you to choose strategies and betting patterns
   or CUSTOM  DESIGN  a system  and  test  the  results.
   Systems can  be created, tested, saved, improved  and
   recalled for further experimentation.


   4.  A10 PRO CASINO SIMULATION:

   A10  Pro Blackjack duplicates Casino conditions.  Any
   combination  of  up  to  seven   computer   generated
   players can be used.

   CASINO allows manual practice, or will  automatically
   test systems under "real" casino  conditions.  Manual
   players and computer profiles  can play  side-by-side
   so you may practise  beside  a "pro" or test  several
   systems simultaneously.  The choices are endless!


   5.  A10 PRO PLAYER PROFILING:
 
   Computer  generated players created from 6 strategies
   and four  betting patterns,  plus custom designed bet
   stake and strategy tactics  can be combined to create
   any system.  Profiles can be saved and modified.

   For  the sake of realism a computer  played  "novice"
   profile is available.  It makes all the errors I have
   witnessed players  making at Casinos.   "Novice" will
   make  obvious errors less often, and  uncommon errors
   less regularly, by random generation.  "Novice" never
   makes  errors consistently,  which after all,  is the
   very hallmark of the beginner!


  A10 BLACKJACK INFO:

  The internal  Blackjack Information  and Program  Help
  has pop-up scrolling windows for convenience. A10 INFO
  files can  be printed by typing  the following  at the
  DOS Prompt.

  PRINT [/d:device]/[drive:\][path\]  A10INFO?.HLP  - or

  TYPE [drive:\][path\] A10INFO?.HLP>LPT1 (COM1,PRN etc)

  A10INFO?.HLP  Files range from numbers 1 to 9,  as per
  the menu  choice numbers.  "On Line" Help is  accessed
  during the program by pressing the [F1] key.

  The program is the culmination of five years study and
  development of my  Blackjack theories.    Unlike other
  forms of gambling,  it makes no difference to my games
  how  many  people play my system,  or use this program
  to develop their own strategy,  SO GOOD LUCK !!!,  put
  the principles in this program to use and...

          YOU WILL WIN MORE and WIN MORE OFTEN !

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  Note:  At Casinos such as Northern Territory and South
  Australia you may split up to three times,  and double
  on any two cards (NT only).    Doubling is allowed  in
  this program but no facility is  provided for multiple
  splitting. It may be added in updates.  Purchasers who
  register by using the coupon shown printed below,  the
  one supplied in the package,  or  a  facsimile thereof
  will receive the next update free of charge.
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  During  1990,  I spent six  weeks at sitting - playing
  and graphing 10,000 hand sequences - testing  tactics.
  I  believed a computer would speed up  the  process so
  when I failed to find a  programmer to write this code
  for me I began writing it myself.   If  I had realised
  the scale of the  effort  required I   may  never have
  bothered !!!

  10 months later the 1st Blackjack program evolved. The
  project was very challenging  because I had never used
  a computer before!    I often  worked twenty hour days
  while  learning the art  of  programming  and estimate
  the  actual  time invested, from  woe to go to be over
  4000 man-hours !!!

  A10 PRO 1.0 was written in Apple Basic on an Apple IIe
  and a borrowed Apple II+. It took six months to master
  the skills necessary to simulate Blackjack  within the
  programming limits of the Apple  64 kbyte environment.

  In the next four months A10 PRO 2.0  was re-written in
  Quick Basic 4.5. It was developed and beta tested on 3
  computers ranging from an  8 MHz CGA  monochrome circa
  '84, to a Super VGA 16 MHz AT.

  A10 PRO 3.0 has been refined and developed ever since!

  Thanks are due to the following people:

  NEIL McEWEN  - whose enthusiasm and zest for computing
  led me to understand  that programming is the ultimate
  computer game,  and that the only way to play the game
  is to teach yourself.

  PETER MATTHEWS  -  whose loan  of a machine allowed me
  to accomplish a "global rewrite"  in 10 days flat.

  PETER BANKS  - for the gifts of knowledge,  books that
  were a priceless aid to Quick Basic programming.

  RODNEY PLUMB  - for the loan of the machine with which
  the program  was completed and debugged... (I hope !).

  GLEN (STEVO) STEPHENSON  - for the rivalry, as we both
  taught ourselves programming,   for  the  "fast"  C ++
  code I modified for use in  this program  and  most of
  all for loaning me the Apple II+ that got me started.

                  Thankyou gentlemen !!!

  This program achieves in minutes,  what once  took six
  weeks by hand, and that alone makes it all worthwhile.

  I hope this program gives you  pleasure  and  improves
  your chance of winning, regardless of whether  you use
  my system or develop your own.

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  A10 PRO 3.0 (Shareware version) is furnished without a
  license  agreement  or non-disclosure  agreement. Feel
  free to copy it, upload to BBS's, or pass it on to any
  person without charge for sale of the software.
  Although not "shareware" in the traditional sense of
  genre, this version of A10 Pro 3.0 is scaled down, cut
  up and generally butchered so that nearly all areas in
  the program are partially functional.
  The major area missing is my personal system, which
  has been featured in The Courier Mail, QLD Newspapers,
  October issue of "The Gambler Magazine", and available
  through Mindscape International.
  In 1991, at Adelaide Casino, I won $64,500 in cash and
  prizes as 1st place in the Johnnie Walker Blackjack
  Tournament.
  The complete program may be ordered from myself, the
  author, at:

              Action Applications Australia
                 Voice Ph:  041-111-1959
    Unit 95/85 Old Burleigh Rd, Surfers Paradise 4217

      This program is supplied  without warranty as
      to performance,  merchantability,  or fitness
      for any particular purpose.   The entire risk
      as to results and performance of this program
      is assumed by the user.

         In no event shall the  author be liable
      to any person/company/entity for damages - or
      any consequences, however arising,  from this
                 software program. !!

         The help files viewed at this menu are
         the original files included with the
         complete program, and are intended to
         illustrate the full capability of the
         program in action. Actual capabilities
         and/or results of keypress actions may
         differ in this version.

         I am currently working on a Windows (TM
         of Microsoft) / Soundblaster (TM of
         Creative Labs) version.
        
         Action Applications Australia P/L, my
         company, constantly intrudes on this
         project with contract programming tasks,
         and low cost computer hardware sales -
         our philosophy is to pass on the latest
         advances in hardware at the lowest
         possible cost, to further the computer
         capabilities of others at realistic $'s.
        
         Feel free to contact me at 0411-111-959

         David Caune, 1993. All Rights Reserved.

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