CD ROM Paradise Collection 4/CD ROM Paradise Collection 4 1995 Nov.iso/win/bcv1a.zip/README.TXT

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DAMSEL SOFTWARE GROUP's   SHAREWARE BITMAP COLLECTION, VOL.I

    Greetings from all of us here at Damsel Software Group.

        Please click on your "expand window size" symbol.  Thanks!

This file contains information on the following subjects:

    1.  Product Registration
    2.  The Association of Shareware Professionals
    3.  Copyright Information
    4.  Minimum System Requirements
    5.  Setting Up Your Screen Saver and Bitmaps
    6.  Screen Saver Function and Features
    7.  Image Compression
    8.  Monitor Display
    9.  Uninstalling Your Screen Saver
    10. Warranty Information
    11. Registration Form

This is the only time this README.TXT file will appear automatically. In
the future you can read the file by coming back to your Windows' Notepad
(located under Accessories in your Program Manager menu) and opening the
README.TXT file found in the BCV1SS directory, or by two clicks on the
filename directly from within File Manager.  You may also read the file
from your C:\> DOS prompt by typing TYPE C:\BCV1SS\README.TXT | MORE.
You may exit this presentation at any time by clicking on the minus sign
of the Notepad window at the upper lefthand corner.

This README.TXT file can be printed in a variety of ways.  In MS-DOS you
can print it at any time from your C:\BCV1SS> prompt by typing COPY
README.TXT PRN and pressing Enter.  Within Windows it can be printed
from the Notepad or from any other word processing program that can open
a .TXT file.  In Windows' Notepad you should set File\Page Setup\Left
and Right Margins to zero before printing to insure that each line will
print in its entirety.  This text file will not appear during the actual
running of the screen saver.


1.  PRODUCT REGISTRATION

If you find you are enjoying Damsel's Bitmap Collection, Vol.I, as a screen
saver, wallpaper, or both, and you intend to continue its use, you should
register this program within 30 days by sending a check for $15.00 in U.S.
currency drawn on a U.S. bank to:

            Damsel Software Group
            P.O. Box 713
            Concord, NH 03302-0713

Call our phone/fax at 603 485-2677 if you desire verification.  You may
print out and use the registration form found at the end of this README
file to insure we receive your mailing address.

$15.00 entitles you to a registered copy of Damsel's Bitmap Collection,
Volume I, complete with User's Guide, lifetime tech support,  and a free
catalog of Damsel products with future updates for a year.  The User's
Guide will be of great value as it includes a name-to-image matching list
for ease in tile and screen selection.  Without the User's Guide (not
available in this Shareware version) the only other method of identifi-
cation would have been to title each image directly on the Screen Saver /
Previewer, an unappealing prospect from an artistic point of view in most
cases.

As an added inducement you will also receive a second screen saver
generated from the 48 tiles and awe-inspiring full-screen images of
Damsel's Bitmap Collection, Volume II.  Send US$15.00 and get it all,
.. PLUS free shipping and handling on this, your first order (3 1/2"
virus-free diskettes only).


2.  THE ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS

Damsel Software Group is a member of the Association of  Shareware
Professionals (ASP).  ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
works for you.  If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
help.  The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an
ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.
Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI  USA
49442-9427, Fax [phone], or send a CompuServe message via
CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.

THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT

Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it.
If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to
register.  Individual programs differ on details -- some request registra-
tion while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period.  With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the
software to an updated program with printed material.

Shareware differs from public domain software in that there is the under-
standing of payment IF the user continues to actively employ the software.
Shareware is also copyrighted where public domain software is not.  Copy-
right restrictions vary from author to author.  Damsel's Bitmap Collection
is copyrighted.  The details of this copyright follow below.

Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.  You should find
software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or
Shareware.  The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because
you can try before you buy.  Shareware has the ultimate money-back
guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.


3.  COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

Once registered, the images contained in Damsel products may be used as
wallpaper or as baseline images for further private or commercial process-
ing.  Your only restriction as a registered purchaser, owner, or user, is
that Damsel products or their individual images not be resold or distributed
in their original unmodified form.  Images may be used unmodified in
commercial publications where they form an integral part of a larger work to
be sold or marketed as such.  The images cannot be resold as stand-alone
graphics without the expressed written consent of Damsel Software Group.
The screen saving functions cannot be redistributed except in Shareware
versions with their original associated Damsel images.


4.  MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

A good portion of the images contained in this Damsel product are built on
a 256-color palette.  A video display board with a minimum of 512K RAM and
256-color capability for display on a VGA or SVGA monitor is essential for
optimal viewing of these images.  Screens and tiles in 16-color format
will look fine with a standard VGA driver.

You will need an IBM PC-compatible with a 386 or higher-type micro-
processor, 4MB RAM, and a hard disk with 5MB free disk space.

Damsel products run with MS-DOS 3.1 or higher using Windows 3.0 or higher.


5.  SETTING UP YOUR SCREEN SAVER AND BITMAPS

First, the Screen Saver / Previewer:

Exit this README file by clicking on the minus sign of the Notepad window.
Then, turn off any other screen savers you may be using unless they are
the ones linked directly to your Program Manager\Control Panel\Desktop
module, following the manufacturer's instructions.  To access your Damsel
Bitmap Collection, Vol.I Screen Saver/Previewer from Windows' Program
Manager,

1.  Double click on your Main icon.
2.  Double click on the Control Panel icon.
3.  Double click on the Desktop icon.
4.  Once you are in the Desktop dialog box open the list
    in the Screen Saver area by clicking the button at the right
    of the box titled "Name:" (or by pressing TAB several times to go to
    the box, followed by ALT+DOWN ARROW).
5.  Scroll on the slide bar until you find the screen saver titled BCV1SS.
    Click once on the title to select it.  You may also select the
    "Delay" time (of inactivity) in minutes which will preceed the
    initiation of any screen saver selected.  Password protection is also
    available and is described in the next section.
6.  After selecting the BCV1SS screen saver choose OK in the upper right-
    hand corner of the dialog box and exit back to the opening screen.
    The BCV1SS Screen Saver will now appear after the initial chosen period
    of inactivity passes.

Next, setting up your wallpaper:

To use Damsel's bitmap images as wallpaper for Windows the picture files
must be located in the WINDOWS directory.  They must be "COPY"ed to the
WINDOWS directory in order that the original screen saver previewer will
still function.  The screen saver has been programmed to look for the files
in the BCV1SS directory.  If you "MOVE" the image files to the WINDOWS
directory in order to save disk space, the program will no longer be able to
find them in their new home.  After watching the screen saver for a time,
you may have favorites that you may wish to copy one at a time, rather than
duplicating all files in the BCV1SS directory.  You can use the COPY
function of Windows' File Manager to accomplish this operation.

Your alternative is to uninstall and reinstall this program, choosing the
WINDOWS directory as your choice when prompted by the program.  Before
choosing this route, please check your current WINDOWS directory for any
resident readme.txt files as the installation will overwrite any earlier
versions of readme.txt.

To access your new wallpaper choices return to your Program Manager\Control
Panel\Desktop dialog box.  The Wallpaper scroll box is located directly
beneath the Screen Saver box.  Choosing wallpaper is exactly like choosing
your screen saver except that the options are different.  When selecting any
of the images from the wallpaper list you should also click on the Center
option located directly under the Wallpaper scroll box.

Now, setting up your tiles:

The tiles are loaded from a separate installation program located on Disk
#3 of the Bitmap Collection, Vol.I.  They must be loaded from your DOS
prompt.  Place Disk# 2 in your A:\ drive.  At your C:\>  DOS prompt, type
A:\INSTALL and press <Enter>.  The collection of 37 tiles will be loaded
directly into your WINDOWS directory.  This is where they need to be in
order to be accessed by Windows' Desktop application.

If you have now loaded the tiles, they will also appear in the list of
choices for Windows wallpaper.  The list below will tell you which of your
new images are tiles and which are full-screen graphics.  When selecting a
tile remember to set the Tile choice found directly under the Wallpaper
scroll box in the Desktop dialog box.

Please note that all of these images are unique to Damsel's Bitmap
Collection, Vol.I, and will not reappear in any other collection you
purchase.

BITMAP DESCRIPTIONS:  DAMSEL BITMAP COLLECTION, VOLUME I

1.  Abstrac1.bmp         Tile                   4726 bytes    16-color
2.  Aridmap2.bmp         Tile                   6838 bytes    16-color
3.  Birthdy1.bmp         Tile                    950 bytes    16-color
4.  Bluehole.bmp         Tile                 12,918 bytes    16-color
5.  Bluepuff.bmp         Tile                   4150 bytes   256-color
6.  Cactus1.bmp          Tile                   4726 bytes    16-color
7.  Cactus2.bmp          Tile                   4726 bytes    16-color
8.  Cathdral.bmp        Center               308,278 bytes   256-color
9.  Crawfd16.bmp        Center               153,718 bytes    16-color
10. Deep2.bmp            Tile                   4726 bytes    16-color
11. Deepblu1.bmp         Tile                 15,478 bytes    16-color
12. Deepred1.bmp         Tile                   7798 bytes    16-color
13. Demain1.bmp          Tile                   8758 bytes    16-color
14. Dune02.bmp           Tile                   7478 bytes   256-color
15. Emblem1.bmp          Tile                   2166 bytes    16-color
16. Fantasy1.bmp         Tile                 10,678 bytes   256-color
17. Ferrist.bmp          Tile                308,278 bytes   256-color
18. Girder1.bmp          Tile                    886 bytes    16-color
19. Gridhol1.bmp         Tile                   4726 bytes    16-color
20. Hoblbsht.bmp         Tile                308,278 bytes   256-color
21. Hotball1.bmp         Tile                   9718 bytes   256-color
22. Mesa1.bmp            Tile or Center      153,718 bytes    16-color
23. Minigeo1.bmp         Tile                    614 bytes    16-color
24. Miniorb1.bmp         Tile                    198 bytes    16-color
25. Miniorb2.bmp         Tile                    198 bytes    16-color
26. Miniorb3.bmp         Tile                    198 bytes    16-color
27. Mondrn01.bmp         Tile                   4342 bytes    16-color
28. Mondrn03.bmp         Tile                 10,358 bytes    16-color
29. Mondrn54.bmp         Center              153,718 bytes    16-color
30. Mondrn60.bmp         Center              153,718 bytes    16-color
31. Mtmonroe.bmp         Center              308,278 bytes   256-color
32. Nova1.bmp            Tile                   9910 bytes   256-color
33. Octopus1.bmp         Tile                 10,678 bytes   256-color
34. Orb1.bmp             Tile                   1574 bytes    16-color
35. Parthnon.bmp         Tile                   5174 bytes    16-color
36. Sandban1.bmp         Tile                   7478 bytes   256-color
37. Snowpine.bmp         Tile                   5238 bytes    16-color
38. Stars01.bmp          Tile                   9910 bytes   256-color
39. Steelbk1.bmp         Tile                 16,438 bytes   256-color
40. Treenit1.bmp         Tile                   4150 bytes   256-color
41. Treenit2.bmp         Tile                   4150 bytes   256-color
42. Triliumt.bmp         Center              308,278 bytes   256-color
43. Vermiln1.bmp         Tile                   7798 bytes    16-color
44. Vermiln2.bmp         Tile                   7798 bytes    16-color
45. Vine1.bmp            Tile                   6838 bytes    16-color
46. Warp8.bmp            Tile or Center      153,718 bytes    16-color
47. Washtn1t.bmp         Center              308,278 bytes   256-color
48. Wave01.bmp           Tile                   7478 bytes   256-color

Cathdral.bmp and Ferrist.bmp 256-color bitmaps come from the
Damsel Surreal Art Collection, a collection of original oil painting
scans from the work of surreal artist David Martsolf.

Mtmonroe.bmp and Washtn1t.bmp 256-color bitmaps are examples
from the New Hampshire Wilderness Collection, a series of scanned
images by NH photographers.

Triliumt.bmp and Hoblbsht.bmp 256-color bitmaps are entries from
the New England Wildflower Collection.

All Mondrn*.bmp 16-color bitmaps are from the Piet Mondrian
Collection, a series of interpretive artworks based on the style of the
famous Dutch abstract painter of the 1930's.


6.  SCREEN SAVER FUNCTION AND FEATURES

Damsel's Bitmap Collection, Vol.I is a collection of 57 tiles and full-
screen graphics designed for use as Windows wallpaper selections to be
chosen from your Desktop dialog box.  The Previewer displays all 11 full-
screen images of the Bitmap Collection unaltered.  The 37 tiles of the
collection have been grouped together in 9 composite full-screen displays
combined with interesting backdrops to produce a total of 20 screens in
this screen saver.

All of Damsel's screen savers have preset display times and transition
effects (the methods used to transition between one image and the next).
Once loaded, the BCV1 image files are stored in uncompressed format.  The
length of time required to load each image and perform transition effects
will depend directly on the size and speed of your microprocessor (386, 486,
or Pentium) and the power of your video graphics card.  Some of the transi-
tion times have been extended deliberately as they are interesting to watch
in and of themselves.

Damsel has set the post-transition display times to be approximately 30
seconds for each image using a 486-type machine running at 33 Megahertz.
Faster 486 and Pentium machines will exhibit slightly shorter display times.
Users with 386-type machines will notice an initial blank screen lasting
several seconds as the microprocessor loads the first image.  Some blank
screen time may also appear between certain transition effects on slower
machines.

Your screen saver has been installed in the "Mouse Aware" mode, meaning that
any movement of the mouse will disengage the screen saver.  Disengagement
may take several seconds if the program is interrupted during one of the
image transitions.  The screen saver may be put into a "Mouse Ignore" mode
where only a depressed key on the keyboard will deactivate the screen saver.
The program will recommence using the next image in its sequence when the
selected delay time reactivates the screen saver.

To access the Mouse Aware \ Mouse Ignore setup choices click on the Setup
button of the Screen Saver section of the Desktop dialog box (accessed by
the Program Manager\Main\Control Panel\Desktop command sequence).  The
choices are found in the upper righthand box of the Setup dialog box.
Click on the down arrow at the righthand end of the box, then click on your
choice.  Then, click on the OK button of the Setup box, followed by a click
on the OK button of the Desktop dialog box.

Damsel screen savers have incorporated a Password protection scheme similar
to those offered by the original Windows screen savers.  This feature is
also found in the Setup dialog box of the Screen Saver section of the Desk-
top dialog box.  A click on the Password button brings up a screen with the
"Enter New Password" entry line.  As you type in your selected password,
asterisks will appear for each letter.  Clicking on the OK button will bring
up a confirmation screen where you will be asked to reenter the same pass-
word.  Clicking the OK button here will return you to the original Setup
screen.

Clicking the OK button here, followed by a click on the Desktop dialog box
OK button will activate your password protection.  With the screen saver
activated, any motion of the mouse in the Mouse Aware mode or keyboard
entry in the Mouse Ignore mode will bring up an Enter Password dialog box.
The password must be correctly entered in order to gain access back to the
active Windows environment.  If you forget your password your only option
is to reload the entire program from your original install disks.

If you wish to change or remove the password you must return to the Setup
screen of the Screen Saver section of the Desktop dialog box.  To enter a
new password follow the same procedure as described above.  To remove the
password simply click on the OK button of both the Enter New Password
input screen and the Reenter New Password screen without filling in the
input line.


7.  IMAGE COMPRESSION

The images from the Bitmap Collection, Vol.I, are loaded into their respect-
ive directories uncompressed in the BMP graphics format.  While this may use
up slightly more hard disk space than a format such as JPEG, it does
guarantee that each image will retain perfect fidelity to the original
Damsel design.

8.  MONITOR DISPLAY

The program configures the image display to your screen by first reading
your on-line graphics display format.  If your monitor is not configured
for 256 colors, the program will attempt to display 256-color images by
constructing a 16-color standard VGA dithered image from the few colors
available in this format.  Usually, the result of this mathematical process
is visually unacceptable for the images in this screen saver which are
meant to use 256 colors.

If you find the images barely recognizable and you have a minimum of 512K
RAM on your video display board, there is probably a driver you can load
which will support 256-color display.  Consult your machine and Windows
documentation for more information regarding your specific situation.



9.  UNINSTALLING YOUR SCREEN SAVER

Your screen saver has been loaded to a directory named BCV1SS unless you
chose otherwise during the installation procedure.  In order to enable you
to access the screen saver Damsel has loaded two additional files into your
WINDOWS directory, BCV11723.INI and BCV11723.SCR.

To remove the screen saver from your hard disk simply delete all files in
the BCV1SS directory (or your own directory name chosen during installation)
and the BCV11723.INI and BCV11723.SCR files located in your WINDOWS
directory.  This can be done quickly from your Windows' File Manager, found
in your Program Manager's Main menu.  Each future screen saver purchased
from Damsel Software Group will offer a unique setup directory during
installation so that you will be able to maintain clear control over all
Damsel files residing on your hard disk.


10.  WARRANTY INFORMATION

Damsel Software Group specifically disclaims all warranties, expressed or
implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose or application.  In no event  shall
Damsel Software Group, its owner or employees be liable for any loss
of profit, loss of savings, commercial damage, or other incidental or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use any
Volume or Sampler of Damsel Screen Savers or Bitmaps, even if Damsel
Software Group has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or for
any claim by any other party.


Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.


11. REGISTRATION FORM

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DAMSEL SOFTWARE GROUP                                     REGISTRATION FORM
P.O. Box 713
Concord, NH  03302-0713

DAMSEL BITMAP COLLECTION, VOL.I                SPECIAL  INTRODUCTORY  OFFER

Yes, I want to receive a registered version of Damsel's Bitmap Collection,
Vol.I, and take advantage of lifetime technical support, a free catalog with
updates, an additional screen saver based on Damsel's Bitmap Collection,
Vol.II, and free shipping, all for only $15.00 in U.S. currency from a U.S.
bank.  I understand the collection will be shipped only on 3 1/2" diskettes.

I have enclosed $ _________________ in U.S. funds.
        Please ship my 3 1/2" diskettes and other documentation to:

       Name ___________________________________________________________

       Address ________________________________________________________

       City, State, ZIP _______________________________________________




DAMSEL SOFTWARE GROUP

     ... hopes you enjoy DAMSEL'S BITMAP COLLECTION, VOLUME I

     ... and looks forward to supplying you with the best in

     screen savers, wallpaper, and future animated screen savers.

     ... AND REMEMBER, your thoughts and suggestions are always welcome.

            !!! HAPPY VIEWING !!!