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- TANGAROOs (TM) version 1.0 Copyright (C) 1993 Stephen A. Deskevich
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
-
- Welcome to TANGAROOSs. Thank you for evaluating this program. I hope that
- you find TANGAROOs fun and easy to use. Don't forget to read the files
- LICENSE.DOC and ORDER.DOC for information on how to obtain a registered
- version of TANGAROOs. The TANGAROOs package includes the following files:
-
- README.TAN Introductory information
- LICENSE.DOC License agreement/Warrenty disclaimer
- ORDER.DOC Order form
- TANGAROO.EXE Required executable
- TANGAROO.HLP Complete documentation in online hypertext help format
- TANGAROO.TAN Sample TANGAROOs picture file
- SND1.WAV Required sound file
- SND2.WAV Required sound file
- SND3.WAV Required sound file
- SND4.WAV Required sound file
- SND5.WAV Required sound file
- SND6.WAV Required sound file
- SND7.WAV Required sound file
- SNDCCW.WAV Required sound file
- SNDCW.WAV Required sound file
- SNDRPL.WAV Required sound file
- SNDSNAP.WAV Required sound file
-
- If you did not receive all these files, please contact the author via E-
- mail to 71021,625 on Compuserve (internet 71021.625@compuserve.com) to
- Steve Deskevich, or by U.S. mail to TANgible Software, 721 Freeman Dr.,
- Concord, NC 28025.
-
- PURPOSE
-
- TANGAROOs is an educational tool to help build skills in problem solving
- and spatial orientation. This tool is based on the concept of tangram
- shapes. The goal of this tool is to present you with a picture that you
- have to duplicate using the seven tangram shapes that are provided. In
- addition, there is a Save Mode option that allows you to create your own
- pictures. Please see "How to Use TANGAROOs" in the online help for
- additional information.
-
- THE MOUSE
-
- In order to use TANGAROOs, it is NECESSARY to learn how to use the mouse.
- Although the menu items can be obtained from the keyboard, the shapes can
- only be manipulated with the mouse. The following is a key to using the
- mouse within TANGAROOs (double clicking is not used):
-
- Mouse Button Action
- ------------ ------
-
- Click Left Button over shapebar Selects shape from pallet
-
- Click Left Button over shape Rotates shape counter-clockwise
-
- Click Right Button over shape Rotates shape clockwise
-
- Click and Hold Left Button down Drags shape around the screen
- over shape and move
-
- Click Right Button w/ shift key Erases a single shape from the
- down over the shape screen
-
- Click Right Button w/ Ctrl key Erases all shapes from the screen
- down
-
- Click Left Button w/ shift key Colors all shpes on the screen to
- down black
- (Same action to restore colors)
-
- See the sections "Using the Mouse" and "Quick Reference" in the online help
- for more information on how to use the mouse.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- 1) You must be running Windows 3.1.
-
- 2) You must use at least VGA mode (TANGAROOs has been tested to work well
- in VGA, SuperVGA and XGA resolutions).
-
- The above are the only requiremnets to use TANGAROOs. In addition, you may
- want to load a Windows 3.1 sound driver to use the sounds within TANGAROOs.
- However, sound is NOT a requirement to using this program.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- You should have received TANGAROOs in a self-extracting archive file
- (TANGROO1.EXE). To install the files on your computer, perform the
- following:
-
- 1) At the DOS prompt, create a directory to hold the TANGAROO files.
- For example: MKDIR TANGAROO
-
- 2) Change directories so that you are in the new directory.
- For example: CD \TANGAROO
-
- 3) Execute the self-extracting archive file for TANGAROOs.
- For example: TANGROO1.EXE
-
- At this point, the files listed earlier should be copied onto your
- harddisk.
-
- 4) Start Windows
- For example: WIN
-
- 5) To run TANGAROOs, pull down the File menu within Program Manager.
- Select Run... and type in the name of the program.
- For example: TANGAROO.EXE
-
- If Windows reports that it cannot find the program, repeat step 5 and
- add
- the name of the directory in front of the executable name.
- For example: C:\TANGAROO\TANGAROO.EXE
-
- See you Window's documentation on how to create an icon to run TANGAROOs.
-
- That's all there is to installing TANGAROOs. Remember that while TANGAROOs
- is running, you can get access to the online help by pressing the F1 key or
- using the Help menu.
-
- *** Shareware Evaluation Version ***
-
- TANGAROOs is distributed as Shareware software. This means that users are
- encouraged, subject to the restrictions described in the License Agreement,
- to share copies of this program with friends, associates, and bulletin
- boards. Please remember that if you use TANGAROOs beyond the 30-day
- evaluation, you are required to pay the registration fee of $20 as
- described in LICENSE.DOC and ORDER.DOC.
-
- Thanks again for trying TANGAROOs. HAVE FUN!