ZDNet's Ex-CLUE-sive Code v1.0
August 1999
                    
ZDNet
The Riverview Building
One Athanaeum St.
Cambridge, MA 02142
http://www.zdnet.com/swlib

PROGRAMMER: Sanjay Kanade
PROJECT MANAGER: Deni Reinsons

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
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The software titled ZDNet's Ex-CLUE-sive Code and
the associated documentation is:
Copyright (c) 1999 ZDNet.  All Rights Reserved. 

WHAT IS ZDNET'S EX-CLUE-SIVE CODE
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Can machines think? Find out by playing this game of "pure logic"
against your own PC. You and the PC play detective and engage in a
war-of-minds to break each other's secret-code using the clues of
Bulls & Cows. ZDNet's Ex-CLUE-sive Code is a fun way to improve your 
logic. The rules of this MasterMind-type game are unbelievably simple, 
but the play can be very complex. Witness how the PC plays superbly, 
as if you are playing against a human. Artificial intelligence? 
Play and see.

WHO CAN USE ZDNET'S EX-CLUE-SIVE CODE?
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This program will run under Win95, 98, or NT.

HOW TO INSTALL
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After downloading the ZIP file, double click Setup.EXE. 
ZDNet's Ex-CLUE-sive Code will automatically begin its 
install program.  Follow each step throughout the install 
program.  After install is complete, just click on the shortcut
icon on your desktop or by clicking Start|Programs|ZDNet Exclusives|
ZDNet's Ex-CLUE-sive Code.

BASIC OPERATION
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Choose a solo game or one against the PC.  Choose the number
of digits you'd like to guess as the secret code--3, 4, or 5.
Enter your guess and the PC will send back clues to you in the form
of bulls and cows.  A bull means the digit you guessed is present 
in the code, in the position you guessed; a cow means the number 
is present but not in the position you designated. By logical analysis 
of your bull/cow feedback, you can refine your answer until it's 
all bulls--the correct Ex-CLUE-sive Code!

SUPPORT
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You may email any questions, comments, suggestions, 
or bug reports to:  Exclusives@zd.com

DISCLAIMER:
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This program is provided "as is" without warranty of 
any kind, either express or implied, including, but not 
limited to warranties of merchantability or fitness for 
a particular purpose.  In no event will the author(s) or 
ZDNet be liable to you for any damages, including 
incidental or consequential damages, arising out of the 
use of or inability to use the program, even if 
advised of the possibility of such damages.  ZDNet 
and the author(s) shall not be liable for any loss, 
damages or costs, arising out of, but not limited to, 
cost profits or revenue, loss of use of the utility, 
loss of data or equipment, the costs of recovering 
software, data or equipment, the cost of substitute 
software, data or equipment, or claims by third 
parties, or other similar costs.  Some states do 
not allow exclusion or limitation of implied 
warranties or limitation of liability for incidental 
or consequential damages, so the above limitations 
or exclusions may not apply to you.

LICENSE AGREEMENT:
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This utility may be used only for your personal 
non-commercial use. You may NOT upload this utility or 
images to any online service, BBS, network, or the 
Internet. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, 
disassemble, merge, modify, include in other software 
or translate the utility. You may not remove or 
obscure ZDNet's copyright, trademark or other 
proprietary notices or legends from any of the 
materials downloaded. Making copies for any commercial 
purpose is prohibited. You may NOT incorporate this 
utility into any collection such as user-group disks. 
This utility is NOT public domain, shareware, 
or freeware.

If you do not agree to the terms and conditions mentioned therein, 
please do not use this software and destroy all the accompanying 
files from your disk.

HOW TO UNINSTALL
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Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
Select ZDNet's Ex-CLUE-sive Code and click Add/Remove button.