Alphabet Train›                             Atari User Vol.1 No.1››If you have small toddlers who are just starting to spell, the delight they show›when you run this program will amply repay the effort of keying it in.››The idea is that you use a crane to pick up letters being carried by the›Alphabet Train in order to spell the word displayed at the bottom of the screen.››Because the word is on-screen the whole time, even children who are not yet›ready for spelling can gain important practice at shape matching.››Only a portion of the train shows at any one time, but the letters are arranged›in alphabetical order. Moving the joystick from side to side or pressing either›of the cursor arrow keys - the <- or -> without using Shift or Control - moves›the train across the screen.››Press the joystick button or the Space bar and the crane lifts up the letter,›which it then deposits on a waiting dumper truck. It's possible to pick up an›incorrect letter, but the efficient workers won't let it drop on to the truck.››Once the word has been built up, the truck rolls off to the word factory to the›accompaniment of a merry tune.››Alphabet Train was written by Stan Ockers who contributed it to the Oregon ACE›public domain library. We've made a couple of changes to the original, including›the facility to use the keyboard instead of the joystick.›