Chiralª 1.0.1 Notes
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9/19/94

by Andrew Welch/Ambrosia Software, Inc.

Chiral /'kaier(e)l/ adj. Chem. (of a crystal, etc.) not superposable on its mirror image.

From Lederman's "The God Particle": "Chiral symmetry is one of these elegant symmetries that describe the early universe--one pattern that repeats and repeats and repeats like wallpaper, but unrelieved by corridors, doors or corners--unending."

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If you like this software, check out the other software products we have to offer!  We have support forums on most of the major information services:

America Online:  While you are signed on AOL, choose "Keyword..." from the "GO TO" menu, type AMBROSIA and hit the return key.  You'll be taken to our forum, where you'll find a message base (for comments and questions) and a software library stocked with the latest versions of our software products. 

CompuServe: On CIS a majority of our programs can be found in the System forum of the Macintosh forums, with the exception of our games, which can be found in the Entertainment Forum. Contact us if you need specific file names.

eWorld: While you are signed on eWorld, choose "Go to Shortcut" from the "PLACES" menu, type AMBROSIA and hit the return key.  You'll be taken to our forum, where you'll find a message base (for comments and questions) and a software library stocked with the latest versions of our software products. 

GEnie: Ambrosia's support area is in the Macintosh Product Support Round Table, located on page 606. To get there, while signed on and in terminal mode, type M606 at any GEnie prompt. Our message base can be found by choosing option 1 from the page 606 menu. This will take you to the message boards. The Ambrosia Section can be found by typing SET 4.  Our software library can be found by choosing option 3 from the page 606 menu. This will take you to the software libraries. Then choose option 8 to set the software library to Ambrosia's library, which is library 14.

Internet: Ambrosia Software's products can be found at the "mac.archive.umich.edu" or "sumex-aim.stanford.edu" FTP sites. Contact us for complete Internet paths to our products.

And last but not least, you can obtain disks from us for $5.00 to cover shipping & handling.  You may place your order by indicating the name of the program you are interested in and sending us a check via US mail, faxing us your credit card number & expiration date, sending us your credit card number & expiration date via electronic mail, or calling our 800 number order line: 800.231.1816.

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Answers to frequently asked questions:

     -- Chiral *requires* System 6.07 or later (yes, it works just fine with System 7 and the PowerMacs).  It also requires a 256 color/gray scale monitor.

     -- Certain video cards may cause the sound to break up during during fades.  This is because all video card drivers turn off interrupts while they are changing color table entries, and some video cards do not handle color table changes in an optimal manner.  Since interrupts are off while the video card is changing color table entries, the Sound Manager cannot service the sound chip quickly enough, and the sound breaks up.

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Contact Information

     -- If you have any questions concerning Chiral, are interested in site licensing, or want information on our other products, please feel free to get in touch:

US Mail:
     Ambrosia Software, Inc.
     PO Box 23140
     Rochester, NY 14692

Voice:
     716.427.2577

Fax:
     716.475.9289

E-mail:
     America Online: AmbrosiaSW
          Compuserve: 73424, 1226
                  eWorld: AmbrosiaSW
                    GEnie: AmbrosiaSW
                Internet: AmbrosiaSW@AOL.com

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Technical Notes:

     -- Chiral is written in THINK C 5.0.4, with about 26,000 lines of code total.  It utilizes Ambrosia's 4 channel 22kHz Sound Tool for audio, Ambrosia's Monitor Tool for monitor selection and special effects, Ambrosia's Registration Tool for the shareware license code system, and Ambrosia's Widget Tool for misc. functions.

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Change history:

Version 1.0.1 -- released 8/23/94

     -- Fixed a bug that could cause you to get more bonus points than you deserved.

     -- Minor tweaks here and there.

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Version 1.0.0 -- Initial release 4/20/94

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Musical Credits:

Thanks to the following artists for creating most excellent tunes that made writing and debugging Chiral more of a pleasure:  The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Porno for Pyros, Frank Zappa, Fugazi, Jane's Addiction and all the rest I forgot to mention.

