06-09-2023, 04:35 PM
From my recent purchase of Microbee material there was an original disk of WORD PUZZLES and its manual. The disk was a standard Microbee 5.25" DS40 disk thats auto-booting and with no copy protection. The disk imaged 100% error free on a Floppyio. The manual was A5 in size and 12 pages long.
Word Puzzles was produced by the Education Department of Western Australia and distributed via Wesoft in 1985. While we already have a 3.5" version of this disk in the Repository, this version is a later edition. A printer is required and should be compatible with an EPSON FX-, MX- or RX- capable of graphics output. The disk runs on a 64k and std or prem 128k Microbees. The program is Menu driven and easy to use with the 20 plus word list already included on the disk.
Word Puzzles contains two main programs, Word Sleuth and Crossword,
together with a suite of support programs. As suggested by the
title, Word Puzzles introduces words through the use and enjoyment
of puzzles containing hidden words. Puzzles of this kind are
miniature models of real world problem solving. The student must
decide where to begin. Clues must be examined, the information
must be sifted and trial and error must be employed. Students
acquire self-confidence through the successful completion of a
word puzzle.
MANUAL CONTENTS
Operating Instructions
Word Puzzles
Package Description
Running the Programs
The current 3.5" version in the repository also contained a non-functional CHARSET.DAT file, so this file was replaced with a known working copy from the new 5.25" image. Now working 100%.
So in MbeeTech Repository in the Microbee\Software\Education folder we placed
word_puzzles_wesoft_ds40.dsk
word_puzzles_wesoft_ss80.dsk <-- updated
word_puzzles.pdf <-- in the Microbee\Documentation\Manuals\Education folder
word_puzzles_1.jpg <-- n the Microbee\Documentation\Pictures\disks\5.25_inch folder
Word Puzzles was produced by the Education Department of Western Australia and distributed via Wesoft in 1985. While we already have a 3.5" version of this disk in the Repository, this version is a later edition. A printer is required and should be compatible with an EPSON FX-, MX- or RX- capable of graphics output. The disk runs on a 64k and std or prem 128k Microbees. The program is Menu driven and easy to use with the 20 plus word list already included on the disk.
Word Puzzles contains two main programs, Word Sleuth and Crossword,
together with a suite of support programs. As suggested by the
title, Word Puzzles introduces words through the use and enjoyment
of puzzles containing hidden words. Puzzles of this kind are
miniature models of real world problem solving. The student must
decide where to begin. Clues must be examined, the information
must be sifted and trial and error must be employed. Students
acquire self-confidence through the successful completion of a
word puzzle.
MANUAL CONTENTS
Operating Instructions
Word Puzzles
Package Description
Running the Programs
The current 3.5" version in the repository also contained a non-functional CHARSET.DAT file, so this file was replaced with a known working copy from the new 5.25" image. Now working 100%.
So in MbeeTech Repository in the Microbee\Software\Education folder we placed
word_puzzles_wesoft_ds40.dsk
word_puzzles_wesoft_ss80.dsk <-- updated
word_puzzles.pdf <-- in the Microbee\Documentation\Manuals\Education folder
word_puzzles_1.jpg <-- n the Microbee\Documentation\Pictures\disks\5.25_inch folder
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