The random deal engine will produce an unlimited variety of hands. The program will bid and play the other three hands with scoring to rubber. Written in the
C++ language with direct access to the Xlib primitives for speed and compatibility, the program will also generate specific point count hands in the 0-28 point range.
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 User interface |
All hands may be displayed at any
stage, a summary of bids is also available. Additionally each of the other hands may be permanently displayed.The program will allow a choice of bidding speed and can also provide simple animation of the play of the cards.
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| Facilities |
The user may skip to a new deal at any time or replay the existing hand at
any stage. The hand may also be revolved.
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| Deals |
A deal may be quickly
saved, with dealer, at any time.
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| Bidding system |
The program supports the ACOL
bidding system with separate toggle settings for conventions for both North
South and East West. The settings are retained between sessions.
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Conventions |
Stayman, Baron, Jacoby, Gambling,
Blackwood and Gerber.
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| Playing strength |
The program is suitable for casual play and practise. The Bridge engine
utilized has been proven on several other platforms (including Colossus
Bridge for Windows) and provides a interesting game but is not suitable for
strong club players.
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| How much is
the full version? |
$14.99 Includes CD and shipping.
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| What are the requirements? |
A minimum display of 800 by 600
is required. The program has a fixed size window.
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| What distributions will it work on? |
The development was aimed at
reducing the dependencies and allowing use on the widest variety of Linux
platforms. To that end it utilizes the low level Xlib library to directly
work with the X Server. It has been tested on Fedora Core, SUSE, Mandrake
and others. No installation is required, a single executable file is
supplied.
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| Is
the program available locally? |
No,
Bibase software maintains the competitive price by selling direct. If you
find the product available elsewhere we would very much like to hear from
you.
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| Can I order by credit card? |
Yes,
just click the Order Now button at the top for secure online
ordering. The page is operated by our credit card processor, Worldpay, owned by the Bank of Scotland. The price includes postage and packing (delivery in
about 7 days to the USA). We also accept Paypal from the same page. Orders
from the UK include recorded delivery.
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