                                                               
         FIVE  HUNDRED  card  game  from  SPECIAL  K  SOFTWARE 




                             release 6.7 - 2008

                            created by R.McKAY





 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS:

      Any 486, pentium or better IBM compatible computer will successfully 
run this game as long as it can run Windows 95 or higher and has over 8 Mb 
of memory.  It  will  use any sound driver that your Windows has fitted 
(ie. a sound card or PC speaker driver).   A mouse is preferable (as with 
all Windows activities), but this is not a requirement.  It works best if 
Windows has a standard screen resolution, such as 640x480, 800x600, 
1024x768, or 1280x1024.   However, it can accommodate any resolution.





 DISTRIBUTION:

       This copyrighted game is distributed under the SHAREWARE system which 
depends upon your support for on-going development.   You are encouraged to 
freely copy and distribute this product unaltered to  friends,  business 
associates, bulletin boards and user groups.   HOWEVER THIS  PRODUCT IS NOT 
FREE !   You have an evaluation period of two weeks.  If you decide you do 
not like the game, simply pass the disk along to someone else.   If you are 
still using "500 from Special K" after two weeks  of  evaluation, you are 
obligated to send a minimum payment of $30.   If the future of low-cost 
quality software is to continue, we all must support this concept.   If you  
cheat on this payment may you be constantly finessed.  

       When you register, you get lots of goodies, as well as that warm 
feeling that only comes from the knowledge that you are more saintly than the 
scum around you.   Read the help file to find out about all the goodies.
 
       If you registered a previous version that gave you life time 
registrations (like this one does), simply setup this Shareware program on 
top of the previous one (ie into the same directory).  It will become 
registered.


 INSTALLATION:

       '500 from Special K' is distributed in a form which makes installation easy 
for you.   Like all Windows programs, its installation is more complex than DOS 
programs, but the SETUP.EXE utility takes care of all this for you.    This 
way, it can ensure that you have the correct Windows System files that it 
needs to run properly, without you having to do any work.

       After installation, you should have these files in the 'c:\program files\500 
From Special K'   directory -
	500WIN.EXE -  base program
	500.CHM    -  help file
	500WIN.TXT -  this information 
	REGO.FRM   -  user registration form
	SCORES.500 -  game scores and set-up info
        *.CRD      -  data files.

       In addition, it will make sure that you have a number of system
operating files in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.


       If you received this software from a Bulletin Board or the Internet, 
it will be compressed into the one file, eg 500_95.ZIP.   Before running the 
installation program you will need to decompress it.   Create a temporary 
directory, eg C:\MYTEMP, and decompress all the files into it.   The software 
is now ready to install, as if you had bought it on a floppy disk.  Now run 
the SETUP.EXE program.   The easiest way of doing this is choose RUN from 
Windows START button, and type in the drive, directory, and SETUP.EXE name. 
Alternatively, you can run it from the File Explorer.   If you have Winzip 
installed, you just have to open the .ZIP file and run the SETUP.EXE file.

       The installation program prompts you to enter the directory name in 
which to store the files.   The installation program does NOT interfere with 
any of your standard set-up eg, AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, *.INI,  path.   It 
places the icon to start the 500 game in a group called "500 from Special K"
that it creates in the 'Programs' menu on the 'Start' button.   If you want,
you can easily move this icon to a different group (by the usual method of
dragging and dropping).

      If you registered a previous version that gave you life time 
registrations (like this one does), simply setup this Shareware program on 
top of the previous one (ie into the same directory).  It will become 
registered.   DO NOT delete the previous version first. 

       If  you created a temporary directory, eg C:\MYTEMP,  you can  now 
remove it.

       The total space that this program takes up on disk is about 3.8 
Mbytes.

	Very occasionally, a particular combination of computer and video 
card does not work well with "500 from Special K" at different screen 
resolutions.  This shows up as the game not fitting on the screen properly.
The reason for this is probably a combination of the screen resolution
and the size of the fonts that you have chosen for Windows.   It may 
take up only part of the screen, or only part of the game may be
displayed on the screen.   You can fix this by forcing the software to 
display a particular resolution by including on the command line 
"/RESOLUTION500x400".   Adjust  the numbers to make the game suit your 
screen.   Set the "properties" of the "500 from Special K" shortcut.   You
can change your screen resolution and screen font via the Display icon
in the Control Panel in Windows.

        You will never want to do it, but you can delete the program, via
the 'Add/Remove Programs' icon in the 'Control Panel' (use the 'START' 
button, then 'SETTINGS').

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	If you have any problems with this program, whether installing 
it, or running it, please let me know.   You can contact me on
gmckay@specialksoftware.com
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