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          by Mike Rosulek                               version 1.2
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                            1. Installation
                            2. Playing the game
                            3. Where to get CONNECT
                            4. New features
                            5. And finally...

1. Installation
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After you have un-zipped connct12.zip, you should have two new files:
connect.exe (the Windows executable) and connect.txt (the one you are
reading now).

To place CONNECT in a Windows group, select the group you want to put it
in, then from Program Manager, select File | New. Select "Program Item"
and click "OK". Type in the path of CONNECT (ie. C:\COOLSTUF\CONNECT.EXE)
in the "Command Line" text box and click "OK". Windows will default the
new item's description to "Connect" and the icon to the CONNECT icon.
You can change these by clicking once on the CONNECT icon and hitting
Alt-Enter.

IMPORTANT: THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES VBRUN300.DLL!! You can get it at:
<http://www.netins.net/showcase/mikewrld/program.html>. There is a link
for vbrun300.dll near the top of the page. After you download vbrun300,
you need to place it in your system directory (usually \WINDOWS\SYSTEM).
Version 1.2 now requires cmdialog.vbx for saving and loading files. I'd
say if you have Windows, there's about a 95% chance that you have
cmdialog.vbx. If you don't have it, email me and I'll tell you where you
can get it.

2. Playing the game
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To start the game, double-click on the icon. Click in any row or press
the numbers 1-7 on the keyboard (but not the keypad) to place your game
piece. Then the computer will think a while and place its piece. The
game ends when either you or the computer has four game pieces in a row
(horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). You can change the difficulty
by pressing the Options|Easy or Options|Not-So-Easy menu items.

To play with 2 players, click on Options|2 Players. A status bar will
appear at the bottom of the window. Player 1's pieces are red and Player
2's pieces are black. Typically, you would want one player using the
mouse and the other using the keyboard to place their pieces.

If for some very weird reason you need to save your game, you can now.
Just click File|Save Game... to save and File|Load Game... to load. I'm
sure you will probably never need it, but hey, it was good practice for
me :)

3. Where to get CONNECT
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You get CONNECT via World-Wide-Web at:
<http://www.netins.net/showcase/mikewrld/program.html>. There are other
programs that I have written. Some are pointless, but there are a few
cool ones (including a funky screen saver).

4. New features
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New from version 1.0:
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    * 2-player play
    * Place game pieces with keyboard
    * 2 levels of computer difficulty

New from version 1.1:
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    * Help menu with a link to this file
    * Load Game and Save Game features

5. And finally...
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ENJOY THIS GAME!

Send comments/suggestions/bugs to <mjr@netins.net>.

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       Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. This document
                      Copyright 1995, Mike Rosulek