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                       Automated    
                                    
                     CRIBBAGE BOARD 
                                    
                       for 200LX    
                                    
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Have you ever wanted to have a cribbage board handy so that
you could play cribbage anytime you want?  Now all you need
is your handy HP 200LX or 100LX and a deck of cards. (I 
developed this on a 200LX but it should work just fine on a
100LX.)

     Contents
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  1. Introduction
  2. Features
  3. Setup
  4. Playing
  5. Resetting the board
  6. Undo Function
  7. Saving
  8. Check Bet Levels
  9. Restarting
 10. Disclainer
 11. Registration


1. Introduction
---------------
This is a Lotus 1-2-3 macro which will turn your palmtop
into an easy to use pocket cribbage board.  (Note that it
does not play cribbage, it is only a cribbage board.) It
is designed to allow you to keep score with a minimal
number of keystrokes using only the first letter of each
player's name. 


2. Features
-----------
EASY ENTRY     All you need to do to enter points is press
               the first letter of a player's name, the
               points he/she just scored and the Enter key.

SCORE DISPLAY  The cribbage board has both a board display
               and a large, easily viewed numeric display.

SKUNKS         The board also indicates when skunks or
               double-skunks occur.

BETTING        If you like to bet on your cribbage games, it
               supports a bet per game and a bet per point.
               Not only that, but it also keeps a running
               total of betting results.

SAVE YOUR GAME When you quit the game, it automatically
               saves the current game and betting total. When
               you re-open it, it is right where you left off.

CUSTOMIZABLE   It is an unprotected 1-2-3 macro so, if you
               know 1-2-3 macro programming, you can customize
               it to you liking.


3. Setup Instructions
---------------------
When you open the spreadsheet, it displays the main menu. (If
you have 1-2-3 set to auto-execute macros turned on. If you
don't, simply hit Alt-Z or Alt-M to start the menu macro.)

To set it up, select "Xreset". Enter "full"(case-sensitive) to
enter player names and betting amounts. Then enter the 
following when prompted:
          
     PLAYER 1 NAME: Enter the first player's name. (It will be
                    much easier to use if you do not start
                    the player name with R, U, X or Z as these
                    are used for other menu commands.)

     PAYLER 2 NAME: Enter the second player's name. (It will
                    be much easier if the second player's name
                    does not start with the same letter as the
                    first player's name or R, U, X, Z. 
                    Consider using last names or nicknames if
                    this creates a problem.)

     BET PER GAME:  Enter the bet per game. If you're not
                    betting, just enter zero.

     BET PER POINT: Enter the bet per point. If you're not
                    betting or just want a per game bet, then
                    just enter zero.

NOW, YOU'RE READY TO PLAY!!!


4. Playing the game
-------------------
To score points for a player, simply press the first letter
of a player's name, enter their points and press enter. The
player's peg will be advanced and the large numeric score 
is also be updated.

Next to each player's side of the board is also displayed
his/her current total score and the most recent score that
player pegged.

When one of the players wins, the board will beep and
automatically update the betting total. (Bets are doubled for
skunks and quadrupled for double skunks per the rules of
cribbage.)

As the running total for bets is updated to the right of the
board, an arrow is displayed indicating in whose favor the
betting total is.

To start your next game, just press any key. The game board
will be cleared and the score reset to zero.


5. Resetting the board
----------------------
Press "X" to reset the cribbage board.

If you enter "game" at the prompt, only the score of the
current game will be reset to zero for both players. The
player names and betting results will not change.

If you enter "full" at the prompt, the running bet total is
reset to zero and you are prompted to enter the player names
and betting amounts again.


6. Undoing an erroneous entry
-----------------------------
If you mistakenly enter a bad score, you can hit "U" to use
the undo feature to back up one move. Note that this feature
only allows you to undo the most recent pegging move. It also
does not work after a game has been won by one of the players.


7. Saving
---------
If you select "Z" for the Zsave option, the cribbage board
automatically saves the current game score and betting.


8. Checking the current bet levels
----------------------------------
If you've forgotten what values you set for betting, just
press "R" to display the registration screen and current per
game and per point betting levels.


9. Restarting the macro menu
----------------------------
To provide flexibility, I have have not disabled the macro
escape function.  If you hit the ESC key and stop the menus,
you can restart the main menu macro using Alt-Z or Alt-M.


10. Disclaimer
--------------
This as a 1-2-3 macro so the chances of it actually doing
any harm to your palmtop are somewhere between zero and none.
Aside from this, I've played hundreds and hundreds of games
using this and have yet to experience any problems with it.
However. if this does damage your palmtop, it's not my fault.


11.Registration
---------------
This is shareware.  I spent quite a few hours designing, 
testing and revising this so, if you like it and use it, a
donation of $5.00 would be greatly appreciated. 

Drake Smith
1414 39th Ave E
Seattle, WA 98112

If you have any suggestions, please email them to me at
smithduck@yahoo.com.

If you share this with others, Please distribute it in it's
unmodified form and with this User Manual.
