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- Kanjicard - Electronic Flash Cards of Japanese Characters.
-
- Kanjicard was created using ShowPartner 3.0 presentation
- software. It is pretty simply a flash card system I use to learn
- and drill the first 204 Japanese characters of the 1,850 considered
- essential for common literacy in Japan.
-
- Files:
- KANJI1.ZIP - KCARD1.SPS SCRIPT FILE
- K1.GX1 TO K68.GX1 PICTURES
- SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
- KANJI.BAT - BATCHFILE TO START KANJICARD
- SHUFFLE.BAT - BATCHFILE TO SHUFFLE CARDS
- MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
- README.TXT - THIS FILE
-
- KANJI2.ZIP - KCARD2.SPS SCRIPT FILE
- K69.GX1 TO K137.GX1 PICTURES
- SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
- MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
- README.TXT - THIS FILE
-
- KANJI3.ZIP - KCARD3.SPS SCRIPT FILE
- K138.GX1 TO K204.GX1 PICTURES
- SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
- MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
- README.TXT - THIS FILE
-
- KNJISMPL.ZIP KCARD.SPS SCRIPT FILE
- K1.GX1 TO K10.GX1 PICTURES
- SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
- KANJI2.BAT - BATCHFILE TO START KANJICARD
- MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
- README.TXT - THIS FILE
-
- Kanjicard primarily consists of 3 main script files, the show
- partner viewing program, and 204 kanji pictures that are the cards.
- If you downloaded knjismpl.zip the script Kcard.sps is a limited
- version of the program that allows one to see how it operates
- before spending the time needed to download the entire kit and
- caboodle.
-
- Instructions
-
- I recommend using Kanjicard on a hard disk with about 2 mb of
- available space. Place all the files in a separate directory and
- start by typing Kanji.bat. Each zip file contains one script and
- the GX1 files used by that script so if you have limited hard disk
- space you can use Kanjicard by only placing the files in one zip
- file on the hard disk. Then invoke the script using show.exe. For
- example type
- show kcard1 or
- show kcard2 or
- show kcard3
- Obviously if the hard disk contains files pertaining to one
- script file only then attempting to execute the other script files
- won't work.
-
- Video - I used VGA mode 640 X 480 X 16 in creating the picture
- files. Ega systems will probably not display Kanjicard
- correctly.
-
- Floppy Disk Use
-
- If you unzip the individual files onto floppy disks (1.2 mb or
- greater) you can operate kanjicard like normal with one exception.
- The scripts allow one to jump from one to the other however if you
- use a floppy disk system you must Insert the new disk BEFORE
- invoking the command to jump to a new script file.
-
- Commands:
-
- There really are no special commands. Each card is displayed
- in parts. First the character, next the definition and finally
- three different uses of the character and the associated
- definitions are displayed. Kanjicard pauses until you press the
- enter key before continuing. Other keys used are as follows:
-
- ESC - Used to move between scripts or to quit the program
-
- Page Up & Down - Usually Kanjicard moves successively from one
- card toe the next. When a character and only a character is
- displayed pressing the page up or down keys will move forward
- or back in ten unit or less jumps. Pressing page down at the
- display of the 1st card will display the 10th card. Pressing
- page down at the display of the 30th card will display the
- 40th card. Pressing page down at the display of the 9th card
- will display the 10th card.
-
- Page Up & Down - If these keys are pressed in the middle of
- viewing a card beyond viewing the initial character only the
- effect will be the same as ESC.
-
- After pressing ESC you are given a 4 choices.
-
- Press A to jump to kcard1.sps script file
- Press B to jump to kcard2.sps script file
- Press C to jump to kcard3.sps script file
-
- If you are using floppy disks then be sure to change
- floppies before pressing A, B, or C.
-
- Press Q to quit Kanjicard.
-
- Kanjicard is not intended as a substitute for the various
- books available on reading Japanese characters. The process is
- much to complex for that. As such I am not going to try and
- explain things in too much detail. Basically the breakdown on the
- cards is as follows.
-
- On-yomi - pronunciations and readings taken from the Chinese -
- are typed in capital letters.
-
- Kun-yomi - Japanese reading - are typed in lower case letters.
-
- Okurigana - Portion of Japanese reading that is written in Kana
- or Japanese phonetic characters - are typed between
- parentheses.
-
- Kana - Some of the example words use kana but Kanjicard
- makes no attempt to explain kana characters. If you
- are attempting to read Japanese a working knowledge
- of the phonetic character set is essential before
- attempting to read Kanji.
-
- Shuffle.bat The scripts are written to move consecutively from
- one card to the next. This can get boring after a
- while. The batch file shuffle.bat renames the GX1
- files thus effectively shuffling the deck of cards.
- If you look at the batch file it should be pretty
- obvious how this works. The syntax is:
- SHUFFLE %1 where 1, 2, 3, or 4 are the
- replaceable parameters. Just typing shuffle
- displays a message explaining use.
-
- This is the first release of Kanjicard. It is a public domain
- program and no charge, other than a nominal distribution charge,
- for the program is allowable. The module SHOW.EXE is a public
- domain viewing module for viewing Show Partner Scripts. However,
- it is a copyrighted program of Brightbill Roberts and Company, Ltd.
-
- If anyone has comments, suggestions or questions regarding
- Kanjicard I can be reached through Compuserve.
-
- Compuserve - 76407,451
-