This document contains specialized installation, operation and trouble-shooting notes.
System Software
“Strip BlackJack” requires Macintosh System Software 6.0.7 or later. The Macintosh Quadra and later models require System Software 7.0 or later. An LC with a 13-inch monitor also requires System Software 7.0.
QuickTime
“Strip BlackJack” requires that you have QuickTime™ 1.6.1 installed on your machine. Drag the QuickTime 1.6.1 icon from the "SAST:Support:QuickTime” folder into your System folder and restart your machine.
Trouble-shooting Guide
Program cannot be launched—message says, “There is not enough memory available to run ‘Strip BlackJack.’”
During a certain part of the program, a message appears saying, “Last task could not be completed because memory ran out.”
“Strip BlackJack” requires at least 2.5 free megabytes to run. Therefore, if you are running System 7.0, your machine needs at least 4 megabytes; 2 megabytes to run System 7.0, and 2 megabytes to run “Strip BlackJack.” Check the Apple menu in the Finder (select “About This Macintosh”) to verify the amount of memory available to you.
If you are running on a 4-megabyte machine and still don’t have enough free memory, try the following:
• Disable all unessential system extensions (INITs). This can be accomplished under System 7 by restarting while holding down the shift key. If this frees up enough memory, try enabling each system extention individually to identify which uses the most memory.
• Set the RAM cache to the lowest value.
• Under System 6.0.7, try using the Finder instead of Multifinder.
• Under System 7 on certain machines, you can get enough memory by using the virtual memory feature. However, this may cause audio glitches during movie playback.
Note: Do not set the “Strip BlackJack” application to a value lower than 2200K, as this will cause out-of-memory errors.
When you restart your machine, you get a message which says, “QuickTime installation failed because it was already installed.”
You have two versions of QuickTime in your extensions folder. Delete one of them.
Can’t hear audio.
Audio on “Strip BlackJack” plays back through the Macintosh speaker (not the CD-ROM drive).
• Make sure the volume is turned up on the Sound Control Panel. If a cable is connected to your audio jack, make sure the amplifier is turned on.
When audio is playing there are clicks, drop-outs or other glitches.
• Under System 7, make sure virtual memory is turned off. This feature will cause audio glitches if there is a memory/disk swap while audio is playing back.
• Under System 7, try turning file sharing off. Normally “Strip BlackJack” should work fine with file sharing on, but if someone is accessing your machine, the CPU will slow down enough to affect audio quality.
• Some non-standard Extentions or INITs (or programs running in the background under Multifinder) may also slow down the CPU enough to affect audio quality.
Audio sounds scratchy.
The “Strip BlackJack” audio is low-fidelity, designed to play back through the Macintosh speaker. Under these conditions it should sound fine. However, if you listen to it through headphones or a hi-fidelity amplifier you may hear some scratchiness or hiss due to aliasing problems with the 8-bit samples. This noise can be reduced by applying a low-pass filter to the audio. If you have a simple tone control, adjust it to reduce treble.
Audio gets out of sync.
There is an anomaly in Apple’s system software that, on some machines, causes the audio to get out of sync with the video.
Program seems slow.
Because most of the data is stored on a CD-ROM, which is slow by design, “Strip BlackJack” cannot run as fast as some hard-disk-based applications.
• If you have enough memory, you will get a slight speed improvement if you increase the memory allocated to “Strip BlackJack” to 2700K or higher.
Movies suddenly start playing slower than usual.
This sometimes happens when another application or extension is using a lot of
system memory (like After Dark). Restarting your machine should fix the problem.
