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- Program: Lil' Picasso
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- Version: 1.2
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- Registration cost: $11.00 (includes 20 pictures)
- Add $2.00 for 20 additional pictures.
- Deluxe version with 40 pictures:
- $11.00 + $2.00 = $13.00.
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- Author: Philip P. Kapusta
- P.O. Box 5423
- Falmouth, Va. 22403 U.S.A.
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- BBS #: (540) 372-9680 N-8-1 ANSI
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- Description:
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- Lil' Picasso is a coloring and creativity package for
- children. Your children will spend hours coloring the lovely
- pre-drawn pictures with a paintbrush of over 300 colors and
- patterns. Children can also choose from a variety of drawing
- tools to create their own masterpieces.
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- Requirements:
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- DOS 3.0 or greater, hard disk drive, VGA graphics card, and a
- mouse.
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- How to:
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- The program is fairly simply to navigate and use. Use the
- left mouse button on your mouse to select a button or color.
- The "SAVE" button will save any current artwork in the drawing
- area to disk. The "LOAD" button will retrieve the previous
- "SAVEd" drawing. The "NEW" button will randomly retrieve one
- of the many pre-drawn pictures.
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- Printing:
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- There is no "click button" for printing. Not to fear,
- however! You can print your child's artwork to your printer by
- pressing the ALT+P keys. For those who are unfamiliar with
- hot-keys, ALT+P is activated by pressing the [ALT] key on your
- keyboard, and WHILE STILL HOLDING IT DOWN, press the [P] key.
- After you tap the [P] key, release both keys. At this point a
- pop-up menu will appear from which to choose a printer model.
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- We have tried to support the most popular printer series on the
- market. The listing should cover 90% of the printers currently
- being used. If you do not see your printer series listed,
- select the next closest printer. For instance, if you own a
- Star Micronics 9-pin dot matrix printer, select the Epson 9-pin
- dot matrix printer. If you own a Brother 24-pin dot matrix,
- select one of the other 24-pin dot matrix printers. If you
- have a laser printer, select the LaserJet series printer. If
- none of the printers listed work for you, please leave the
- author an e-mail message on The Mustard Seed BBS at (540)
- 372-9680 informing us of your printer model. We will try to
- provide a specific printer driver file for your printer.
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- You might ask why no printer "click button" was provided in the
- program interface? We thought it best for Mom and Dad to be
- the ones who initiate all printouts. Your own Lil' Picasso
- may be too little to understand the complexities of turning the
- printer on, selecting a printer, inserting paper, etc. so we
- felt it best to hide the print feature from them. If your
- little one is old enough, then ALT+P should not be too
- difficult for them to learn. Let us know your thoughts on this
- matter.
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- If your printer is connected to a parallel port other than
- LPT1:, then you can specify on the DOS command line the
- appropriate parallel port. For instance, to specify that your
- printer is connected to LPT2:, start the program from the
- DOS prompt --> LILPIC LPT2: press [ENTER]
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- Problems:
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- If you have any questions about Lil' Picasso, and you have not
- yet registered, please enclose a self-addressed stamped
- envelope to insure a speedy reply. Please do NOT send us
- defective disks unless you obtained the program directly from
- the author. At the DOS prompt type "CHKDSK" and if you find
- any bad sectors or lost clusters or file allocation errors,
- contact the SOURCE from which you purchased the disk. Lil'
- Picasso was released after extensive testing, and if you have
- any problems, most likely it will be a result of damaged or
- missing files during the copying process from your vendor or a
- pinched floppy sleeve during mailing.
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- Most problems that you will encounter will probably be related
- to your printer. Make sure that your printer is ON and on-line
- before attempting to print. Common printers include failing
- to insert paper into the printer, or running out of paper
- before the print job is complete. The latter problem is most
- prevalent with dot-matrix printers that are NOT using tractor
- feed paper. If you are using cut sheet paper with a dot matrix
- printer, and you encounter an error towards the end of the
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- print job, you are probably running out of area for the printer
- to print in. To correct this problem, back the top of the
- sheet off a half-inch or so next time, so that the print job
- will start higher up and hopefully not run out of print area
- prematurely. Another solution is to choose a different printer
- from the print menu (it's OK to choose Epson 24 pin if you have
- a Panasonic 24 pin).
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- Shareware:
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- Lil' Picassso is distributed as shareware software. Shareware
- is a "try before you buy" software marketing concept that
- allows the user to obtain fully functional copies of programs
- for evaluation. The distribution and copying fee that you may
- have paid to obtain this disk does not cover the cost of the
- software contained on this disk. Shareware programs such as
- the one that you have obtained require separate payment to the
- author if it is found to be a useful product and if it is used
- beyond a reasonable evaluation period.
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- Distribution:
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- Lil' Picasso is copyrighted software that is being offered
- to the user under the shareware concept - i.e., "try before you
- buy". LIL' PICASSO IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE. If the user
- finds that this program is useful, then they are LEGALLY
- OBLIGATED to register their copy with the author. Users are
- permitted to make copies of the shareware EVALUATION disk and
- pass them on. Shareware and public domain distributors may
- also distribute this disk ONLY IF ALL of the following
- conditions are met:
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- 1) No changes or alterations are to be made to Lil' Picasso.
- This includes all program related data files on this disk
- (including this documentation).
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- 2) No one may sell an evaluation copy of Lil' Picasso for more
- than U.S. $5.00.
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- 3) Shareware vendors must contact the program author
- before making this program available to the public IF THE FILE
- DATE STAMP ON PICASSO.EXE IS OLDER THAN 2 YEARS. We simply
- want to insure that you have the latest version of the
- program. Please contact the author/sysop with a
- self-addressed stamped envelope or e-mail message on The
- Mustard Seed BBS (540) 372-9680 in such cases.
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- 4) CD-ROM shareware publishers are permitted to include Lil'
- Picasso on a shareware collection ONLY IF the PICASSO.EXE file
- is date stamped less than 2 years old.
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- LIL' PICASSO REGISTRATION
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- Indicate disk format desired (mark with an "X"):
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- 3.5" 720K low density _____
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- 5.25" 1.2M high density _____
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- 3.5" 1.4M high density _____
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- Please print your name and address below VERY CLEARLY!
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- Individual's complete name _______________________________________________
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- Mailing address __________________________________________________________
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- City ____________________________ State __________ Zip Code ____________
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- Country ________________________ Phone __________________________________
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- Make U.S. funds payable to:
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- Philip P. Kapusta
- P.O. Box 5423
- Falmouth, Va. 22403 U.S.A.
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- LIL' PICASSO REGISTRATION COSTS:
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- Basic registration (includes 20 pictures) $11.00 $______ *
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- 20 additional pictures: $2.00 $______
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- The complete deluxe version with 40 pictures would
- come to a total of $13.00, e.g. $11.00 + $2.00.
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- Virginia residents, add 4.5% sales tax $______
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- Overseas/foreign addresses, add $2.50 $ 2.50 $______
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- Total enclosed: $______ **
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- * Prices are valid through December 31, 1996. Contact author with a
- self-addressed stamped envelope after this date for the latest prices.
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- ** For registrants in Canada, U.K., Australia or Europe, payment can be
- made by International money order payable in U.S.A. dollars, or you can
- pay by mailing CASH (your native currency). If mailing cash, wrap well
- for the author will not be held responsible for lost mail.
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