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- PlayIt v1.2
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- Shamrock Systems and Technology
- #428, 10636 - 120 Street
- Edmonton, Ab, T5H 4L5
- CompuServe: 70274,24
- Internet: patrick@shamrck.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
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- Installation Instructions
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- 1. System Requirements:
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- - 386SX or higher
- - 2MB of RAM (4 MB or higher recommended)
- - Windows 3.1 installed
- - Microsoft Video for Windows drivers installed
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- 2. Installing PlayIt
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- PlayIt v1.2 can be simply installed by adding the file PLAYIT.EXE to your
- favorite Program Manager group by selecting New Item from the File Menu.
- You may also drag the file PLAYIT.EXE from File Manager, and drop it onto
- the approriate group in Program Manager. See your Windows documentation
- for more information. If you don't have access to the Microsoft AVI
- drivers (see below), you can simply copy the file MSVIDEO.DLL included in
- this archive to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If you already have this
- file in that directory, keep the newest version and delete the other one.
- You won't be able to view compressed BMP or play back compressed AVI, but
- at least the program will work for everything else.
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- 3. Installing Microsoft AVI drivers
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- If you have other Windows software that works with AVI, you may already
- have the required drivers installed. An easy way to check is to click
- on the Drivers icon in the Windows Control Panel. If the MCI device
- Video for Windows is listed, you have the AVI drivers installed.
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- If you do not have the Microsoft AVI drivers for Windows, you can obtain
- them from the Windows Multimedia forum on CompuServe (GO WINMM), or
- they may be available from the system where you obtained PlayIt. Look
- for the file VFWRUN.ZIP. All registered versions of PlayIt include the
- drivers on the distribution disk. All versions of PlayIt uploaded by
- Shamrock Systems and Technology to various BBS will include the drivers
- as a separate archive, file name VFWRUN.ZIP, if not already present on
- that system. If you have access to Internet, you can obtain the drivers
- from ftp.uu.net in directory vendor\microsoft\multimedia.
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- Note: When installing the drivers, unzip to the directory C:\DISK1 and
- run the program SETUP.EXE from within Windows.
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- If you cannot find the drivers, you can obtain a shareware distribution
- disk from Shamrock Systems and Technology which includes an unregistered
- copy of PlayIt v1.2 and all required AVI drivers by mailing your request
- along with $2.00 for postage ($4.00 if overseas) to:
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- Shamrock Systems and Technology
- #428, 10636 - 120 Street
- Edmonton, Ab, T5H 4L5
- Canada
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- All requests will be processed within 48 hours. Please include your
- name and address.
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- 4. Technical support
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- If you experience any problems using PlayIt v1.2, or you find a file or
- movie that it simply doesn't like, you can contact Shamrock Systems at:
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- Fax : 403-436-1573
- CompuServe : 70274,24
- Internet : patrick@shamrck.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
- Postal Addr: listed above.
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- If you contact us by regular post, please include your name, address,
- and a copy of the file that gave you grief. We will happily send you an
- updated version after the problem has been corrected.
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- 5. Additional information
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- Select Contents from the HELP menu in PlayIt, or press F1, to find out
- how to use the program.
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- 6. Benefits of Registration
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- You may be asking yourself why you should bother registering this
- product. There are a number of reasons.
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- First, shareware only works if the end users register the products they
- continue to use. Not doing so is just as bad as stealing the software.
- Shareware authors spend a great deal of time developing their products,
- and it gives them a great feeling to know they are appreciated.
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- Second, registered users of PlayIt will receive the latest version of
- the software, technical support, and be kept up to date on future
- enhancements to the software. Since PlayIt is constantly undergoing
- additions and improvements, this is the easiest way to stay on top.
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- Third, all registered users will not only receive the latest copy of
- PlayIt, but will also receive a sharware copy of PAMorph, a morphing
- system for Windows 3.1 that we have been working on.
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- Fourth, registered users may purchase the source code for PlayIt at a
- very reasonable price. Ever want to know how FLICs work? Interested in
- code that can load and save images with little more than a single
- function call? Cursious to know how to play AVI movies? Look no
- further, it's all right here.
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- Finally, it would really make me very happy and it really is not a lot
- of money. See the file ORDER.TXT for a form which can be printed and
- popped in the mail.
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- Thank you for giving PlayIt a try.
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- Patrick Arial
- Shamrock Systems and Technology
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