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This program is just a small demo of what can done when using Java. The principal goal of this program (although you may think otherwise) was to see if it was possible to develop a Macintosh like graphical user interface in Java. The program was written in just about five days, compared to the six weeks it took me to write the same program in assembly language for the Macintosh (although that version included music). As you can see developing software in Java is something that can be done really quickly and easily. The rules are very easy to learn. The only difference with regular Blackjack is that if a player gets 21 points or less with five cards he automatically wins (there is no room for another card on the screen). The girl has to hit on totals less than 17. Every piece of cloth is worth $100. For those of you who are more interested in the girl than in the game there is a cheat mode that allows you to know her total. Finally, I just want to tell you that although the game's first screen loads quite quickly, after choosing Start New Game from the menu, the applet has to load about 290 Kb of data and this can take up to five minutes on slow connections, so be patient. This program was therefore primarily ment for Intranets and NCs, environments where it would probably be much more successful than that boring Windows Solitaire...
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