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- STUDY BUDDY
- Flash Cards
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- Version 1.0
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- Copyright 1990 Tom Gough
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- ABOUT STUDY BUDDY
- -----------------
- Many courses taken in school require memorization of numerous terms and
- definitions. Foreign language courses require students to translate
- phrases and sentences from their native language to a foreign language
- and vice versa. STUDY BUDDY has been designed to allow you to easily
- create flash cards that will aid you in preparing for exams in courses
- of these types.
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- Each flash card consists of two sections: a question box and an answer
- box. Just fill in these boxes with your questions and answers and you
- are ready to test yourself almost immediately.
-
- A unique feature of STUDY BUDDY is that you are not required to wait
- until you have typed an entire answer before finding out whether it
- is correct or not. STUDY BUDDY checks each answer letter you type and
- reports on its accuracy. STUDY BUDDY will even give you a little help
- whenever you need it.
-
- Complete details about how to use the program follow.
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- MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Single diskette drive, 256K RAM, and DOS Version 2.11 or later.
- Any monitor.
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- FILES ON THIS DISKETTE
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- BUDDY.EXE -the executable program file.
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- BUDDY.CFG -maintains the current color configuration you have
- chosen.
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- BUDDY.DOC -the file you are reading now.
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- STATE1.BDY -flash card files prepared by the author which quiz you
- STATE2.BDY on all 50 states and their capitals. The flash card
- CAPITAL1.BDY files that you create will also be saved with the .BDY
- CAPITAL2.BDY file name extension.
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- BUDDY.EXE, BUDDY.CFG, and flash card files with the .BDY file name
- extension must all reside on the same diskette or in the same
- directory if you are using a hard disk system.
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- RUNNING THE PROGRAM
- -------------------
- To run the program, type BUDDY at the DOS prompt and press ENTER.
-
- The main menu will appear and you may choose from the following
- selections:
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- 1. Study Cards
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- 2. Make Cards
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- 3. Edit Cards
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- 4. Delete Cards
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- 5. Quit
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- These menu selections are discussed in the following sections:
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- 1. STUDY CARDS
- --------------
- Choose this selection if you would like to study any of the card files
- that were created from the Make Cards menu selection.
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- It is advised that upon running the program for the first time that you
- should choose this selection first and practice some of the flash card
- files that were created by the author. This will help you understand the
- general structure of the program and will be an aid to you when you are
- ready to create your own flash cards.
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- After you have made this selection, a listing of the available card
- files to study will appear. Use the up, down, left, and right arrow
- keys to highlight the card file you wish to study and then press the
- ENTER key.
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- The main flash card screen will appear. The question will be displayed
- in the larger box at the top of the screen and a blinking cursor will
- appear in the smaller, answer box located in the middle section of the
- screen.
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- Begin typing your answer. Each letter you type will be checked for
- correctness by the program. If the answer letter you type is correct,
- that letter will appear in the answer box and the blinking cursor will
- advance one column to the right, waiting for the next answer letter to
- be typed.
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- Only letters that are correctly typed will appear in the answer box.
- If the letter you type does not correspond to the correct answer
- letter, an asterisk (*) will appear above the blinking cursor. The
- cursor will stay in its present position until the correct letter is
- typed. Once the correct letter has been typed, the cursor will advance,
- but the asterisk remains, indicating that you still need practice.
-
- If you do not know the correct letter to type, press F2 and the correct
- answer letter will be typed for you. The cursor will then move one column
- to the right, awaiting the next answer letter to be typed. You may press
- F2 as often as you like, but each time you do, a question mark (?) will
- appear above the answer letter, indicating that you requested help.
-
- The object, of course, is to be able to type the correct answer without
- any question marks or asterisks appearing in the answer box.
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- You can press the DEL (Delete) key at any time to erase your answer and
- start over from the beginning.
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- When the entire answer has been correctly typed, either by yourself or
- by using F2, the blinking cursor will disappear, indicating that the
- answer has been completed. Once the blinking cursor disappears, you must
- press DEL before trying the answer again.
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- Use the PAGE keys at any time to select a different card to study.
- You do not have to finish answering any particular question before you
- try another. The program keeps track of your progress on each attempted
- answer. The PgDn key will take you to the next flash card and the PgUp
- key will take you to the previous flash card.
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- Press CTRL-P to print a hardcopy of the questions only. This is a useful
- feature which allows you to test yourself at times when a computer is
- not available.
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- Press F1 at any time to see a list of additional command keys and also
- to see a list of the available foreground (FG) and background (BG) color
- selection keys. By repeatedly pressing the color selections keys you can
- choose colors for the question and answer boxes that are the most
- pleasing to you.
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- Press ESC (Escape) when you have finished studying a flash card file.
- Your progress on the answers and your color configuration will be saved.
- You will then be taken back to the main menu screen, where you may
- choose another selection or choose to quit the program. The next time
- you load this file, you will be taken directly to the flash card that
- you were last studying.
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- 2. MAKE CARDS
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- Choose this selection when you are ready to make your own flash cards.
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- After choosing this selection, a listing of the existing flash card
- files will appear. A blinking cursor will appear in a box near the
- bottom portion of the screen. Type a NEW name, from 1 to 8 characters
- in length, using any combination of legitimate DOS file name characters.
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- You will not be allowed to enter a name that is already in use. Do not
- type a file name extension. The file name extension .BDY will be
- automatically appended to all the flash card files you create.
-
- Next, press ENTER and you will be taken to the flash card screen. Type
- the question in the larger box at the top of the screen and type the
- answer in the smaller box located near the middle of the screen. The
- question can contain from 1 to 6 lines of text, while the answer
- consists of only one line.
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- Press the ENTER key to go to the next line in the question or to
- proceed from the last line of the question box to the answer box.
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- Pressing the TAB key will always take you directly to the answer box.
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- Pressing ENTER while in the answer box will return you to the first
- line of the question box.
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- Each flash card file consists of up to 25 flash cards. Press the PgDn
- key to go to the next card and use the PgUp key to go to the previous
- card.
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- You are not required to fill in all 25 cards. Cards that are left blank
- will merely appear as blank cards when you choose to study the cards
- later.
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- If you have copied the files on this diskette to a hard disk, you can
- create up to 133 flash card files, depending upon available disk space.
- The program will not allow you to make new flash card files if there
- is insufficient disk space available.
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- Press CTRL-P to print a hardcopy of the questions and answers. This is
- useful for studying your cards when a computer is not available.
- Blank flash cards and blank lines within flash cards are not printed.
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- Press F1 at any time for a list of editing and color selection commands.
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- Press ESC when you have finished making your flash cards. Your work will
- be saved and you will be taken back to the main menu screen.
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- 3. EDIT CARDS
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- Choose this selection to make changes or additions to existing flash
- card files.
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- After choosing this selection, a listing of the existing flash card
- files will appear. Use the arrow keys to highlight the file you wish
- to edit and press ENTER. You will be taken to the first flash card in
- the file and you can begin making your modifications or additions.
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- Press the PgDn key to go to the next card and use the PgUp key to go
- to the previous card.
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- Press F1 at any time for a list of editing and color selection commands.
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- Press ESC when you have finished editing your flash cards. Your work
- will be saved and you will be taken back to the main menu screen.
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- 4. DELETE CARDS
- ---------------
- Choose this selection only when you are sure that you will no longer
- need a particular flash card file.
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- After choosing this selection, a listing of existing flash card files
- will appear. Use the arrow keys to select the file you wish to delete
- and press ENTER. You will be given a chance to change your mind before
- the file is actually deleted.
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- 5. QUIT
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- Choose this selection when you wish to exit the program and return
- to DOS.
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- REGISTRATION
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- If you find STUDY BUDDY to be useful to you, please consider sending a
- registration fee of $7 to the author at the address below.
-
- Registered users will be entitled to receive one free update of
- STUDY BUDDY.
-
- Please indicate the version you are now using. If the version you are
- presently using is different from the latest version, I will send you
- the new version immediately. Otherwise, I will respond by letter that
- your registration has been received and that you will receive the new
- version as soon as it becomes available.
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- Please specify either 360K 5.25" diskette or 720K 3.5" diskette.
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- Please feel welcome to submit your suggestions for improvement.
- They will be taken seriously.
-
- Tom Gough
- P.O. Box 1372
- 817 Lea Street
- Clovis, NM 88101
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- ph: (505)762-7993
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- STUDY BUDDY may be distributed freely to anyone you wish as long as
- the original files remain unmodified.
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