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this!zine issue 1
Trouble Shooting Guide for Macintosh
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(c) Big Hand Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
Level 2 26-32 Pyrmont Bridge Road
Pyrmont NSW 2009 AUSTRALIA
tel: +61 2 566 1388
fax:+61 2 566 1322
email: thiszine@bighand.com.au
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CONTENTS
A Minimum Requirements
B QuickTime Installation - Macintosh
C General Troubleshooting Q&A
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A MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
You need to have at least the following bits to view
this!zine issue 1 on your Macintosh.
* MacOS System 7.1 and above.
* a 68040 CPU @25MHz. Yes, the zine will work with
PowerPC Macintoshes as well.
* a double-speed CD-ROM drive. If you've got a CD-ROM
drive built into the casing of the computer it will
run this!zine. If you have an external CD-ROM drive
check the documentation which came with the drive to
make sure.
* a 13"/14"/15" monitor running at 640x480 with
256 colours.
* QuickTime 2.1 system software. This is included on
this CD-ROM.
* at least 5Mb of available memory. Given that the
system software takes up a bit of memory whenever your
Macintosh is running, this means you need to have all
up at least 8Mb.
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B QUICKTIME INSTALLATION - MACINTOSH
You need to have the latest version of certain
system software components to run this!zine. These
include QuickTime 2.1 and Sound Manager 3.1 among
others.
The Macintosh QuickTime¬ Installer will automatically
install the correct versions of these system bits in
the relevant places.
This installer does not copy any of the this!zine files
onto your hard disk. As a result, you will still need
the this!zine CD every time you want to view the zine.
As a result, you will also not have to put up with
650Mb of data on your hard disk.
Total hard disk space requirement is about 2.8Mb. Which
you must agree, is very small by today's standards.
Stick the CD into your CD-ROM drive. (Remember, you
have to turn the computer on first before you can get
the CD-ROM drive tray open. While on the subject, you
also need to turn on your machine to view the zine).
Double-click on the CD icon. Then double-click on the application named Macintosh QuickTime¬ Installer.
The Installer program will start up. Unless you know
what you're doing, simply click Install to perform
an Easy Install which guarantees you have all the
required bits.
When the installation is complete, the installer will
ask to restart your Macintosh. Click Restart.
To view the zine, simply double click on the issue 1
application.
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C GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
Here are answers to some common problems.
Q: When I started up this!zine, it suggests that
I turn Virtual Memory off. What does this mean?
And how do I do this?
A: Virtual Memory uses hard disk space as extra RAM.
This works quite well for most things except video.
QuickTIme video tends to jerk and splutter when
Virtual Memory is turned on. You can, however,
still run the zine without turning Virtual Memory off.
To turn Virtual Memory off, open the Memory control
panel and click the Off button in the Virtual Memory
section. Then restart your Macintosh.
If you are using RAM Doubler, this!zine will also
report that you should turn Virtual Memory off. We
have noted that video is usually okay with
RAM Doubler.
Q: When I started up this!zine, it also suggests
that I turn File Sharing off. What does this mean?
And how do I do this?
A: Again, this is another performance issue. If you
turn File Sharing off, the zine will probably run
better. But its up to you.
To turn it off, open the Sharing Setup control panel
and simply click the Stop buttons in both the File
Sharing and Program Linking sections.
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Now for something interesting, go read the Read Me file
for Windows users. It's called WINREAD.TXT. You can
open it with SimpleText or TeachText.