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- STOS TYPING TUTOR
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- Written by Richard Gale
- ( aged 17 )
-
- in STOS Basic
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- This program will work on any
- Atari ST computer and in interpreted
- mode will work in any resolution (
- low, medium, or high ). Compiled it
- will work in either low and high
- resolution, or medium and high
- resolution depending on the compiler
- options.
-
- On the disk should be the
- following files :
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- TYPING.PRG - compiled version
- TYPING.ACB - accessory version
- TYPING.BAS - basic version
- LETTERS.LSN - lesson data
- MANUAL.DOC
-
- Load the program normally from
- the desktop, double-click as usual on
- 'TYPING.PRG'. It can also be made to
- autorun by placing it in an auto
- folder.
-
- When the program has loaded a
- message will be displayed showing that
- data is loading, at this point
- 'LETTERS.LSN' is being loaded into
- memory.
-
- The main menu will then be
- displayed, as show below:
-
- Main Menu
-
- 1. Start Lesson
- 2. Practice typing
- 3. Type a document
- 4. Keyboard test
- 5. Credits
- 6. Options
- 7. Exit
-
- To select an option press the
- appropriate number key.
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- 1. Start Lesson
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- If there is not a lesson in
- memory then a warning will appear
- informing that a lesson should be
- loaded using the 'Load lesson' option.
-
- If a lesson is in memory a screen
- will be shown with the current lesson,
- and the text which you have to type.
-
- eg.
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- Lesson : 001
- Press 'Escape' to finish.
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- this is a quick test. a b c d e f g
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- h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y
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- stos basic the game creator...
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- As you type you text will appear
- underneath the original text, what you
- type will have to match exactly the
- original in order to have an accuracy
- of 100%. At the end of each line it
- doesn't matter whether you press the
- 'return' key or any other key.
-
- Once the whole lesson has been
- typed your mistakes will be indicated,
- and the number of mistakes made. If
- you didn't make any mistakes then you
- will skip straight to the results
- screen. The result screen will show
- the following :
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- a) the number of words you typed.
- b) the number of mistakes you made.
- c) your percentage accuracy.
- d) your speed in words per minute.
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- If you have not obtained the
- required speed or the required
- accuracy the pass speed or accuracy
- will be displayed, and you will have
- the option of re-typing that lesson (
- press 'y' ).
- The lessons will continue until you
- either press 'Escape' or you reach the
- last lesson.
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- 2. Practice Typing
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- This is similar to an actual
- lesson with the exception that there
- is no restrictions on what you type.
- You can type anything and once you
- reach the bottom of the screen you
- will be presented with a new clear
- one. Once you have finished
- typing press 'Escape' and the results
- will be shown, as in option number 1.
-
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- 3. Type a document
-
- Again this is in a similar format
- to the first option with the exception
- that lessons are not typed, but
- instead a document of your choice is
- typed.
- If no document is in memory a
- warning will appear informing you to
- load a document from the options menu.
-
-
- 4. Keyboard Test
-
- This is a simple keyboard
- reaction timer, when selected you will
- be asked for the number of keys [ 10
- to 50 ], this is the number of keys
- you will have to type in the test.
- When the test begins a picture of
- the keyboard will displayed with one
- of the letters highlighted, press this
- a quickly as possible. This will be
- repeated for the number of keys you
- selected.
- At the end your results will be
- shown, including :
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- a) time taken
- b) number of keys
- c) number of keys a second
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- 5. Credits
-
- This just simply displays a small
- message about the program, and the
- people who actually tested the program
- for bugs.
-
-
- 6. Options
-
- If this option is selected
- another menu is displayed :
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- Options Menu
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- 1) Select lesson
- 2) Select music
- 3) Load document
- 4) Load lesson
- 5) Set key speed
- 6) Set key delay
- 7) Main menu
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- 1) Select lesson
- This allows you to start on any
- lesson between 1 and the last lesson.
- This option is only available if a
- lesson is currently in memory.
-
-
- 2) Select music
- This options allows you to have
- music playing whilst participating in
- the lessons, etc. Music numbers 13 to
- 21 are from the original STOS Basic
- package.
-
-
- 3) Load document
- This option allows you to load
- any file as a document and then type
- it as you would a normal lesson.
- This option will display a
- standard STOS file-selector with which
- you can select the document you wish
- to load.
- The majority of files can be used
- as any illegal characters are omitted
- from the lesson.
-
- Note:
- This option wipes all previous
- documents, and lessons from memory.
-
-
- 4) Load lesson
- This option is as the above with
- the exception of load lesson data,
- only valid lesson data files will be
- loaded.
-
- Note:
- This option wipes all previous
- documents, and lessons from memory.
-
-
- 5,6) Select Key Speed/Delay
- These options are very similar as
- they allow you to customise the
- keyboard speed and delay, ( as you
- would on the Control panel on the
- desktop ).
-
-
- 7) Main Menu
- This simple returns you to the
- main menu.
-
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- 7) Exit
-
- Exit the program.
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