Fifteen

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• FIFTEEN.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 6.3 KB
• FIFTEEN.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B

No need to put FIFTEEN.TXT: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 2.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. Copy FIFTEEN.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
2. The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

Installation
is very simple. Copy file FIFTEEN.EXE to desired directory and
place it into AppManager or another launcher. Needed space is
about 64K.


Playing
a-o, q       	source and target piles (small letters)
F1		help
F2 or <-   	back
F3 or space	forward
F4		mark current position
F5		go to marked position
F6		go to last position with one empty pile
F10       	exit game
1-9, TJQK	highlite cards (1 for Ace, T for 10) - letters with
		Shift!
If you press [q] as target pile key, program tries move selected
card to first appropriate or empty pile

If game is interrupted (F10), you can save positions of all cards
and history into file (FIFTEEN.DAT). On next start of program is
this loaded and game continues.


Game

Object
To move all the cards of each rank to the same pile, so that there
are 13 piles of 4 cards of the same rank.

Layout
15 Tableau piles (2 begin empty) - Cards may be played on other
cards of the same rank. At most 4 cards are allowed in any pile.
Empty piles may be filled by any card.

Play
The deck is dealt 4 cards each to 13 piles. There are two more
piles in the upper middle that begin empty. Any card may be moved
to an empty pile. Cards may be played on other cards of the same
rank. For example, if the top card of a pile is a Three, another
Three can be played on top of it. However, only 4 cards are
allowed in any pile at one time. The object is to move the cards
so that there are 13 piles of 4 cards of the same rank, that is,
one pile of 4 Kings, one pile of 4 Queens, and so on.

Literal excerpt from FIFTEEN.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.