MICKIANO - Children's Mouse Piano by B. Buckels Reg.- 10.00
MISC NOV90 MICKIANO BUCKELS KIDS MUSIC GRAPHICS EDUCATIONAL
FILES: mickiano.sdn

Version 1.0 - Includes Microsoft C 5.1 Source Code

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FREEWARE AND IS THE  EXCLUSIVE  PROPERTY
OF BILL BUCKELS. IF YOU USE THIS PROGRAM OR SOURCE  CODE  OR
PARTS THEREOF BEYOND A REASONABLE EVALUATION PERIOD YOU MUST
REGISTER.EACH REGISTRATION WILL PERMIT YOU TO USE ONE SINGLE
LICENCED COPY OF THE REGISTERED VERSION OF SAID PROGRAM.

REGISTRATION DOES NOT ENTITLE YOU TO UPGRADES  AND  DOES NOT
MAKE BILL BUCKELS LIABLE FOR DAMAGE OF  ANY  KIND  RESULTING
FROM THE USE OF SAID PROGRAMS OR THEIR  PARTS AND  PRODUCT.

THIS IS STANDARD CONDITION OF USE  OF  ALL SHAREWARE OFFERED
BY BILL BUCKELS. 50% OF ALL SHAREWARE REGISTRATION FEES WILL
BE DONATED TO MANITOBA FIDONET ASSOC.

MICKIANO.EXE  is a virtual piano program for the IBM-PC  and 
it   requires  a  Microsoft  Compatible  Mouse  and  a   CGA 
Compatible  Video  Adapter  (It will  barely  work  with  an 
emulator like SIMCGA or HGCIBM. My apologies to people  with 
MONO.)  I  originally  intended to use MICKIANO  only  as  a 
demonstration  program  for a Shareware  Mouse  Programmer's 
Chronicle that I have produced but Local Demand for MICKIANO 
has  prompted me to release it as a Standalone Package  with 
over  80  tunes.  I pondered the  possibility  of  extending 
MICKIANO's  capabilities  and have decided  not  to  include 
editting   features   or  utilities  for   creating   custom 
compositions. There is no point in complicating this program 
which is Simply Fun. 
 
Mickiano  Version 1.0 is a piano keyboard  simulation  which 
will  accept interactive Musical entry  simultaneously  from 
mouse  or  keyboard and it also plays back  Disk  Tunes  and 
internal  tunes  in  a manner that  is  reminiscent  of  the 
player  piano  PIANO.BAS program that IBM  once  distributed 
with  IBMDOS,  and  as  a  nod  in  the  direction  of  this 
nostalgia,  I included my own renditions of the same  series 
of  tunes  that  were  Distributed  with  the  IBM   Classic 
including La Cucaracha and Funeral March of a Marionette.

The Layout for the Keyboard is Quite Similar to the  Virtual 
Piano  written  by Chris Peters in BASIC back  in  1983  and 
which  has  been  a Part of  the  Standard  Microsoft  Mouse 
Paraphernalia ever since.

Since the source Code is included with MICKIANO, a competent 
author could certainly customize MICKIANO, but even though I 
am  not  lacking in imagination I personally would  be  hard 
pressed  to think of any enhancements that would  make  this 
program more fun for Kids of all Ages. 

This  program was enjoyably tested on XT and AT and  even  a 
PS1 and even the rodent had a good time.

Requirements  -  IBM-PC or compatible  running  MS-DOS  with 
Microsoft Compatible 2-button mouse and CGA compatible video 
adapter. (Pass the Cheese please.)

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