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- (* *)
- (* CLOCKGAM.PAS *)
- (* CLOCKGAM.COM *)
- (* *)
- (* This game was written to *)
- (* help my two sons (ages 4 *)
- (* and 6) to learn to read *)
- (* a clock. *)
- (* *)
- (* (c) Donald L. Pavia *)
- (* 1488 Lahti Dr. *)
- (* Bellingham, WA. 98226 *)
- (* *)
- (* April 1986 *)
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- ( NOTE: THE FILE CLOCKGAM.PIC MUST BE ON THE GAME DISK. )
- ( IT CONTAINS THE CLOCK FACE WHICH WAS DESIGNED )
- ( USING THE PROGRAM TURBO PAINT (TPAINT.COM). )
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- This is a preschool game designed to teach youngsters to
- read a mechanical (outdated as it may be !) clock. There are
- five "games". Games 1 through 4 deal with matching. The target
- time is written in standard decimal notation, then the child is
- to move the clock hands until the time on the clock corresponds
- correctly to the decimal notation. At this point, if the Enter
- key is pressed the child will receive an aural and visual reward.
- An unpleasant beep is heard for an incorrect clock setting.
-
- Some 'authorities' feel you should not frustrate the child,
- but give the answer after 2 or three tries. If you wish this it
- should be easy to modify the code.
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- Each level of the game is more difficult. Game one only
- deals with exact hours. Game 2 uses half-hour intervals. Game 3
- has quarter-hour intervals, and Game 4 has 5 minute intervals.
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- This clock advances the hour hand with increasing positions
- of the minute hand. For instance, at 4:30 the hour hand is IN
- BETWEEN 4 and 5. That's the way a real clock works, but if it is
- confusing to your preschooler you can easily defeat this feature
- where it is clearly marked in the code. If you teach your pupil
- to set the hour hand first, and then the minute hand, this feature
- will not confuse quite so easily.
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- The fifth game is called "Free Play". This simply means that
- the child may move the hands however desired and the decimal read-
- out will give the correct time for the current position of the
- hands on the clock.
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- Donald L. Pavia April 1986
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- THE GAMES ON THIS DISK ARE PLACED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THEY
- MAY NOT BE COPIED OR SOLD FOR PROFIT, NOR MAY SECTIONS OF THE
- CODE BE USED IN PROGRAMS FOR COMMERCIAL PROFIT WITHOUT THE EX-
- PRESS PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. LOCAL USER GROUPS OR PUBLIC
- BULLETIN BOARDS MAY DISTRIBUTE THIS DISK FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED
- $10. IF YOU FIND THESE GAMES USEFUL A CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE
- GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED.
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