PILE v2.0 Copyright (c) 1994 Reginald Skelton. All rights reserved.
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What is it?
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    PILE is a simple (yet infuriating) variation of solitaire. You need
    Windows 3.1, and a mouse. Sorry about the mouse bit, but I figured
    anyone who wants to play a card game on Windows would have one.

Installation
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    1: Move all files to wherever you want them.
    2: Add program manager icon for 'pile.exe'.
    3: Er, thats it.

Deinstallation
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    1: Delete pile.exe, pile.ini, pile.dat, brand.exe (in the same directory)
    2: Delete program manager icon for 'pile.exe'.
    3: Er, thats it. 


Rules
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    Arrange all the cards into 13 piles of 4, so that each pile only has
    cards of the same value.

    You can move a card to an empty pile.
    
    You can move a card to a pile with less than 4 cards on it, if the
    top card of the destination pile has the same value as the card you 
    want to move.


Features
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    Automatic moves.
    
    Hints.

    'Stuck' alert.

    Smart high scoring.

    'Unlimited' undo.

    Specific game selection.


Shortcuts
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    You can move more than 1 card at a time, if there is a pile which can
    accept them. Drag the lowest card you want to move. Dragging cards like
    this counts as only one move.

    Automatically move cards by double-clicking them. They go to the first
    pile that can accept them. Piles are ordered top to bottom, left to 
    right.


Hints
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    PILE will tell you if there are no valid moves remaining.

    Help\Hint (Ctrl-H) will flash a card that be moved.


High scores
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    PILE maintains a list of all games played. Purging this list from time
    to time will make the top score viewing more responsive. Purging deletes
    any entries not in the top 25 for least time, or least moves.

    PILE will sort the high scores either by game, time taken, or number of
    moves.


Other stuff
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    What's a good score? Well, less than 40 moves is usually pretty hard to
    do. I did 36 once. Less than 2 minutes is fast; my record (so far) is
    45 seconds, but that was playing a specific game over and over.

    PILE was developed in my spare time, using Borland Brief, Watcom C, and 
    MS Visual C. If you want to show your appreciation, and stop the only
    mildly irritating final screen, by all means send me some money (say 
    about a fiver). If you do I'll give you the codes and intructions for
    'branding' your copy.Even if you don't, I'll still answer questions! 

    Oh yeah, so long as you distribute the whole package (pile.exe, 
    brand.exe and this file), without any modification whatsoever, you can 
    give it to whoever you like, providing you make no charge for so doing.
    

Reg Skelton
15 Lambyn Croft
Horley
Surrey
RH6 9XU

CIS: 70630, 1062