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The tape was supplied with a photocopied insert which contained brief but adequate typewritten instructions. Both programs loaded easily but did not auto-run - a disadvantage with programs for use with children. Good graphics, but only minimal use was made of colour and sound.

Time displays a clock face and asks you to type in the time in word form. Several variations are accepted - six twenty, twenty past SIX etc - although only a set answer is given. Ithink a child aged between four and six (the age range the programs are written for) would find the reply "Yes, twenty five to eleven" to an entry of "ten thirty five" rather confusing.

Money shows pictures of various coins and asks the user to enter the different coin needed to make up a stated amount. The coins were confusing at first but soon became easily recognisable.

R.E.