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- ********************* Thanks for trying Dr. Doodle v1.2! ***********************
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- Whats new in v1.1 and v1.2?
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- Thanks for asking, these updates introduce a compression algorythm that
- reduces the size of the drawing files to around 10k, quite a drop from
- the original 120k! It automatically converts v1.0 drawings to v1.2, and
- its all done "on-the-fly" so theres nothing you have to do! Be sure to
- make a back up of your favorite drawings before conversion, just in case.
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- We be jammin' now! Dr. Doodle will now play music while you're drawing!
- Command line driven, the first parameter should be one of these:
- SB or sb = SoundBlaster on 220h int 7
- DIS or dis = Disney sound source on LPT1
- DAC or dac = DA converter on LPT1
- PC or pc = PC speaker (ugh, yuk!)
- ex. "DRDOODLE SB" will play the Teddy bear boogie on your SoundBlaster.
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- the second parameter can be an alternate .MOD file to play.
- ex. "DRDOODLE PC SONG.MOD" will play "SONG.MOD" on your PC speaker.
-
- "the Teddy bear boogie" (ALF.MOD) was ripped by u4ia... nice job!
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- Specifications
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- Program name: Dr. Doodle VGA
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- Version number: 1.2 (8/11/94)
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- Description: Hi-Res, mouse oriented, baby-proof drawing program with
- 16 drawing objects, for ages 2 and up.
-
- Programmer: Tim L Winkfein, McKinney, Texas.
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- Requirements: VGA monitor capable of displaying 640x480 resolution.
- MicroSoft compatible mouse.
- At least one finger. (for mouse operation)
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- Registration: ONLY $7.00!!!
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-
- Welcome
-
- I wrote this program with 2 to 7 year olds in mind, however, just about all
- ages will enjoy it. My 3 and 4 year old girls love it, because they can
- draw, save, and load the drawings all by themselves! I made this program's
- save and load features completely controlled by button clicks, so that even
- a 2 year old can use it! Which is why I limited the number of drawings to
- 10, a youngster has little concept of disk space, and you may have ended up
- with millions of drawing files on your drive!
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- Why the low registration fee?
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- Because there are too many over-priced Shareware programs out there, you
- can go bankrupt registering half the ones that you like! However, I don't
- want to just give this program away because of all the time I have spent
- developing it. Besides, $7 is about 2 days allowance now anyway, right?
-
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- How do I do it?
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- Registration is simple, pull $7 out of your pocket, print out the
- order form, and send them to me! In return, I will send you a new copy
- of Dr. Doodle personalized with your childs name or message, also, the
- Shareware demo at the beginning will be removed.
- (if you don't have a printer, just write all info on a sheet of paper.)
-
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- What are the features of Dr. Doodle?
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- Features are many, least of which is a button sensitive help line, when
- the mouse cursor passes over a button, a description of the function of
- that button is shown in the bottom "info" box.
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- There are 16 object buttons:
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- Freehand Line Empty Box Filled Box
- Empty Circle Filled Circle Empty Ellipse Filled Ellipse
- Empty Triangle Filled Triangle Star Diamond
- Text (3 kinds) Flood Fill CrossHair 1 CrossHair 2
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- There are 16 color buttons: The standard VGA color palette.
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- There are 3 line thickness buttons: Thin Medium Thick
- (These also control the size of text)
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- There is a reverse drawing button: This button will mirror image your
- drawing in the horizontal direction.
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- There is a clear screen button: Figure this one out.
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- There is a save and a load button: Saves or loads up to 10 drawings by
- clicking on one of the 10 buttons.
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- There is an exit button: Another toughie.
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- There is also an About Program button: Its the title bar at the top of
- the screen. This displays info about me and the program.
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- How does it work?
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- Operation is simple,
- click, release, click, release, click, drag, release.
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- Most objects are drawn using this method...
- click on the object button you want to draw. release.
- click on the color you want the object to be. release.
- click on the line thickness. release.
- click on the screen. drag to the size you want. release.
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- The triangle is probably the toughest one to figure out.
- first, click on one of the triangle icons.
- next, click on the screen for the first point,
- drag the baseline to the width you want, release.
- next, move the mouse to complete the triangle, click, release.
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- You will notice that while dragging your mouse, the selected object is
- "rubber-banded" in place to show you the progress, like the square in the
- opening demo of the Shareware version.
-
- Text is another one that deserves instruction, but really is easy.
- click on the Text button, then click on the screen where you want the
- lower-left corner of the text to appear, then type your text. The line
- will wrap when you reach the right side of the drawing area, but keep
- in mind that this is not a word processor, so we don't have word-wrap,
- backspace, etc. The line thickness buttons control text appearance.
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- Flood Fill is simple to use, but deserves an explanation.
- when filling a box, circle, etc. it works as normal. but to encourage
- bright young minds to use their imagination, I made it so that it acts
- unpredictably when trying to fill around corners, text, etc. My main
- reason for doing this is to help bring out the hidden artistic talent
- of your kids! (ok, I admit it, I couldn't figure out how to make it
- work properly around corners, but it sounded good anyway! so sue me :)
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- CrossHair 1 & 2 are kinda neat, try holding down the mouse button while
- dragging the mouse around the screen. These are my kid's favorites!
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- How about your work?
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- Send me some of your artwork on a floppy disk and I may include them as
- samples in the next release! Be sure to add your name to the picture.
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-
- Direct inquiries to:
- TiJaSoft
- P.O. Box 313
- McKinney, Tx
- 75070-0313
- enjoy, Tim.