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- ************************ESKETCH by B. Bednarz, 1988 ************************
- This is a simple Etch-A-Sketch program for children. It requires a
- color monitor and a CGA adapter. It runs in the 640x200 hi-resolution
- CGA mode. There are three types of controls:
-
- 1) The cursor keys move the "pencil" around the screen, including
- diagonally (an improvement over the original, real Etch-a-Sketch).
-
- 2) The space bar turns the "writing" on and off. When the program is
- first ran, the pencil is "on", so that lines appears when using the
- cursor keys. Hitting the space bar turns the pencil off, so that
- you may move around the screen.
-
- 3) The numbers 1 through 0 at the top of the screen control how far
- the pencil jumps when you tap a cursor key. Thus, at "9", the
- pencil will glide quickly across the screen, while at "1" it will
- move painstakingly slow.
-
- Hint: Don't tell the child about any of the keys, let him/her just
- explore.
-
- Hint: To print a picture, use shift-print screen. For this your
- computer/printer setup must be able to print graphics.
-
-
- This program should be satisfactory for children ages two and up.
-
- Special Note: There is a second file called esketch.att included. This
- file run esketch in the AT&T super high resolution mode (640x400),
- for those of you who own an AT&T computer. To make it run, change
- the name to esketch.exe (first putting the original esketch.exe
- somewhere else), and then run as usual.