CFSPoker - A fully-functional Video Poker program for OS/2 (c) 1995-96 by C F S Nevada, Inc. Beta distribution notes (96/04/26 - 0.426) ------------------------------------------ Questions and problem reports should be directed to Dick Goran at: 1-800-864-2358 US & Canada 1-702-732-9616 Other locations 1-702-732-3847 FAX 71154,2002 CompuServe dgoran@cfsrexx.com Internet Introduction While the idea of video poker games for personal computers is neither new nor unique, CFSPoker is different both in its design and operation. The following describes some of the features of the program that set it apart from previously available programs. What is CFSPoker? CFSPoker is a commercial quality computer software program. CFSPoker presentation and operation resembles the current, generally available, International Game Technology and Sigma Games video games. CFSPoker is fully configurable by the player. Many of the options are summarized below. Full details are contained in the CFSPoker.INF file which can be viewed from within the game or by double-clicking on the CFSPoker.INF file icon in the CFSPoker directory. Game selection There are multiple variations of the three basic types of video poker: Jacks or Better, Joker Poker, and Deuces Wild, distributed with CFSPoker. In addition, you can configure your own variations of the game. Context sensitive Help The Help information is available while you are playing CFSPoker. If you have a question, just set the focus to the object that you want help for and press . You can select Help & Info from the menu bar and then select Help getting started to launch the OS/2 Information Presentation Facility (IPF) VIEW program. From there, you can select Contents to see the Table of Contents for this document or Index to view a sorted index of the contents of this document. Audio enabled If your computer has a sound card, CFSPoker will optionally use it to play sound files for winning hands. Redisplaying hands If you've ever played a video poker machine, you might have wanted to look back at the cards that were dealt to you before you played the hand or to look at the cards in some hand besides the current hand. Only casino employees can do that with a video poker machine. With CFSPoker you can redisplay the hands from the current session (hands since the game was launched), and optionally for all the hands you have played that exist in the log file. Customized card backs You can personalize CFSPoker with card back images of your choice. Statistics Curious about the number of hands you've won or lost, how many hands per hour you are playing? These figures are available from the statistical display facility either when you terminate the session or on demand. Log file If you enable the log file facility, every hand you play is captured. This information is available in a form that allows you to analyze it, crunch it, or manipulate it any way you choose. Color The background color of the game window can be set to any of 16 colors. Credits There are numerous options which control the way that credits are handled by CFSPoker. Unlike a video poker machine which requires that you buy more credits when your balance reaches zero, CFSPoker allows your credit meter to go minus if you are behind and plus if you are ahead (which hopefully will most often be the case). The credit-related options include: o Whether credits are preserved, game-to-game. o Whether credits are preserved, session-to-session. o The ability to reset your current credits on demand. Deal speed If you have played video poker machines, you probably noticed that some machines can take forever to deal a hand, while others appear to flash all five cards on the screen at once. The deal speed option can be set on these machines by the casino. Unfortunately, there is rarely any consistency amongst the machines in the same casino. You can set the deal speed on CFSPoker to a level that you are comfortable with - from clunk, clunk, clunk to the non-delay speed preferred by experienced players. The program is being released as a beta test for evaluation purposes. Each copy contains an expiration date which is clearly visible in the program window title bar. Support and assistance can be addressed to C F S Nevada, Inc. via E-mail to dgoran@cfsrexx.com or within the US and Canada at 1-800-864-2358 or +1-702-732-9616. Following the beta test period (only limited by expiration date), CFSPoker will be available from electronic repositories, including anonymous FTP from C F S Nevada, Inc.'s Web server and FTP server as a locked demo. The program will be distributed with a number of video poker credits (as yet undetermined). After you have exhausted the credits, the game will lock and must be registered with C F S Nevada, Inc. An electronic key to unlock the game will be available for a planned suggested retail price of 34.95 USD. Keys will be available via postal mail, FAX, and secure electronic mail. Registration will allow future unrestricted use of the game. Installation The installation facility will be upgraded in a subsequent release. For now, simply unzip CFSPoker.ZIP into a user selected directory (CFSPoker recommended) and run INSTALL.CMD from an OS/2 command line. The unzipped file size is approximately 7 MB. An OS/2 version of UNZIP must be used. INSTALL.CMD will build a program object for CFSPoker on your Desktop. The CFSPoker program object may be moved to a location of your choice. REXXLIB (1.32 - Quercus Systems) and VROBJ.DLL (2.1d - Watcom International Corp.) are included in the ZIP file. These DLLs may be left in the CFSPoker directory or moved to a library of your choice that is included in your LIBPATH statement. The install program will open the soft-copy documentation to its beginning after the Desktop object is created. Hardware / software requirements CFSPoker is an OS/2 program written in VX-REXX and it will run on any OS/2 2.1 or OS/2 Warp system. The program requires the Watcom VX- REXX run-time module, VROBJ.DLL, along with Quercus Systems REXXLIB. Unless you are a licensed REXXLIB user, the copy of REXXLIB included with CFSPoker may not be used for other purposes without permission of Quercus Systems. CFSPoker will utilize any MMPM/2 supported sound card if the MMPM option in CFSPoker is not turned off by the user. Documentation CFSPoker is distributed with both an .INF and .HLP file which provide the same detailed information about CFSPoker and video poker in general, including how to calculate the best way to play a hand. The .INF file is viewed with the OS/2 Information Presentation Facility VIEW program and the .HLP file provides immediate access to the same information while you are playing the game. The following items are covered in the soft-copy documentation: Welcome Getting started What is video poker Types of video poker Introduction to CFSPoker Features & Options CFSPoker Program Updates CFSPoker as an Information Resource How to play CFSPoker Game window layout Playing a hand Creating your own variations of CFSPoker CFSGames.CMD program CFSPoker.GAM file Game name line Game detail line Wild card line Additional Information About CFSPoker Hardware Software Creating your own card back bitmaps Glossary - Terms and Definitions The glossary contains over 60 definitions and descriptions of CFSPoker and video poker information. This same documentation is also available on the CFSPoker World Wide Web site at http://www.cfsrexx.com/CFSPoker (case specific).