BVS Solitaire Collection 2.5 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000
* 20 February 2000
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 by Boris Sandberg, BVS Development.
All Rights Reserved.
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BVS Solitaire Collection 2.5 is a collection of 130 
solitaire games from Russia and it includes a lot of 
solitaire variations you won't find elsewhere.

Requirements:
    Windows 95/98/NT
    4MB free RAM
    Pentium or 486
    256 or more colours (16bit or better colour recommended)
    Resolution of 800x600, although most games work in 640x480.

Features:
    * 130 Solitaire Card Games
    * 256+ colour graphics
    * sound
    * multi-level undo/redo
    * empty foundation pile indicator
    * "You Are Stuck" feature lets you know if there are 
      no more legal moves to be made
    * statistics for multiple players
    * publishing statistics to the BVS Solitaire Collection
      Web site
    * selectable card backs
    * any BMP or JPEG image can be used as a custom card back
    * instruction guide to each solitaire game
    * restart play feature
    * shuffle selection feature
    * automatic card moving
    * selectable backgrounds
    * save game position along with undo/redo history		
    * automatic game saving on exit
    

Only 10 solitaire games are available in the shareware version.
Register to play all games.

FOR WINDOWS NT USERS --
BVS Solitaire Collection requires at least NT 4.0 Service
Pack 3.

                       -- HOW TO ORDER --

This program is shareware. Continued use of BVS Solitaire Collection
beyond the 45-day evaluation period requires registration.
Some features of this program are disabled until you register it. 
To order, print out the registration form in the help file and 
send $15 to:

Register Now!
Dept# 1265-3
PO Box 1816
Issaquah, WA 98027
United States of America

Important: For orders by mail customers should include an additional
$2.50 per order.

You can also register with a credit card on the World
Wide Web at http://www.bvssolitaire.com
Registration price for Online ordering is $15 without any additional
payments.

The registration code will be sent to you by Email immediately after 
we have received your registration. 

The registration code is personal and indicates ownership of
a legal version of this product.  The distribution of 
registration codes is strictly prohibited.

Please, use the "Register" option in the game menu after obtaining 
the registration code.


                 -- HOW TO GET THE LATEST VERSION --

The latest version of BVS Solitaire Collection can always be 
found on the World Wide Web at http://www.bvssolitaire.com

   -- UPGRADE FROM BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2  and 2.xx--
Registered users of BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2 & 2.xx can upgrade
to this version for free.  If BVS Solitaire Collection 2.5
detects a registered version of BVS Solitaire Collection 1.2 or 2.xx
on your system, it will convert your settings and statistics 
into BVS Solitaire Collection 2.5 for you. If you are 
a registered user and BVS Solitaire Collection 2.5 does not 
detect your registration, send your registration information
(name, address, email, registration code) to 
support@bvssolitaire.com for your update.


                    -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT --                 

Technical Support is available by email to 
support@bvssolitaire.com

                    -- RELEASE HISTORY --

February 20, 2000  -- Version 2.5
                       Show Next Move command allows 
                       to check an available moves to make.
		       New Ctrl+Left mouse button click shortcut 
                       for easy play. You can use it to let 
                       a card or a group of cards be moved 
                       automatically.
                       Any BMP or JPEG image can be used as a 
                       custom card back.
                       You can just minimize 
                       BVS Solitaire Collection to make the 
                       current game paused.
                       29 games were added: Agnes, Blockade,
                       Beleaguered Castle, Beleaguered Castle II,
                       Blockade, Chessboard, Citadel,
                       Constitution, Cruel, Eight Sages, 
                       Favorite, Fortress, Giant, Intrigue,
                       King Solomon's Cave, Klondike,
                       Klondike II, Kosynka, Kosynka II,
                       Overage, Scarf, Scarf II, Somerset,
                       Star, Stay-at-home, Steps, Streets and
                       Alleys, Thumb and Pouch, White Scarf


October 24, 1999  -- Version 2.4
                       Improved Select Solitaire... dialog box;
		       Customizable Favorites Group in 
                       Select Solitaire... dialog box;
                       11 games were added: Ants, Baker's Dozen,
		       Chameleon, Four Leaf Clovers, Fourteens,
                       Impatience, Maria, Old Friend, Raglan,
                       Russian Solitaire, Storehause.



June 27, 1999     -- Version 2.3 
                       Empty Foundation Pile indicators show base cards.  
                       Fading Background in vertical or horizontal
                       direction. Publishing statistics to the 
                       BVS Solitaire Collection Web site
                       25 games were added:  Aces Up, Boulevard,
                       Caprice, Colorado, Complicated, Confusion, 
                       Corona, Courtyard, Deck, Divorce, Doublets,
                       Even and Odd, Grandfather, Napoleon's Square,
                       Nestor, Pairs, Pyramid, Quadrangle, Royal
                       Family, Six By Six, Strip, Thirteens,
                       Twelve Sleeping Maids II, Twenty, Vertical

February 14, 1999 -- Version 2.2
                       65 games version. 10 games were added: Accordion,
                       Alternations, Brigade, Cornfield, Eight Off,
                       Lucas, Martha +, Streets, Vassal, Voracious.
                       Re-designed winning dialog box, save game 
                       position along with undo/redo history,
                       automatic game saving on exit, pause feature,
                       improved help information.

December 12, 1998 -- Version 2.1
                       55 games version. 9 games were added: 
                       Alternative, Barricade, Beautiful Lutecium,
                       Braid, Difficult Sequence, Eight Sphinxes,
                       New Manner, Peppy, Stairs.
                       Autoplay option for each game can be turned on and 
                       off during play from Options|Autoplay menu item. 
October 5, 1998   -- Maintenance release. (Version 2.01)

September 23,1998 -- Version 2.0
                       46 games version. A lot of new features: sound, 
                       multi-level undo/redo, selectable backgrounds, 
                       automatic card moving, restart feature, 
                       shuffle selection and more...

April   21, 1998  -- BVS Solitaire Collection release (version 1.2)

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