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BY EORGE . ODNAR, H..

HIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLEX
PROGRAM WE HAVE EVER PUBLISHED. F
YOU ARE A BRIDGE PLAYER YOU HAVE AN
IDEA OF THE SUBTLE STRATEGIES
REQUIRED TO PLAY WELL. F YOU ARE
NEW TO RIDGE, THIS PROGRAM IS
PERFECT FOR LEARNING. T WILL TEACH
YOU THE BASICS AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE
TO TRY YOUR HAND AT THE PLAY OF THE
CARDS WITHOUT A FRUSTRATED INSTRUCTOR
SLAPPING HIS FOREHEAD EVERY TIME YOU
TRUMP HIS GOOD KING.


IS VERY FRIENDLY,
WITH PROMPTS AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY
SCREEN, BUT BECAUSE RIDGE HAS SO
MANY ASPECTS TO IT YOU MAY WANT TO
PRINT OUT THIS TEXT SO YOU CAN REFER
TO IT AS YOU PLAY THE GAME.

*************************************
: OU CANNOT RETURN TO THE
MENU FROM . OU
MUST TURN YOUR COMPUTER OFF AND
REBOOT THE DISK.
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OU CAN PLAY THE GAME AGAINST THE
COMPUTER OR AGAINST A HUMAN OPPONENT.
OU CHOOSE FROM THE OPTIONS SCREEN.


FTER LOADS YOU'LL BE
SHOWN THE FIVE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
ERE IS A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF EACH OF
THE FIVE MODES OF PLAY.

1 - SE THIS MODE TO
PRACTICE THE 'PLAY' OF THE HAND. HE
HANDS ARE DEALT RANDOMLY, BUT THE
COMPUTER DOES ALL THE BIDDING. OU
PLAY THE DECLARER NO MATTER WHO WINS
THE AUCTION. CORE IS NOT KEPT.

2 - HIS IS A COMPLETE
SIMULATION OF ONTRACT RIDGE.
HOOSE THIS OPTION TO PLAY RIDGE
AGAINST THE COMPUTER. OU BID AND
PLAY EACH HAND AS . CORE IS
KEPT AND ACCUMULATED UNTIL EITHER
TEAM WINS THE RUBBER.
OU PLAY OFFENSE OR DEFENSE
DEPENDING ON THE BIDDING. OU WILL
PLAY DECLARER IF EITHER OR
IS THE DECLARER.

3 - HE DEAL IS MANUALLY
ENTERED BY YOU. HIS IS THE OPTION
TO USE IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A BRIDGE
'PROBLEM' OR A HAND FROM THE BRIDGE
COLUMN OF A NEWSPAPER. HE PLAY
PROCEEDS AS IN 5 WITH A EAL
NUMBER OF 1.

4 - HE TWO PLAYER
VERSION. NE PLAYER PLAYS AND
; THE OTHER PLAYER IS AND
. WILL PLAY EACH
PERSON'S PARTNER.

HEN THE MESSAGE "
" APPEARS ON THE SCREEN, LAYER
WO SHOULD AVERT HIS EYES WHILE
LAYER NE COPIES HIS HAND ONTO
PAPER. HEN " "
APPEARS LAYER NE LOOKS THE OTHER
WAY WHILE LAYER WO COPIES HIS HAND.

URING THE AUCTION, THE COMPUTER
WILL ASK FOR AND 'S BIDS IN
THEIR TURN. F EITHER OR
IS THE UMMY IN THE CONTRACT, THE
WINNING TEAM'S PARTNER'S HAND IS
DISPLAYED.

ACH PLAYER MUST KEEP TRACK OF
THE CARDS PLAYED FROM HIS HAND. HE
ONLY HAND DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IS
UMMY'S. CORE IS KEPT FOR YOU.

(5) 5 - OU ENTER A 'EAL
UMBER' WHICH EFFECTIVELY IS A RANDOM
NUMBER 'SEED'. HEREFORE, THE SAME
NUMBER WILL ALWAYS GENERATE THE SAME
HANDS. FTER THE AUCTION THERE ARE
SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR DISPLAYING THE
HANDS. OMETIMES YOU MAY WANT TO SEE
THEM ALL; SOMETIMES YOU MAY WANT TO
SEE ONLY YOUR HAND (). NLY ONE
HAND IS PLAYED BEFORE RETURNING TO
THE MENU. CORE IS NOT KEPT.







NYTIME YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER
A NUMBER OR LETTER THERE WILL BE
PROMPTS ON THE SCREEN. HE
CONVENTIONS FOR BIDDING ARE:

ASS
OUBLE
EDOUBLE
O-TRUMP
1-7 EVEL OF BID
UITS SE THE , , OR KEYS.
HE SYMBOLS FOR THE SUITS
ARE SHOWN ON THE FRONT OF
THE KEYS.





HE CONVENTIONS FOR THE PLAY OF THE
HAND ARE:

UIT FIRST THEN FACE VALUE NEXT.
CE
ING
UEEN
ACK
10 10
2-9 ACE VALUE

SE THE DELETE KEY TO CHANGE YOUR BID
OR PLAY.

T THE END OF EACH AUCTION THERE
IS A LIST OF YOUR OPTIONS SHOWN AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. ERE IS A
SHORT EXPLANATION OF EACH.

1 ESTART PROGRAM AT THE TITLE
SCREEN.
ISPLAY ALL FOUR HANDS WITH POINT
COUNT.
ISPLAY GAME. LL FOUR HANDS ARE
SHOWN AS IF ON A CARD TABLE.
WITCH (ROTATE) ALL HANDS ONE
POSITION.
WAP TWO CARDS. OMETIMES KNOWN
AS SLIPPING YOUR PARTNER A CARD.
HANGE CONTRACT (AND/OR
DECLARER).
EBID THE AUCTION. NTER WHO
SHOULD START THE BIDDING.
LAY THE HAND. HIS IS THE USUAL
CHOICE.
O, DO NOT PLAY THE HAND.


N 2 AND 4, THE HAND IS
NOT SCORED UNTIL YOU HAVE ANSWERED
'NO' TO THE ' '
PROMPT. OU MAY PLAY A HAND AS MANY
TIMES AS YOU WISH.

3 (ENTERING THE DEAL) ASKS
YOU TO CHOOSE THE HANDS THAT ARE
DEALT. T FIRST A SPADE SYMBOL IS
DISPLAYED. NTER THE FACE VALUE OF
THE SPADES. O CHANGE SUITS, ENTER
AN ASTERISK (*) INSTEAD OF THE
NUMBER. FTER YOU HAVE ENTERED THE
CLUBS, ENTERING AN ASTERISK WILL TAKE
YOU BACK TO SPADES.

OU CANNOT ENTER A CARD MORE THAN
ONCE. NLY THREE HANDS NEED BE
ENTERED. HE FOURTH IS IMPLIED.
HAS SEVERAL MORE NEAT
FEATURES.

1) ARD OUNT. COUNTS UP
THE POINTS IN YOUR HAND FOR YOU.
2) UGGEST ID. T'S ONLY A
SUGGESTION, BUT IT'S A GOOD ONE.
3) UTO-ID. ET THE PROGRAM BID FOR
YOU.
4) AY-OWN. LL REMAINING TRICKS GO
TO THE DECLARER. SE THIS OPTION
IF YOU ARE SURE OF THE OUTCOME.
5) UTO-UIT. F YOU CAN FOLLOW
SUIT, THAT SUIT SYMBOL WILL BE
SHOWN AUTOMATICALLY.
6) SINGLETON IN THE EAD SUIT WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE PLAYED. HIS
WILL NOT OCCUR IN THE TWO-PLAYER
.
7) N 5, IF YOU ANSWER 'YES'
TO THE " " PROMPT,
YOU MAY ENTER ANY CARD FROM EITHER
THE OR HANDS DURING
THE PLAY OF THE OR
HANDS.

IS REMARKABLY
INTELLIGENT. T USES THE POPULAR
OREN OINT OUNT SYSTEM. T WILL
BID A 'SHORT CLUB'. T RECOGNIZES
BOTH THE AND
CONVENTIONS. T EVEN KEEPS AN EYE ON
THE PART SCORES AND WILL TEND TO STOP
BIDDING APPROPRIATELY, UNLESS A SLAM
SEEMS POSSIBLE.



EVEN RECOGNIZES SUCH
SUBTLE POINTS AS JUMP-SHIFT BIDS,
TAKE-OUT BIDS AND PRE-EMPTIVE BIDS.
T RE-EVALUATES ITS HAND ACCORDING TO
ITS PARTNER'S BID.

R. ODNAR SHOULD BE
CONGRATULATED NOT ONLY FOR HIS
PROGRAMMING EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE
OF THE FINER POINTS OF ONTRACT
RIDGE, BUT FOR HIS DETERMINATION AND
GUMPTION IN BRINGING SUCH A
COMPLICATED PROJECT TO FRUITION.

FAR AS KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST
RIDGE-PLAYING PROGRAM EVER PUBLISHED
AT A PRICE LESS THAN THIRTY DOLLARS.
IS PROUD TO INCLUDE THIS
PROGRAM ON THIS ISSUE.




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