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From: everett@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Everett Kaser)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Wanted:Mahjongg
Message-ID: <102760006@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 89 17:49:06 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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The four-player version of Mahjongg that I saw (a friend had), is apparently
a comercial, copyrighted program.  It runs in CGA mode, and the title screen
says:
                     IBM-PC MAHJONG
                       Version 2.0
              Copyright 1986 By Peter E. King
                Produced by Procon Software
                    P.O. Box 43, Essendon
                      3040, Australia

I think the copy he has is probably boot-legged.  And I won't propagate it.
I don't know if the company (Procon Software) is still in business or not.

The single player version that I've been working on (which is similar to
Shanghai, Gun-Shy, and Nels Andersons Mahjongg, but uses Westernized tiles
and has more "board" layouts (or tile arrangements)) called "Solitile",
should be ready for its initial release in two or three weeks.  When it is,
I'll post it.

Everett Kaser
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