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d. Press
>
to select
W
,
N
,
E
, or
S
for
dealer. With the appropriate charac-
ter flashing, press
?
to move your
choice to Line 2. If you select
E
, for
example, and then press
?
, Line 2
will show
D:E
, with East as dealer.
e. Continue to press
>
to select
-
,
N
,
E
, or
B
for the vulnerability option.
With the appropriate character
flashing, press
?
to move your choice
down to Line 2. If you select
E
, for
example, and press
?
, Line 2 will
now show
V:EW
, with East/West
vulnerable.
f. Press ENTER to confirm and return
to the Edit Menu. Notice that the
Vulnerability Indicator has changed
to reflect the new setting, if any.
4.4 Rotating the Hands
[Edit Menu Item:
PEDR
]
This option lets you rotate the hands,
along with the dealer and vulnerability, in a
clockwise direction. Setting this option will
cause the following changes to be made:
Hand/Dealer:
Previous Setting
New Setting
South ............................... West
West ................................ North
North ................................ East
East ............................... South
Vulnerability:
Previous Setting
New Setting
Nil .................................... Nil
EW ................................... NS
NS .................................. EW
All .................................... All
To select this option:
a. Access the Edit Menu (
PEDR
), as
noted at the beginning of Section 4.
b. Press
>
to select the letter
R
for
Rotate hands
.
c. Press ENTER, and the computer will
change the settings internally, as
shown above. It will then return you
to the Edit Menu, with the
P
flashing
for
Play this deal
. To play
from the new position, press ENTER.
5. MORE FEATURES TO EXPLORE
5.1 Viewing All the Hands
At any time after the cards have been
dealt, you may view all the hands (includ-
ing those that are concealed) by pressing
VIEW HAND. The first display will show
View:NS
, along with the hand for
North in the upper portion of the display
and the hand for South in the lower por-
tion. Pressing VIEW HAND again will show
View:EW
, along with the hand for East
in the upper portion of the display and the
hand for West in the lower portion. A third
press of VIEW HAND returns you to the
current game display. Note that pressing
ESCAPE also exits this mode at any time.
5.2 Illegal Bidding/Play
Your computer is programmed with the
standard rules of Bridge, and it will never
accept an illegal bid or play. If you attempt
to do so, a low-pitched error beep will alert
you to the problem. To continue, simply
make another entry.
5.3 Need a Hint? Just Ask!
Whenever you need help, the Pro Bridge
610 will be glad to oblige! Press HINT
during the bidding or playing phase of the
game, and the computer will display a
suggested bid or play. To accept the hint,
simply press ENTER. To disregard the
hint, press
,
to cancel the hint display,
and then make a bid or play of your own.
5.4 Change Your Mind? Try Again
If you change your mind about a bid or
play or make an inadvertent input error
before pressing ENTER,
you can retract
your bid or play by pressing
,
to cancel.
The current display will clear, and you can
then enter another bid or play, as usual.
5.5 Autoplay: The Computer Takes Over
As soon as a hand has been dealt, and
at any time during the bidding and play of
the hand, you can force the computer to
take over your game! Press AUTO PLAY
and then ENTER to have the computer
complete the current game automatically.
You’ll see
Continuing
displayed
briefly, as the computer plays the game
out internally. Once the final trick is com-
pleted, the score will be shown, as usual.
At this point, you have the option of going
back through to see how the hand was
played. To do this, press HISTORY repeat-
edly, as described in Section 5.6.
If you change your mind after pressing
