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          by Mike Rosulek                               version 1.1
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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 connct11.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!! If you got CONNECT from
ftp.cica.indiana.edu or a mirror site, you can get vbrun300.dll in the
/pub/pc/win3/util directory. The filename is vbrun300.exe
(self-extracting). If you got CONNECT from my WWW home page, you can get
vbrun300.dll 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).

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.

3. Where to get CONNECT
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You can get CONNECT via FTP from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (or any CICA
mirror site) in the /pub/pc/win3/games directory. The filename is
connect10.zip. You can also get CONNECT via World-Wide-Web at
http://www.netins.net/showcase/mikewrld/program.html
There are other programs that I have written, but believe me, this is
the only one worth downloading :)

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

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