Chess for Psion 3a and 3c version 1.2 jan 1997
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1. About Chess
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Here's my Chess program for the Psion.
It costed me of a lot of sleepless nights and headaches
because I had to stare for hours at the little Psion screen.

But finally I got it working!
The thinking part of the program is using a min/max algorithm,
written in C on the PC. I used a great tool called 'plink' from
Steve Duncan to generate a Psion binary (thanks Steve!)

The program plays chess in 3 different levels (novice, normal and expert).
It recognizes about 77 great chess openings and allows
to save a played game for later replay.
You can continue with other applications while Psion thinks about his move.

2. Installation
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Create a directory called '\app\chess'
Copy 'chess.lib' and 'chess.fon' to '\app\chess'
Copy 'chess.opa' to '\app' and install as a regular Psion program

3. Registration
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If you register after evaluation, you receive the full version, 
which includes a chess openings book containing 77 great openings.
You are free to distribute or copy the unregistered shareware version
of Chess as long as you respect the copyright.
You may however not reverse engineer or change any part of the code!
You can register by sending 10 US Dollars, 5 UK Pounds or 15 DMark to:

    Johan Van Barel
    Koestraat 134
    9190 Stekene
    Belgium

If you send money, do not forget to specify your email address,
so I can send you the full version as soon as possible.
If you register you will also receive all future updates free.

4. Disclamer
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I take no responsibility for any losses due to the use of
this product, including damages to the user's computer, or its information.
Using this software is at your own risk, and I am in no way liable
for any of the user's problems.

Have fun and mail your suggestions and bugs to:

    Johan Van Barel 
    jvb@ockham.be
    http://www.ockham.be/jvb

5. Release info
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13 jan 1997: release 1.0 of Chess
14 jan 1997: release 1.1
    corrected bug with frozen knights after loading a saved game
20 jan 1997: release 1.2
    some minor fixes