Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!ukma!psuvax1!hydra!droms From: droms@jasper.bucknell.edu (Ralph E. Droms) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Kid-oriented software for laptops Message-ID: Date: 10 Jun 91 16:21:44 GMT Sender: news@hydra.bucknell.edu Reply-To: droms@bucknell.edu Distribution: comp.sys.laptops Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Lines: 20 I just spent six hours flying from the left coast to the right coast yesterday, with my laptop under the seat and (at various times) my 3-year old and my 5-year old sitting next to me. Somewhere over Kansas I realized that, had I brought along some appropriate software, I could have used the laptop to help entertain the kids (My 3-year old has an attention span of about 45 seconds). So, I'd like to ask for recommendations - what could I run on a T1000 that youngsters might enjoy? The lack of a mouse and the T1000 screen will likely preclude interactive shoot-em-up games. By the time I travel with the kids again, they will both likely be reading, so educational, text-based programs would be OK. BTW: Honest, this *truly* is for the kids. I'd never think about entertaining myself with a game or two while travelling :-). -- - Ralph Droms Computer Science Department droms@bucknell.edu 323 Dana Engineering Bucknell University (717) 524-1145 Lewisburg, PA 17837