cant@mrmarx.UUCP (Jim Cant) (12/15/90)
Can anyone recommend some programs for a 3+ year old to play with on a IBM AT? There is a mouse available and EGA (although only with monochrome monitor). Public domain, free, and for-profit retail suggestions are all welcome. I suspect that any suitable program will be a game which is just fine and all I really want or expect. Thanks jim cant
kens@hplsla.HP.COM (Ken Snyder) (12/18/90)
cant@mrmarx.UUCP (Jim Cant) writes: > Can anyone recommend some programs for a 3+ year > old to play with on a IBM AT? There is a mouse . . . ---------- There are several shareware program I have used with pre-schoolers (3-5 years old). These are: AMY's First Primer Animal Math / Mosaic Play 'n Learn Teach-a-Tot Each of the programs in these sets is fairly immune to random keyboard banging and some are more useful than others. I bought them all from California Freeware. They run from $10 - $20 to register. Amy's First Primer seems to get the most use at our house. Hope this helps, _____________________________ K _ E _ N __________________________________ | | | Ken Snyder ms/loc: 270 / UN5 | | LSID div : Lake Stevens Instrument Division | | Hewlett-Packard Co. gte/tn: (206) 335-2253 / 335-2253 | | 8600 Soper Hill Road HPDESK: Ken_Snyder@hpa100/ux | | Everett, WA 98205-1298 un-ix : kens@hplsla@hplabs | |__________________________________________________________________________|
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) (12/20/90)
In article <4775@mrmarx.UUCP>, cant@mrmarx.UUCP (Jim Cant) says: > >Can anyone recommend some programs for a 3+ year >old to play with on a IBM AT? There is a mouse >available and EGA (although only with monochrome >monitor). Public domain, free, and for-profit >retail suggestions are all welcome. > >I suspect that any suitable program will be a game which is just >fine and all I really want or expect. > >Thanks > >jim cant I tried to send this to you, but my system doesn't seem to like the .UUCP extension. 3-4 years ago (when my youngest was between 3 and 4), I used a game called My ABC's. She really loved it. It has a matching game, numbers, letters and has some nice graphics. The music got to me after a while ("turn that sound off!") but she was able to manipulate it so she could turn the sound off herself (which was amazing in itself since you had to go through option menus to get to them]. I'm sorry, but I don't know the name of the company now (it's been a while since she has played with it). Carl Schelin tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu
roger@wrq.com (Roger Fulton) (12/30/90)
In article <1990Dec19.190702.20416@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) writes: > >3-4 years ago (when my youngest was between 3 and 4), I used a game >called My ABC's. She really loved it. It has a matching game, numbers, ... >I'm sorry, but I don't know the name of the company now (it's been a while >since she has played with it). This program is called ABC FUN KEYS by Courtney E. Krehbiel 199 N El Camino Real Suite F175 Encinitas CA 92024 It's shareware and looks pretty good. I don't know if it's in the archives or not. Roger Fulton roger@wrq.com
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) (01/02/91)
In article <13567@milton.u.washington.edu>, roger@wrq.com (Roger Fulton) says: > >In article <1990Dec19.190702.20416@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) writes: >> >>3-4 years ago (when my youngest was between 3 and 4), I used a game >>called My ABC's. She really loved it. It has a matching game, numbers, >.... >>I'm sorry, but I don't know the name of the company now (it's been a while >>since she has played with it). > >This program is called > >ABC FUN KEYS > > by > >Courtney E. Krehbiel >199 N El Camino Real >Suite F175 >Encinitas CA 92024 > > >It's shareware and looks pretty good. I don't know if it's >in the archives or not. > > >Roger Fulton >roger@wrq.com Sorry, the game I mean is a commercial product. It had (can you believe it!) copy protection. I downloaded a patch from a BBS to break the protection so I could load it on my hard drive. The game was only 15 bucks or so. I guess I'll have to see if I still have it around somewhere. Carl Schelin tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu