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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
-