1. Platform requirement
This game is for Windows 95 or Windows NT only. 

2. How to install
This program is archive by pkzip utility. You need to use pkunzip 2.04g
or later version to decompress it. The following steps are at DOS prompt:
First, make a directory like:
	mkdir c:\chess
Then, move the chess.zip into c:\chess, and unzip it:
	cd c:\chess
	pkunzip chess.zip

3. How to play the game
You can play the chess locally or through network. If you and your friend
get together and you want to play Chinese chess but don't have a set, this
game is what you want. You can choose "play locally" at the beginning and
both of you can move piece in turn. Most of the time, you and your chess 
friend are far away, and you still want to play chess somehow. Then, this
game is what you dream of. Through internet, this game can let you and
your chess friend to enjoy the college time back in China...

4. Steps to play the game through internet
First, you and your partner need to contact through e-mail or phone to 
arrange the game time. You also need to decide who will be the active
player and who will be the passive player.
Then, the passive player should tell the active player his/her hostname
or IP address through e-mail or by phone. In order to get these 
information, you can click the "config" menu item under "network" menu.
Third, once the active player gets the passive player's hostname or
IP address, he/she can make connection by clicking the "ConnectTo" 
menu item under "Network" menu.

5. Trial version limitation
The trial version has this limitation: you can only have about 50 steps to 
move regardless of playing locally or through network. To get release
version, please read orderfrm.txt.

6. Contact information
If you have any comment or find any bug, you are welcome to send message 
to the author at stang@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu or waynet@blue-sky.com

Wayne (Siwei) Tang
Sept. 20, 1996