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- S c r e e n D a n c e
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- 1.0 H
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- R E L E A S E N O T E S
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- Copyright (c) 1996, Madeira Software, Inc.
- All rights reserved.
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- CONTENTS Short Description
- System Requirements
- Benefits of Registering
- Installation
- Starting ScreenDance
- Windows 95 Compatibility
- Sound Card Problems
- Video Card Problems
- Mouse Not Found
- How to Contact Us
- ASP Ombudsman Statement
- History
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- Short ScreenDance is a CD player that comes packed with a
- Description library of sound-activated animations, making multimedia
- PCs come alive with dazzling light and color. Play a CD or
- sing in the microphone - watch as your PC moves to the
- music!
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- Runs in 32-bit extended-DOS for screaming graphics like
- today's hottest games. Includes a mixer, configurable
- playlist, and disc/track title database.
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- System 486 PC (minimum), 2MB RAM; 4 MB disk space; MS-DOS 5.0;
- Requirements Super-VGA display adapter (640x480x256); Sound Blaster or
- ProAudio Spectrum compatible sound card; and Microphone,
- CD-ROM drive, or other audio source.
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- Benefits of This version of ScreenDance is freely distributed for the
- Registering sole purpose of allowing you to "try before you buy" (also
- known as a shareware version). So please try it out and
- pass it on to friends - but if you like it, buy it as soon
- as you can! Don't miss out on all the benefits others have
- already gotten by registering.
-
- In return for your support, you will receive the
- following:
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- * A bonus pack of 12 new ScreenDance animations
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- Aurora - dancing Northern Lights
- Fractals II - second volume of computer-generated
- art
- Fuzzball - sort of like a laser-light show
- Haze - 3D texture-mapped fog (comes in purple
- too!)
- Neon Lights - musical Las Vegas
- Piano Roll - like from an old-time player piano
- Pulsars - fly through musical galaxies
- Spectrometer - spectrum bargraph, like on a graphic
- equalizer
- Tapestry - selection of shimmering tapestries
- Tunnels - pulsating passageways
- VU Bargraph - like on your hi-fi, but with slew rate
- control
- VU (Analog) - VU meter like on an old tape deck
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- * An advanced version of ScreenDance with support for
- third-party animations
- * Printed manual
- * Unlimited phone support
- * Advance notice of bug-fixes and updates (via e-mail)
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- The cost to register now is only $29.95 (US), plus
- shipping and handling. For instructions on how to register,
- select File, Register off the ScreenDance menu, or take a
- look at ORDER.TXT.
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- How To Install 1. From the DOS prompt, type the drive-letter and pathname
- to the ScreenDance self-extracting executable that you
- downloaded, then press ENTER.
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- For example, type C:\DOWNLOADS\SCRNDANC and press ENTER.
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- TIP: In Microsoft Windows 95 click the Start button and
- select Run... from the menu, then type the above
- command. In Windows 3.1 select File, then Run off the
- Program Manager menu, then type the above command.
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- 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Screendance
- and configure your sound card. If you don't know what
- kind of sound card you have, select Sound Blaster and
- accept all the default settings.
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- Once you have installed ScreenDance, you may go back and
- re-run the install to change your sound card settings
- at any time without doing a complete re-install.
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- NOTE: If the installation aborts without any explanation,
- you may not have enough DOS memory available to run the
- install program. Try to make at least 450K available.
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- Starting For maximum performance, ScreenDance runs as a 32-bit
- Screendance extended DOS program, like today's hottest action games. On
- most systems it will run in a full-screen MS-DOS window
- under Windows 95 or Windows 3.1, but on others it runs best
- after shutting down Windows 95 or exiting Windows 3.1. Try
- the following instructions for your particular operating
- system; if you have trouble, try shutting down or exiting
- Windows and follow the instructions for running from
- MS-DOS.
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- From MS-DOS:
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- 1. Change to the hard drive where you installed
- ScreenDance.
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- For example, to change to the default installation
- drive, type C: and press ENTER.
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- 2. Change to the directory where you installed
- Screendance.
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- For example, to change to the default installation
- directory, type CD \DANCE and press ENTER.
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- 3. Type DANCE and press ENTER.
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- From Windows 95:
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- 1. If it's not already running, open Windows Explorer by
- clicking on the Start button and selecting Programs,
- Windows Explorer from the menu.
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- 2. Use the Windows Explorer to find the Dance application
- in the directory where you installed ScreenDance, and
- double click on it to run. Be sure to select the file
- which is listed as type Application by Windows Explorer;
- to see file types, select View, then Details off the
- menu.
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- Tip: To create a shortcut to ScreenDance, drag the Dance
- application from the Windows Explorer onto your desktop or
- to any open folder.
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- From Windows 3.1:
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- 1. If it's not already running, open the File Manager from
- the Main group on the Program Manager desktop.
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- 2. Use the File Manager to find the DANCE.EXE file in the
- directory where you installed Screendance, and double
- click it to run.
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- To view the online documentation, either select Help, then
- Online Manual off the ScreenDance menu, or view the
- DANCE.TXT file.
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- Windows 95 If you are running Windows 95 and are experiencing problems
- Compatibility with the CD-ROM drive, you are most likely seeing a
- conflict between ScreenDance and the autoplay feature of
- the Win95 CD player. There are several solutions:
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- a) hold down the shift key each time you insert a CD into
- the CDROM drive - this prevents the Win95 CD player
- from starting up.
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- b) download TweakUI from Microsoft's web site at
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/powertoy.htm.
- This nifty utility lets you easily disable/enable the
- audio CD autoplay feature. After installing it, see the
- settings on the "Paranoia" tab.
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- c) disallow the Win95 CD player from automatically
- starting to play a newly inserted disc: from the Win95
- Explorer, select View, Options off the menu; click on
- the File Types tab and select the AudioCD file type.
- Click the Edit button, highlight the Play action, then
- click the Edit... button. Remove the /play option that
- appears after cdplayer.exe. You can replace the /play
- option at any time later by going back to this dialog.
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- d) set up ScreenDance to run in MS-DOS mode by
- right-clicking the mouse on the the Dance application
- and selecting Properties. Select the Program tab, then
- click the Advanced button. Check off the MS-DOS Mode
- setting. If after doing this the mouse doesn't work in
- ScreenDance, you will need to set up a batch file to
- load the mouse driver before running.
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- Sound Card If your sound card fails to initialize, most likely your
- Problems IRQ number is incorrectly set in the DANCE.INI file.
- Check your sound card documentation and system
- configuration, then either re-run SCRNDANCE.EXE and select
- Configure Sound Card, or edit the 'IRQ = ' entry in the
- [SOUND] section of DANCE.INI. IRQ 5 is the most common
- setting followed by IRQ 7. You may also need to check the
- Base address and DMA channel settings.
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- Video Card If ScreenDance aborts with an InitGraphics error, be sure
- Problems you have a super-VGA display card capable of running in 640
- x 480 x 256 color mode, and which is VESA compatible. Check
- that the display card has at least 512K of video memory. If
- your card meets these requirements but still does not work,
- you may need to load a VESA driver before running
- ScreenDance. Check your display card documentation for
- instructions on loading a VESA driver.
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- Mouse If you are experiencing problems with your mouse, use
- Not Found Ctrl-X to exit ScreenDance, then check that you have a
- mouse driver loaded before running the program. You can
- usually load the mouse driver by typing MOUSE and pressing
- ENTER at the DOS command line.
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- How to ScreenDance was produced by Madeira Software, Inc. of
- Contact Us Beverly, MA. We value your feedback! If you have questions
- or comments, please reach us at:
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- Internet: feedback@madeira.com
- Compuserve: [74407,2214]
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- Sales: (800) 275-6137
- Tech Support: (508) 922-0189
- FAX: (508) 921-2636
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- Post: Madeira Software, Inc.
- PO Box 5424
- Beverly, MA 01915
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- Visit our Web site for updates, tips, answers to common
- technical questions, and other late-breaking information:
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- http://www.madeira.com
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- ASP Ombudsman Madeira Software, Inc. is a member of the Association of
- Statement 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 49442-9427 USA,
- FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via
- CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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- History 1.0G to 1.0H
- o minor update to order form and documentation.
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- 1.0E to 1.0G
- o fixed bug in drawing menus.
- o fixed problem with 3D Spectrograph at high resolution.
- o shareware version now includes disc/track title import.
- o shareware version now includes change drive function.
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- 1.0C to 1.0E
- o dancer now stops better when music stops.
- o INI file now case insensitive.
- o fixed bug in setting CDROM preamp levels.
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- 1.0B to 1.0C
- o fixed crash problem with SBPro and stereo mode.
- o fixed channel enable problem with SBPro.
- o added more kinds of kaleidoscopes.
- o added more variety to tap and russian dance styles.
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- 1.0 to 1.0B
- o now reads/writes CDROM preamp levels to/from INI file.
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- Thank you for trying ScreenDance!
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