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From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: little kids software?
Message-ID: <1417@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 8 Mar 88 17:55:26 GMT
References: <880001@acf5.NYU.EDU>
Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <880001@acf5.NYU.EDU> sterling@acf5.NYU.EDU (John Burr Sterling) writes:
>I'm interested in software for little kids.  Say, 2 years old.  Is
>there any thing out there on the Amiga?
>
>For those who think this is a bit extreme, here is an example: If you
>hit an alphabetic key, an object with that as the initial letter
>appears.  Done right, this would be a neat dynamic diplay, like a
>zebra racing across the screen, kicking up dust.  Or a big zipper,
   i did something like this in amigabasic. Starting with the balls
demo as a base. Letters (up to 10) would get tossed out and bounce
around at random speeds and initial locations. When my son hit
a key corresponding to the letter the letter would blow up.
Oh, and when the letter first came out it would say its name.
Problems:
1) I can't draw an explosion.
2) I can't make a good explosion sound
3) The killer. !@#$% Amigabasic kept guru-ing the machine. Another
   microsoft toy. 
Faced with the prospect of learning how to do all this in c
with my lack of time i just bagged it.But it is not too hard,
if only microsoft could write code. Might work in (dare i say it)
forth.
ron
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ron (rminnich@udel.edu)