[ANNOUNCE] PySol 3.10 - a solitaire game collection

[Joachim Schmitz]

Hi,

did anyone successfully run it on an iMac. After loading about 85 % the
loading stops with an "not enough memory error" ?



On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote:

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>                     PySol - a Solitaire Game Collection
>                               Version 3.10
> 
>               http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
> 
>               Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
>                    <markus.oberhumer at jk.uni-linz.ac.at>
> 
> 
> What is PySol ?
> ===============
> 
> PySol is an exciting collection of 128 solitaire card games.
> 
> Among the supported games are classics like Aces Up, Baker's Game,
> Canfield, FreeCell, Forty Thieves, Golf, Klondike, Monte Carlo,
> Osmosis, Pyramid, Scorpion, Spider, Yukon, and many more...
> 
> PySol may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
> 
> PySol aims to be Commercial Quality Freeware.
> 
> 
> Why yet another solitaire game ?
> ================================
> 
> Here are some highlights of PySol:
> 
>   - currently supports 128 (!) distinct solitaire variants
>   - based upon an extensible solitaire engine
>   - very nice look and feel including multiple cardsets
>     and background table tiles
>   - unlimited undo & redo
>   - load & save games
>   - player statistics and log files
>   - hint system
>   - demo games
>   - support for user written plug-ins - add your own solitaire variants
>   - integrated HTML help browser
>   - lots of documentation
>   - fully portable across Unix/X11, Windows 95/98/NT and MacOS
>   - written in 100% pure Python
>   - just run it - no need to compile anything
>   - freely available
>   - distributed under the GNU GPL with full source code
> 
> 
> Yeah, I know. But what's new ?
> ==============================
> 
>   * Implemented 17 new games.
> 
>   * Added sound support including samples and background MP3/MOD music.
>     Sound is implemented by a rather generic server (a C program) using
>     the SDL library for low-level mixing and playing.
> 
>   * Wrote some really fancy tree dialogs - Python programmers will
>     definitely love these :-)
> 
>   * Added 19 great cardsets to pysol-cardsets. Many thanks to T. Kirk.
> 
> 
> Cool. Where can I get it ?
> ==========================
> 
> Point your browser to http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
> The PySol Gallery is awaiting your visit as well.
> 
> 
> What do I need to start playing ?
> =================================
> 
> PySol requires Python 1.5.2 and Tcl/Tk 8.0.5. Both packages are
> freely available for Unix, Windows 95/98/NT and Macintosh.
> 
> BTW, there is no need to compile anything since the whole program is just
> a Python script. Just run it, and that's all.
> 
> 
> Contributions
> =============
> 
> I'm looking for people who want to contibute new games, provide
> additional graphics, scan cardset packs, improve the docs, etc.
> Please see the README in the distribution about details.
> 
> 
> License terms
> =============
> 
> PySol is Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
> 
> PySol is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
> See the file COPYING.
> 
> 
> Have fun,
> Markus
> 
> http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
> 
> 
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