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SPELLING -- A Spelling Tutorial Program
Text and Program by David R. Sewell
SPELLING is a spelling tutorial package designed for high school and
college students, or any adult learner who wants practice with spelling rules
and skills. It was originally designed to be used in a university computer
writing lab; this freeware version differs only in title from the original.
The program is menu-driven and self-explanatory. To run, simply enter the
command "SPELLING" at the DOS prompt. (SPELLING should run on any IBM-
compatible machine, and will run on the PCJr.)
SPELLING contains three sub-programs. The first, "SPELL," provides
detailed rules, examples, and exercises illustrating the major principles
governing English spelling. The second, "QUICKSPELL," is a tachistoscope
program that uses a list of the most frequently misspelled English words.
Finally, "ANAGRAMS" is the classic scrambled-word game, also drawing upon the
list of commonly misspelled words. Whether used in sequence or ad lib, these
three programs will reinforce your grasp of spelling regularities, your visual
memory of correctly spelled words, and your ability quickly to recognize
misspelled words.
SPELLING is being distributed as freeware. If you have downloaded it or
received it on disk, you should have the following files:
README! This file
SPELLING .000 Program files
SPELLING .001 "
SPELLING .002 "
SPELLING .COM "
ANAGRAM .DAT Data for subprograms
CHECK .DAT "
QUIKSPEL .DAT "
ANAGRAM .SCR Script to reset ANAGRAM score using DEBUG
ANAGRAM .TXT Text data files
INTRO .TXT "
MENU .TXT "
QUIKINTR .TXT "
SPELL .TXT "
XTRATEST .TXT "
IMPORTANT!! The program checks for the existence of several of these files
and WILL NOT RUN if they are missing. If you get a "file missing" message
after the opening screen, you have either deleted a crucial file or downloaded
a defective copy.
NOTE: SPELLING creates additional .TXT files as it runs. If you have
downloaded a version that contains additional .TXT files, do not worry; they
are okay, and they will be rewritten as you run the program.
The ANAGRAMS program keeps an encoded record of the high score in the file
ANAGRAM.DAT. If this file has been modified you can reset it to 0 using the
command:
DEBUG ANAGRAM.DAT < ANAGRAM.SCR
This program is supplied as is; I do not plan to upgrade it in the future.
It may be freely copied and distributed so long as it is not modified in any
way (this includes the accompanying .TXT files!), and so long as no charges are
made for the program beyond a nominal fee for shipping and computer media.
David Sewell
1367 Genesee St.
Rochester, NY 14611