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The Groundwater Education System - Manual
_______________________________________________________________________________
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
IBM PC, IBM XT, or IBM Compatible Computer
640Kb RAM Minimum Memory
EGA Card or Equivalent
EGA Capable Monitor or Equivalent
One or More of the Following:
-- Hard Drive and at least one 360Kb 5.25" Disk Drive
-- Hard Drive and at least one 720Kb 3.5" Disk Drive
-- 1.2 Mb High-Density 5.25" Disk Drive (Hard Drive Optional)
-- 1.44 Mb High-Density 3.5" Disk Drive (Hard Drive Optional)
NOTE: The Groundwater Education System requires much memory. Memory
resident programs could interfere with the system's operation.
_______________________________________________________________________________
INSTALLATION:
Follow the instructions for your appropriate system configuration.
Installation procedures for
5.25" High-Density (1.2 Mb) Disk Drive,
3.5" High-Density (1.44 Mb) Disk Drive,
3.5" Normal-Density (720 Kb) Disk Drive.
- Insert the Groundwater Education System disk into the appropriate size
disk drive.
- Type at the prompt the drive letter followed by a colon.
(Example: A: <CR>)
- Then type (at the prompt): INSTALL
NOTE: Computers with a High-Density Disk Drive (5.25" - 1.2 Mb or 3.5" -
1.44 Mb) may not wish to install the Groundwater Education System on
on their hard drive. The program will run correctly from the floppy
drive, but it will execute much, much slower.
Installation procedures for
5.25" Normal-Density (360K) Disk Drive.
- Insert the Groundwater Education System disk #1 into the disk drive.
- Type at the prompt the drive letter followed by a colon.
(Example: A: <CR>)
- Then type (at the prompt): INSTALL1
- After installation for disk #1 is complete insert disk #2 into the disk
drive.
- Type at the prompt: INSTALL2
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LOADING THE PROGRAM:
- Type at the prompt: C:
- Then type (at the prompt): CD\GRNDWATR
- Then type (at the prompt): GRNDWATR
_______________________________________________________________________________
MAINTAINING THE PROGRAM:
There are two files that should be regularly maintained to maintain optimum
performance of this program. These are ARTICLES.DAT and the article name file.
To add an article, add a summary line and a filename line in that order to
the file ARTICLES.DAT. To do this use any simple text editor. Be sure that you
do not add any extra lines after the last filename. The filename should be in
the form 'filename'.'ext'. It is suggested that use ART for extension portion
of the filename. The actual filename is at your discretion. This file is the
text of the article you wish to display when the user selects the above summary
line. Again, any simple text editor will do the job fine for entering the
article and maintaining the file ARTICLES.DAT. If you don't include the
filename and summary statement in this file, Groundwater won't recognize your
article or will have problems if the items aren't in the correct order.
Also included with the program is a simple quiz selectable from the menu.
The quiz will take the name of the user and record their number wrong, number
right, and percent score in a file available to you on the disk. To see this
file at any time type at the prompt: TYPE GRADES.DAT
The information in the file is self-explanatory. The name comes first with
the student's results next. Also, QUIZ.TXT, the file that the quiz program gets
its questions and answers from, is available for changing. Here is the correct
format for creating a new quiz.
EXAMPLE:
"The question text." What type of water is this program based upon?
"Answer 1." Surface Water
"Answer 2." Hard Water
"Answer 3." Groundwater
"Answer 4." Cold Water
"Correct Answer." Groundwater
- Blank Line. -
The quiz MUST be 25 questions long. No more. No less. Any deviation
from this number, and problems will occur. The "Correct Answer." text must be
exactly the same - letter for letter - or the program will count all of the
choices as a wrong answer. After the text of the correct answer, the next line
MUST be BLANK. If this isn't followed, the quiz will not be usable.
Again, the file QUIZ.TXT can be edited with any simple text editor.
It is recommended that if you wish to change the quiz, first rename
the QUIZ.TXT file to something else for an easy reference to the correct
format. Then you may simple start from scratch to create your own quiz.
(Example: RENAME QUIZ.TXT QUIZBKUP.TXT
In this case, the user renamed the quiz.txt file to quizbkup.txt - a
backup file.)
NOTE: A very simple text entry tool, "TED," has been included with the
Groundwater Education System for the purpose of editing the files
mentioned above. Using the program is fairly self-explanatory. All
editing and menu options are located at the bottom of the screen. Use the
Exit (F7) Function to save your text. "TED" is in the Public Domain.
_______________________________________________________________________________
THE GROUNDWATER EDUCATION SYSTEM:
The Groundwater Education System is a program designed on the concept of
Hypermedia. Hypermedia is a relatively new concept. A user operating a program
using hypertext can determine how much information they receive from the
program. This is achieved through allowing the user to select what topics they
want to see without displaying unwanted topics. The user selects hypertext
links by "clicking" on a highlighted word or phrase. The program then sends the
user to another section regarding their selection. In this way, more material
than just the main focus of the program can be interwoven. This allows a
broader scope for education and other applications.
USING THE KEYBOARD:
- The Spacebar: The Spacebar is used to move from one section of the
program to another. Use the Spacebar to move through the
four main sections of the program.
The Spacebar also can be used to exit a picture.
- The F3 Key: The F3 Key is used to select a hypertext link available on
the screen. On text screens, this is seen by way of a
color change of a highlighted word or phrase.
On pictures, the F3 key moves an arrow on the picture to
the next available hypertext link.
- The F4 Key: The F4 Key is used to engage a hypertext link selected by
the F3 Key.
On pictures, the F4 Key also engages a hypertext link in
the same manner as with text screens.
- The Enter Key: The Enter Key is used to select an item on a menu.
- The Arrow The Arrow Keys are used to move the selection bar on a
Keys: menu.
- Page Up / The Paging Keys are used to move through sections that
Page Down: have more than one page available to read. Page Down
moves to the next sequential page. Page Up moves backward
through the pages.
USING A MOUSE:
- The Cursor: The Cursor is a rectangular box which defines where the
mouse is pointed on the screen. On a picture, the cursor
is an arrow. To move the cursor, move the mouse.
- Left Button: The Left Button is used to engage an activity according to
where the cursor is located on the screen.
If the cursor is in the menu bar at the bottom of the
screen, the function it is located upon will be activated.
The relevant functions include: Spacebar-Continue and
Page Down.
On a picture, the left button performs the same as the F4
Key in engaging a hypertext link.
- Right Button: The Right Button on the mouse is used to exit a picture
and to Page Up. To Page Up, the cursor must be located
on the paging function at the menu bar at the bottom of
the screen.
- Middle Button: The Middle Button, if your mouse has one, has no function
in the Groundwater Education System.
_______________________________________________________________________________
The author sincerely hopes you enjoy the program and finds it to be of
educational value. If any problems should occur with the program that are
not obvious errors from the above suggestions, contact:
Bernard Engel
Agricultural Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (317) 494-1198
The Author,
James Gurganus
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