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- Version 1.0. First public release of program.
-
- Version 2.0. Built in a timer routine to force the program to run
- the same on all types of computers. When I upgraded to a 386/33
- computer I discovered that a lot of things in the program were a
- little too fast! I added a screen for credits and while it is
- being displayed (the wait) the program checks the time and creates
- a delay value that is used later in the program.
-
-
- Version 2.10. Discovered a display error with long user's names. I
- tested it with the default values and it was okay. My grandson
- ran it and boy was it messed up. Also did some work on the typing
- tones.
-
- Version 2.20. Purchased the new Borland Pascal programming package
- and found that they did something with the delay command. I found
- that 2.10 ran real s-l-o-w on my machine (386/33). So I removed the
- routines that I wrote for the delays and used only Turbo Pascal's
- delays. If anyone has any problems with this on slower machines
- please let me know. It is my hopes that it runs about the same speed
- on all systems considering the variances in display speed, processing
- speed, etc.
-
- Version 2.30. Did some more adjustments on displays (some now have more
- colors), timing loops, key sounds, etc. This is more a maintenance
- release than anything else. Also changed the command line input so that
- it is no longer converted to uppercase. I had removed the spaces I added
- to the names and forgot to update the .DOC file. As I did this is I
- thought it better that the names were left as the user typed them in.
- Now if the user wanted their name in upper case that is okay to. The
- program does not change the case. I have tried to make it more enjoyable
- for small children.
-
- Version 2.40. Made the border flash every five (5) seconds of inactivity
- while waiting for the user to respond. I thought this would look better
- than the screen just sitting there and might encourage activity or even
- to create something to just watch. (grin)
-
- Version 2.41. Changed the way the program prints the user's input. Made
- the program not make a click sound on a space unless it was followed by
- another space. This was to insure that if a user typed in a bunch of
- spaces that it would still click, but on a single space the program would
- be silent making the playback sound more like a typewriter.
-
- This was an upgrade after 2.40 was already released and too late to add
- it at that time. This is sort of an in between release.
-
- Version 2.5 minor internal program updates. If a user pressed the return
- key as the program started there would be a tone when the program reached
- the main screen. I have changed the program to prevent this from
- happening. Documentation has changed as well as the contents of the actual
- archive.
-
- Version 2.6. Some display changes in an attempt to make the program more
- pleasing to young users. Changes are mostly in colors and blinking text.
- I think it looks better with this release.
-
- Version 2.7. Some internal updating to the program as well as to the
- documentation file.
-
- James Huckabey
- 3621-A Fraser Street
- Bellingham, WA 98226-2473 U.S.A.
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