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Information about “FLASHBOX”
FLASHBOX is part of the Brandon's Lunchbox series of educational
programs for children, ages 3-7. FLASHBOX is a set of reading and
memory drills. Each module contains 20 recommended "sight" words for
pre-primer through first grade. These drills can be monitored or
played alone.
Four boxes (numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4) flash on the screen. Each box
covers a word. One at a time, a box vanishes for two seconds,
revealing the word underneath. The player then receives a word on the
bottom of the screen. This word matches one of the words behind the
boxes. The player must guess which box hides the matching word.
When all four boxes disappear, the drill "trills" and colors flash on
the screen. The four boxes reappear, with four new words -- one behind
each box. Once the fifth screen of words is matched, the drill breaks
away to a Mardi Gras parade!
The timing loops in the programs are based for the standard 4.7 Mhz PC
processor. If you're using a faster machine, you may wish to place
your machine in "slow" mode or use a slowing program such as PC-SIG disk
FILE1837.TXT
Disk No: 1837
Disk Title: FlashBox
PC-SIG Version: SA
Program Title: FlashBox
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: $5.00
Special Requirements: CGA.
FLASHBOX is part of the Brandon's Lunchbox series of educational
programs for 3 to 7 year olds. FLASHBOX is a set of reading and memory
drills. Each module contains 20 recommended "sight" words for pre-
primer through first grade. These drills can be monitored or they can
be played alone.
Four boxes (numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4) flash on the screen. Each box
covers a word. One at a time, each box vanishes for two seconds,
revealing the word underneath. The player then receives a word on the
bottom of the screen. This word matches one of the words behind the
boxes. The player must guess which box hides the matching word.
When all four boxes disappear, the drill "trills" and colors flash on
the screen. The four boxes reappear, with four new words -- one behind
each box. Once the fifth screen of words is matched, the drill breaks
away to a Mardi Gras parade!
The timing loops in the programs are based for the standard 4.7 Mhz PC
processor. If you're using a faster machine, you may wish to place your
machine in "slow" mode or use a slowing program available from PC-SIG.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
FLASHBOX.DOC
Brandon's Lunchbox (Flashing Boxes)
a series of
educational programs
for 3 to 7 year olds
@ 1989, Joey Robichaux
P. O . Box 91016-199
Baton Rouge , La. 70816
NOTE:
"Brandon's Lunchbox" requires an IBM PC or compatable with
color graphics capability. The programs all use CGA
graphics.
The timing loops in the programs are based for the
standard 4.7 Mhz PC processor. If you're using a faster
machine, you may wish to place your machine in "slow" mode.
"Brandon's Lunchbox" may be copied to and run from a hard
drive. All programs must exist in the current default drive
and directory.
"Brandon's Lunchbox" is a Shareware product. It may be
distributed for evaluation purposes provided that all
programs noted in the appendix plus this documentation file
are distributed together.
The LunchBox
The Lunchbox programs must all exist in the current drive and
directory.
There are different offerings in the Lunchbox series. This
particular module is known as "FlashBox".
To begin, type "FLASHBOX" at the DOS prompt and press enter.
(NOTE: This version of the Lunchbox is
customized to display a child's name. Simply
supply the child's name as a parameter. For
example, "FLASHBOX MARY" or "FLASHBOX ALEX".)
You'll see:
-------
: :
+------------------------+
: :
: B R A N D O N ' S :
: :
: L U N C H B O X :
: :
+------------------------+
A B C D
Flashing Boxes
The Lunchbox contains four educational games. To select a
game from the lunchbox, just press one of the letters A
through D.
To quit the Lunchbox and return to DOS, press a "+" or the
Escape key.
Games number one through four -- Games A through D
The "FlashBox" series is a set of reading and memory drills.
Each module contains 20 recommended "sight" words for pre-
primer through first grade. These drills can be monitored
or they can be played alone.
Four boxes (numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4) flash on the screen.
Each box covers a word. One at a time, each box vanishes for
two seconds, revealing the word underneath.
The player then receives a word on the bottom of the screen.
This word matches one of the words behind the boxes. The
player must guess which box hides the matching word.
The player presses a number from 1 through 4. The matching
box vanishes and reveals its word.
If the words do not match, the computer buzzes and the box is
replaced. The drill chooses a new word for the player to
match (although it may be the same word).
If the words match, a siren wails for a moment. Both words
display for two seconds. Then both words disappear. The
vanished box is NOT replaced. The drill chooses a new word
for the player to match.
In this manner, each of the four boxes vanishes as the player
successfully matches words.
When all four boxes disappear, the drill "trills" and colors
flash on the screen. The four boxes reappear, with four new
words -- one behind each box. The game continues as above.
Each time the player clears the screen of boxes, a "ticky"
mark appears on the screen. There are twenty words to match.
The player matches four words per screen. Therefore, the
player must clear five screens to match all of the words.
The "ticky" marks help keep track of how many words remain.
Once the fifth screen of words is matched, the drill breaks
away to a Mardi Gras parade!
After the parade, the drill begins again with the twenty
words.
At any time, press the "+" or the Escape key instead of a
number key to return to the Lunchbox menu.
Shareware
This Lunchbox is part of a shareware series of educational
programs designed for 3 to 7 year olds. Commercial packages
tend to ignore this age group.
If you've found this program useful, then please consider
forwarding a $5.00 payment (or whatever amount you feel is
fair) to:
Joey Robichaux
P. O. Box 91016-199
Baton Rouge, La. 70816
In return, you'll receive notices of other educational
packages that are currently available (most for $5.00), plus
you'll get on the list for notice of future offerings.
In any case, I'd like to hear your comments -- including any
ideas you may have for other educational programs you'd like
to see.
Appendix -- Required files
This Lunchbox requires the following files:
BRUN30.EXE
USERLIB.EXE
FLASHBOX.EXE
BOXFLSH1.EXE
BOXFLSH2.EXE
BOXFLSH3.EXE
BOXFLSH4.EXE
All of these files must exist in the current drive and
directory to run "Lunchbox" successfully.
NOTE: You can run the programs BOXFLSH1 through BOXFLSH4 in
standalone mode if you wish. However, you may not distribute
these programs without the main Lunchbox menu program.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk #1837 FLASHBOX >>>> ║
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║ To start program, type: FLASHBOX (press enter) ║
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║ To print documentation, type: COPY FLASHBOX.DOC PRN ║
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Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1837
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
BOXFLSH1 EXE 44992 1-01-80 12:31a
BOXFLSH2 EXE 40576 1-01-80 12:31a
BOXFLSH3 EXE 39408 1-01-80 12:32a
BOXFLSH4 EXE 43072 1-01-80 12:33a
BRUN30 EXE 70680 4-07-87 10:48a
FILE1837 TXT 2591 12-22-89 3:20p
FLASHBOX DOC 6531 1-01-80 12:20a
FLASHBOX EXE 21136 1-01-80 12:23a
GO BAT 38 1-01-80 1:37a
GO TXT 540 1-01-80 3:11a
USERLIB EXE 7570 1-01-80 12:12a
11 file(s) 277134 bytes
38912 bytes free