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        ColoringTimeBooks(TM) Readme Information.
          Copyright (c) 1993 Computer Creations


               Welcome to DinosaurTime!

                  INTRODUCTION

     DinosaurTime is one of a series of animated

ColoringTimeBooks. Like a coloring book, you will pick the

colors you want to use and you will color drawings. With

DinosaurTime you will also create the pictures that you want

to color using any or all of the many drawings provided (such

as Dinosaurs, Plants or Scenery) and draw your own. You will

also be able to create and use patterns (such as the leaves

of a tree) and you will be able to erase your mistakes.

     DinosaurTime is easy to use. Once the program is loaded,

one mouse button (the left one) does it all. Mistakes can be

erased or will just result in an audible "beep" and a

continuing prompt to choose an action. Animated icons help to

explain the choices: pick an enlarging balloon to enlarge a

drawing, a rotating balloon to rotate a drawing or a

shrinking balloon to shrink the size of a drawing. Actions

are natural: as you draw a line you continue to press down on

the mouse button, just as you must press a crayon to the

page.  If you wish, you can save your picture in the

computer and show it on the computer screen whenever you

like.

     When you SHOW your pictures, you can add animation. You

can choose to change your picture to a Night scene, with moon

and blinking stars. Or, you can add Rain to your pictures.

Other animation will be available in future versions.

     DinosaurTime is a great introduction to the computer and

a beginning to art.  Icons, help messages and using a mouse

are all included. Picture composition, choice of patterns and

choice of colors are all part of creating art. Have FUN !!!


                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     INTRODUCTION

     TABLE OF CONTENTS

     LICENSE

     RULES FOR README

     REQUIREMENTS

     QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS

     INSTALLATION

     INTRODUCTION TO USE

     NOTE TO PARENTS

     LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

     ORDERING INFORMATION





                    LICENSE

     Computer Creations grants permission for this SHAREWARE

disk to be copied and distributed, if no fee is charged and

no changes are made. Otherwise, you must get written

permission from Computer Creations to distribute copies of

this disk. If after examining this software you continue to

use it, you are required to purchase a registered copy.



                    RULES FOR README.

     (1). Keys to be pressed are given between [  ] brackets.

         Example:  [Enter]  means, press the  Enter  key.

     (2). Typing is given between single quotes:  '      '.

         Example: type  'C:\COLOR'

           means: type   C:\COLOR      without the single

         quotes.



                    REQUIREMENTS

     The DinosaurTime requirements:

          (1). Dos 2.1 or higher.

          (2). A Mouse.

          (3). VGA monitor.

          (4). A hard drive with space for the pictures you

               will make.



                 QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS

     1. Load the Mouse Driver. (This may be done

automatically on your computer).

     2. Install on hard drive: See Installation below.

(You will need the space to save your pictures).

     3. Type 'dino' then press [Enter] key. Now you will only

need to use the  LEFT MOUSE BUTTON  to make all selections.

     4. You will see a picture with dinosaurs. This was

created using DinosaurTime.  Press the mouse button again.

     5. Shareware message.   Press the mouse button again.

     6. Main Menu. Move the arrow to the DinosaurTime area

and press.

     7. Here you can add drawings to Create a picture. The

drawings can be Moved and the Balloons used to change them.

     8. When "Done" press "Mouse Sq". Next you can select up

to 8 colors.

     9. When "Done" press "Mouse Sq". Next you can color the

picture with crayons, patterns, fills, and more.

    10. You can save or not save your picture.

    11. You can make another picture or go on to other things

such as adding Rain or Stars to the picture you have made.

    12. More DETAILED instructions follow below.





                    INSTALLATION

     Make a backup copy of the disk. See your DOS manual.

     To install: (1). Place the disk into the disk drive A:

                 (2). Type   'A:' and press the [Enter] key.

                 (3). Type   'install c:' and press the

[Enter] to place on the  c: drive,

                  OR, replace the "c" with any other

hard drive letter available on your system and press the

[Enter] to place on another drive. Which you choose depends

on where you have the space and how you want to arrange your

programs.

     The directory COLOR will be created on the C: OR

other drive and the files: DINO.EXE, ISDINO.COV, DINO.RSM,

HOME.RSM, FARM.RSM, README.BAT, README, VENDOR.DOC and

FILE_ID.DIZ will be placed there.


                    INTRODUCTION TO USE

     Load the Mouse driver (this may be done automatically on

your system).

     Move to the COLOR directory:

     Type: 'cd c:\color'  OR 'cd (other letter):\color'

[Enter] and type:      'dino'              [Enter]

     Press the mouse button until the following appears:

                     Main Menu
    ______________                 ______________
   | DINOSAURTIME |               |   SHOW       |
   |______________|               |______________|
                                   ______________
    ______________                |  NEWNAME     |
   |  HOMETIME    |               |______________|
   |______________|                ______________
                                  |   ERASE      |
    _____________                 |______________|
   |  FARMTIME   |                 ______________
   |_____________|                | README INFO. |
                                  |______________|
                                   ______________
                                  |   PRINT      |
                                  |______________|
                   _____________
                  |    END      |
                  |_____________|




     To SHOW a previously made picture:

     Use the Mouse to pick SHOW.  All pictures (.rsm files)

will be listed for you to pick from. HOME was done with

the HomeTime coloring book and FARM was done with the

FarmTime coloring book. You can order these from Computer

Creations when you register.

     When you SHOW a picture, you can add animation to it.

Change the picture to Night, with a full moon and blinking

stars. For best results, color the sky with a solid color

other than white. Or, add Rain to your pictures. Or, add both

Night and Rain. Other animation will be available in the

future.

     To CREATE new pictures, do the following:

     Use the Mouse to pick DinosaurTime.


     SCREENS 1-3 will look a little like this:
 ________________________________________________________
|           |  |Done |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|  Actions  |  |     | #1  | #2  | #3  | #4  | #5  | #6  |
|   Area    |  |Mouse|     |     |     |     |     |     |
|           |  |_Sq__|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|
|___________|                                            |
|               Messages are here!                       |
|________________________________________________________|
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                  Do Drawing Here!                      |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|                                                        |
|________________________________________________________|




     In SCREEN 1, you pick drawings you want to color. Move

the mouse pointer to square #1 and press the mouse button.

The Brontosaurus drawing and 5 other large prehistoric

animal drawings are displayed. Press on any of these

and it will appear in the Drawing area. Move it to where you

want it by moving the mouse and put it there by pressing the

left mouse button. If you would like the drawing larger,

smaller, rotated or to disappear, move the mouse pointer to

the Actions Area and press in the square you want. If you

make a drawing disappear, you can make it reappear by

pressing on the "Undo" square. If you press anywhere in the

Drawing area, the drawing will be Moved there. Pick other

drawings from these six, or when finished, "Return" by moving

the pointer to the "Mouse Sq" and pressing. Find out what

other drawings can be used by pressing on the other choices

(squares #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6). When you're "Done"

choosing drawings, press on the "Mouse Sq".  The picture will

be "Refreshed" - all drawings will be redrawn, in order, and

any overlaps will be removed to give the picture a 3D effect.

     SCREEN 2 is where you can pick upto 8 colors to color

with (8 others are always used). Move the arrow to boxes 1-5

and press there if you want that color. Move the arrow to box

#6 and press if you want "More" color choices. A total of 45

additional color choices are available, after which the

colors are repeated. When 8 are picked or when you are done,

move the arrow to the "Mouse Sq" and press there. The crayon

box in the Actions Area will be filled with all of the colors

you will use next.


     SCREEN 3 allows you to color your drawing in a variety

of ways:

     Box #2: If you press on the Crayon box, you will be

allowed a choice of 15 colors, a choice of drawing

thicknesses and a choice of drawing styles (straight line

types and freehand).

     Box #3: If you press on the Eraser box, you will be

allowed to erase "all colors" or just "one selected color"

and you can choose the size of eraser you want to use. To

erase, move the arrow to where you want and the eraser will

follow it. Press down on the left mouse button and move the

eraser using the mouse to erase.

     Box #4: If you press in the "Roller" box, you will be

allowed your choice of 4 patterns (bricks, waves, leaves or

hair) and your choice of 2 ways of placing the pattern (as

smaller, nonoverlapping tiles or as larger overlapping

tiles). Your selection will show in Box #4. Move the pattern

to where you want it and press the left mouse button to place

it there. Continue to press and move the button to draw the

pattern over an area.

     Box #5: If you press in the "Paint Can" box you will be

allowed your choice of colors and of patterns with which to

fill areas outlined in BLACK. Your selection will show in

Box #5. Move the arrow in the Drawing area to where you want

it filled and press the left mouse button to fill. Continue

with that pattern or move the arrow to the Actions Area and

press on a different pattern. For a different color, move the

arrow to Box #5 and start over again.

     Remember, the area to be filled must be completely

surrounded by the BLACK color. Other dark colors may appear

BLACK, but there is only one BLACK crayon and only it works.

     Box #6: If you Press here you will design your own

pattern. A Design Grid will appear below the Actions

area. When picking Box #6, you are given the choice to

start over or continue with the pattern you have already

made. If you start over, you must choose the background

color for the pattern. Pick a color and move the arrow to the

Design Grid. Press and release, or continue to press to color

the pattern. Pick other colors and continue to create your

pattern. When done move the arrow to the Drawing area and

press and release, or continue to press to place your

pattern.  Your pattern will show in Box #6.


     SCREEN 4 allows you to save your picture as a file on

your hard drive. Each picture will take about 10,000 to

200,000 bytes of storage space, depending on the detail.

Each time you run DinosaurTime, the first picture saved will

be named "dino1", the next "dino2", and the last as "dino3".

Only 3 pictures can be saved using these names. If you want

to permanently save a picture you will need to give it a

NEWNAME. To do this you can use the NEWNAME option.


     SCREEN 5 allows you to make another picture or to return

to the Main Menu.


     To give your pictures a NEWNAME, pick that choice. Since

only 3 names are given to your pictures, you should use

NEWNAME for any picture you want to permanently save. You

will use the mouse button to rename it. The picture will be

Shown so that you will be sure that it is the correct one.

     To ERASE any picture use ERASE.  The picture that you

want to erase will be Shown so that you can be sure that you

want to erase it.

     To PRINT, pick that choice on the Main Menu. This is to

print the BLACK outline of your picture so you can make real

coloring books, to color in the usual way.  Options are

provided for many 9 dot and 24 dot matrix printers; not all

options will work on all printers. Find what works best on

your printer. The LPT1 printer port is assumed to be the

location of you printer.

     Printing is a slow process. The computer must think

before it starts and it may stop during the printing to think

some more. At the end, you will be returned to the Main Menu.

     To END the program, pick the END choice in the

Main Menu.

      To SKIP over some options, pick the "skip" box whenever

it appears in the program.


                    NOTE TO PARENTS

     Once the program is started, if you want to, you can

detach the keyboard since only the Mouse is required. As

long as the END option is not selected from the Main Menu,

users can continue to play for hours. If END is selected,

simply reattach the keyboard to restart the program. Also,

should printer problems occur, the keyboard will be required.

     As long as the computer is not "Reset" or "Restarted",

and without a keyboard, the chances of changing files not in

the COLOR directory are reduced. Furthermore, the NEWNAME,

and ERASE options should change only picture (.rsm) files,

not the program itself. (Please read the next section).


                  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

     ALL COLORINGTIMEBOOKS ARE SUPPLIED AS IS.  COMPUTER
CREATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE,
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ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
SOFTWARE, MANUAL, OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF COMPUTER
CREATIONS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
OR CLAIMS. IN PARTICULAR, COMPUTER CREATIONS IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE
INCURRED AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF USE OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS,
LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, THE COST OF A
SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM, CLAIMS BY THIRD PARTIES, OR FOR SIMILAR
COSTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPUTER CREATIONS LIABILITY FOR ANY
DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE
REGISTERED VERSION SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF CLAIM.
THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE
QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
     Some states do not allow the exclusion of the limit of
liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the
above may not apply to you.
     This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Michigan and shall inure to the benefit of Computer
Creations and any successors, administrators, heirs and
assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by either party
against the other arising out of or related to this agreement
shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of
competent jurisdiction located in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of
said courts.
     Computer Creations reserves the right to update the
contents of any ColoringTimeBook and its associated
documentation at its discretion and without the consent of or
any obligation to any licensed users.




               ORDERING INFORMATION

     If you like this program, please pay for it to become a

registered owner. Registered owners will receive the latest

version and when you order, you will be offered other

coloring books, such as HomeTime, at reduced cost.

     To Register:

Send $19.95 in check or money order for DinosaurTime  ____ ,

or   $21.95 for BOTH DinosaurTime and the HomeTime    ____ ,

or   $23.95 for THREE:DinosaurTime,HomeTime,&FarmTime ____ .

Or, order 2 or more, and receive all THREE coloring books for

just $20.00 Each!            Total number of orders ____

PLEASE send in a copy of the information below for EACH
ORDER.

Payable in US dollars
(drawn on a US bank)   To: Computer Creations
                           P.O. Box 478
                           Belleville, MI.  48112

PLEASE Print you name:

                   __________________________________________

         your address:

                   __________________________________________

         city, state :

                   __________________________________________


              zip  _______________

New Copy Owner's name:
(to CUSTOMIZE your order, 25 letters or less)

                   __________________________________________

         The size of your disk drive: 5 1/4    ____

                                   or 3 1/2    ____ .

Prices INCLUDE postage and handling in the US; foreign
orders, please add $5.00 for shipping Each order.
Comes with Manual. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery.

Registered copies of ColoringTimeBooks make great GIFTS !

Site licenses are available !

Have FUN !


                           END.