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MeToo(C) Copyright 1990 by Bill Buckels
Version 1.0
========================== MEHELP ===============================
"Me Too!" is dedicated to my wife, Valerie, and to our Kids, Erin
(7) and Billy (5), with thanks for their patience with my
neverending preoccupation with my creations of which this is just
another in a long line.
This program was developed to reinforce entry level multilingual
reading skills.
=================================================================
1. Opening Menu
Function: SELECT a SECOND LANGUAGE from current choices:
a. French
b. German
c. Spanish
Method : a. USE ARROW KEYS to CHOOSE
b. PRESS ENTER TO SELECT
c. PRESS ESCAPE TO QUIT PROGRAM
2. Activity Selection Menu(s)
Function: Select 1 of 3-Learning Activities from 6-choices
a. Look at Picture, Read Word- English
b. Look at Picture, Read Word- Second Language
c. Given Word, Match to Picture-English
d. Given Word, Match to Picture-Second Language
e. Given Picture, Match to Word-English
f. Given Picture, Match to Word-Second Language
Method : a. USE ARROW KEYS OR NUMBER KEYS TO CHOOSE
b. PRESS ENTER TO SELECT
c. PRESS ESCAPE TO RETURN TO PREVIOUS MENU
3. Activities
3-Learning Activities:
a1. Look at Picture, Read Word- This is a vocabulary review. The
ENTER KEY replaces the old pictures with new pictures, and the
arrow keys move the menu box which causes the status line to
display the Text of the selected picture. ESCAPE returns to the
previous menu.
b2. Given Word, Match to Picture- This is a learning game. The
DISPLAY will not change until the picture that matches the word
is selected (by using the ARROW KEYS and then pressing ENTER.)
PRESS ESCAPE to return to the previous menu.
When a Correct Selection is made, a random Musical selection is
played until a key is pressed.
c3. Given Picture, Match to Word- This is the complementary
learning game to choice b. A Picture is displayed and the arrow
keys are used to toggle through 9-choices which are displayed
caption by caption in the status area at the bottom of the
screen. When the correct selection is made and the ENTER KEY is
pressed, a Random Musical Reward is given as reinforcement.
Method : a. USE ARROW KEYS TO CHOOSE
b. PRESS ENTER TO SELECT (except activity 1)
c. PRESS ESCAPE TO RETURN TO PREVIOUS MENU
================================================================
MEHELP is available by pressing F1 at almost any point in the
program
Detail and Program Spec:
The opening screen is controlled with the Arrow Keys and offers
the choice of Three-Second Languages and a Mother Tongue. As it
is now configured, "METOO" uses English as the Mother Tongue, but
this can be over-ridden by changing the external ascii file
"PICLIST" which is the dictionary of words and picture names.
Even this HELP file, "MEHELP", can be changed simply by using a
text editor or even replaced with a customized help in any
required language so long as the replacement file is named
"MEHELP".
The opening screen and menu screens are external files of garden
variety CGA Resolution .PCX type and can be editted or
alternately replaced by either BSAVED images or ZSOFT
PCPAINTBRUSH files, again allowing for open customization of
METOO.EXE. In order to work,the replacement files must bear the
SAME NAME as the original menus. They are LOGO.PCX, METOO.PCX,
MENU1.PCX, MENU2.PCX,and MENU3.PCX.
Erin and I made the small graphics panels primarily using Eugene
Ying's PCPG and Later we colorated them in Logitech's PaintShow
Plus. Final processing to BSAVED GRAPHICS arrays was done using
my UTILITY FRAG.EXE. My reason for using the RAW DUMP rather than
run length encoded PCX FORMAT was primarily one of load time
within the program. The files are tiny anyway so that was not a
concern. The program will also accept the GRAPHICS arrays of the
type used by TURBO or MICROSOFT C's getimage() and putimage()
should these be saved to disc in raw form.
The CGA and HERCULES displays are both supported.
I have plans for accents of all types for the next version of
"METOO" but this version uses only a standard english font, (with
apologies to the purists out there.)
The external MUSIC (".SND") files are unpacked binary files
containing records of 3 byte packets, with a word value
representing frequency and a byte value representing duration as
it applies to the sound statement which accepts these 2-
arguments. The end of music place marker is a word value of
0xffff.
=================================================================
Correspondence Regarding METOO should be directed to:
Teacher's Choice Productions
982 Hector Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
R3M 2G6
Att: Bill Buckels
================================================================
I hope that you find my work both enjoyable and useful.