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- TALKING ABC's
-
- Registering you copy of Talking ABC's:
- -------------------------------------
- Send $20 + $3 postage handling ($23) to:
-
- Karen Crowther
- P.O. Box 892
- Mendocino, CA 95460
-
- Include:
- Your address,
- Phone number (in case of questions),
- Disk size (5¼ Double Density, 5¼ High Density or 3½)
-
- We will send you the latest version of Talking
- ABC's plus the FREE game, plus the technical support
- phone number.
-
-
-
- Installing Talking ABC's from BBS files:
- ----------------------------------------
- 1. Be sure you have both TALKABC1.ZIP and
- TALKABC2.ZIP or that you have TALKABC.ZIP
- which contains all the files.
-
- 2. Make an ABC directory:
- MD ABC <enter>
-
- 3. Change to the ABC directory:
- CD ABC <enter>
-
- 4. You need the program PKUNZIP to unzip the
- files. Type:
- PKUNZIP A:TALKABC1 <enter>
- PKUNZIP A:TALKABC2 <enter>
- or
- PKUNZIP A:TALKABC <enter>
-
- 5. You should have about 60 *.tsx files,
- ABC.EXE, BEACH, BEACH.ABC, RMN40.CGA and
- RMN40.GFT in your directory now.
-
-
- Installing Talking ABC's from a distribution disk:
- -------------------------------------------------
- 1. Put disk #1 in drive A (or B).
- (3½ disks only have 1 disk)
-
- 2. Type A:INSTALL (or B:INSTALL)
-
- 5. Answer the questions. The program
- will create a directory called
- ABC and will copy all the files
- to it. When it is finished you
- will be able to run the program
- from your hard disk.
-
- 6. Put away your disks in a safe
- place.
-
-
- Starting Talking ABC's:
- -----------------------
- 1. Be sure you are on the hard disk. I
- type: C: (or whatever drive) and press the
- enter key.
-
- 2. Change to the ABC directory by typing:
- CD \ABC
- and press the Enter key.
-
- 3. Type: ABC
- and press the enter key.
-
-
-
- Stopping Talking ABC's:
- -----------------------
- 1. Press the <Esc> key to get the
- menu.
-
- 2. Press the <Esc> key again to
- Stop the program.
-
-
-
- TROUBLE SHOOTING
- ----------------
-
- 1. Garbled sound: Remove programs like
- Windows enhanced mode, Deskview and others
- that multitask. Note: You can run Windows
- in standard mode and Talking ABC's will work
- fine. To start Windows in standard mode type:
- Win /s
-
- 2. Insufficient memory message: Remove
- TSR's. Reboot.
-
- 3. No sound at all. You may have forgotten the second
- distribution file called either TALKABC2.ZIP or
- ABCZIP2.EXE. You need one of these files and you need to
- unzip it to your hard disk. Follow the installation
- instructions. If you have files called A.tsx, airplane.tsx
- etc then you have already done this. Also, sound does not
- work if you start the program while running WINDOWS on a
- 386 (enhanced mode).
-
- 4. You have an EGA but the program will only run in CGA:
- Try starting ABC's like this:
- ABC E <enter>
- This will force it into EGA mode.
-
- License Agreement:
- -----------------
- This program is (c)Copyright Karen Crowther 1990, Mendocino.
- Artwork Copyright (c) Bud Pembroke 1991. Portions are
- (c)Copyright Genus Microcomputing Inc. 1988-1990.
- TurboSound is a trademark of Silicon Shack Ltd. San Jose,
- CA. All rights reserved. You may try this program out and
- distribute it (complete and unmodified) but you are expected
- to register your copy if you continue to use it.
-
- BBS's and Disk Vendors:
- -----------------------
- If you are an Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)
- member you may distribute Talking ABC's for a nominal media
- fee as long as you give away complete, unmodified copies of
- the files and make it clear that this is a shareware program
- requiring author registration. You must write me and notify
- me that you are distributing Talking ABC's.
-
- Other BBS's and Disk Vendors: If you are NOT an ASP member
- then you must get permission in writing BEFORE distributing
- Talking ABC's for any fee. Send a catalog to me with your
- request.
-
- ABOUT TALKING ABC's
- ___________________
-
- I (Karen Crowther) support my kids by writing programs.
- After I wrote Talking ABC's I learned that retail stores do
- not want anything on their shelves with a list-price under
- $50. (Those "under $15" programs are usually give-aways that
- the publisher is dumping.) It seemed to me, that parents of
- young children are the ones least able to afford these high
- prices. Then I looked into the costs of publishing and found
- that in many cases the BOXES cost more than the publisher
- paid for the program! I have purchased several children's
- games. One was great but the rest were disappointing. My
- kids played them for an hour and never looked at them again.
- What a waste of $50! (But what a great looking box!)
-
- That's when I decided to distribute Talking ABC's via
- shareware. It seemed the fairest way for both my customers
- and for me. My customers get to try the program first so
- they don't get stuck paying for something their children
- don't like, and they get a commercial quality program at a
- low price. I don't have to pay the artist yet more money to
- design a box, and I get my program out on the market in the
- shortest possible time.
-
- At the time of writing, I am just finishing a new program,
- WORD RESCUE, which will also be available as shareware. Your
- registration fee is absolutely crucial to allow me to
- continue writing these games for your children. I rely on
- your support.
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