RCONN@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Rick Conn) (04/06/91)
I have uploaded to SIMTEL20:
pd1:<msdos.ada>
ADATU200.CMM Comments on installing Ada tutor system v2.00
ADATU200.EXE Interactive ADA language tutor system, v2.00
Rick Conn <RConn@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
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Ada Software Repository Release Notice
Release of: Interactive Ada Tutor
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1. Taxonomy:
TUTORIALS AND EDUCATION
COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING
ADA-TUTR
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2. Author:
John J. Herro
Software Innovations Technology
1083 Mandarin Dr. NE
Palm Bay, FL 32905-4706
407/951-0233
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3. Rights:
SHAREWARE
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4. Abstract:
ADA-TUTR is an interactive Ada tutor program, from Software Innovations
Technology, used to train people to be Ada programmers.
ADA-TUTR is not just a "quiz," it is a thorough course of interactive
instruction that even checks "homework" assignments. ADA-TUTR
concentrates on teaching good program design, not just syntax, so that
programs will take advantage of the features of Ada that make them
more reliable and easier to maintain. ADA-TUTR was written by John J.
Herro, Ph.D., who taught a graduate course in Ada at the State
University of New York at Binghamton, and taught Ada to employees of
General Electric Co. and Grumman Aerospace Corp.
When ADA-TUTR is run on a PC, an Ada compiler is helpful, but not
required. A list of Ada compilers available for the PC, some of them
inexpensive, is included. The PC needs a hard disk or a 3 1/2" disk,
and can have a monochrome or color monitor. Since ADA-TUTR comes with
Ada source code, it will run on other computers with Ada compilers.
It has been brought up on DEC VAX computers using DEC Ada and SUN 3
workstations using Verdix Ada, to name a couple.
ADA-TUTR is marketed as "Shareware," which means that individuals,
schools, and companies may try the program without charge, making and
distributing as many copies as desired. To use the program after a
free trial, an individual registers for a small one-time charge.
An organization buys a license for a one-time charge.
WARNING: The *.EXE file in MSDOS is a binary image, not a text
file.
NOTE: The *.EXE file in MSDOS contains almost all the files (except
the CMM and PRO files) in ADA-TUTR, and it contains
other *.EXE files which run without modification on a PC or clone.
The files in PD2:<ADA.ADA-TUTR> are all in text form, including the
database file TUTOR.TXT which must be translated into a DIRECT_IO
file by the TXT2DAT program (see the documentation in PRINT.ME in
the CRSNOTES.SRC file). PD2:<ADA.ADA-TUTR> is provided
specifically for those ASR users who do not have PCs.
NOTE: Unlike other SRC files in the ASR, these SRC files do NOT
contain components listed in compilation order (i.e., ready to
compile right in the SRC files without extracting them).
Installation instructions are in the file PRINT.ME in CRSNOTES.SRC.
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5. Directory Listing:
Directory PD2:<ADA.ADA-TUTR>
File Name Bytes Lines
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A0READ.ME 546 10
ADA-TUTR.CMM 804 20
ADA-TUTR.PRO 3575 69
CRSNOTES.INC 179 15
CRSNOTES.SRC 105963 2773
DOC.INC 50 5
DOC.SRC 12116 224
SOURCE.INC 140 12
SOURCE.SRC 64435 1421
TUTOR.TXT 315282 4777
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Directory PD1:<MSDOS.ADA>
File Name Bytes Lines
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ADATU200.CMM 804 20
ADATU200.EXE 244671 Binary
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