InventorLabs © 1996 Red Hill Studios. Published by Houghton Mifflin Interactive PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE FILE *BEFORE* USING INVENTORLABS Thank you for choosing InventorLabs. Before you enter into the worlds of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and James Watt and install InventorLabs, please read all of these release notes. Table of contents: 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2. INSTALLATION a. WINDOWS 3.1 OR WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS b. WINDOWS 95 3. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS 4. CUSTOMER TECH SUPPORT 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows: 486/33 MHz or higher IBM-compatible PC 8MB RAM * Windows 3.1 or higher (including Windows¨ 95) 8MB hard disk space * SVGA display * Double-speed CD-ROM drive MPC2-compatible sound card (22MHz, 16-Bit) * Mouse 2. INSTALLATION a. Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups: 1. Start Windows, and insert the InventorLabs CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. From the Windows Program Manager, choose FILE, then RUN. 3. At Command line, type d:\install (where is the name of your cd-rom drive). Then press ENTER or RETURN on your keyboard. 4. Click "I accept" to proceed with installation. 5. Click "continue" to run InventorLabs setup. You will be prompted to indicate on which hard disk you would like the program group installed. The Setup program will then create a directory and Program Group for InventorLabs. 6. If you do not already have QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 installed, click "Install" to install in your system. 7. If QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 has already been installed in your system, click "exit." 8. To run the software, double-click on the InventorLabs icon from the HMI program group. b. Windows 95: 1. Insert the InventorLabs CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click on the "My Computer" icon. 3. Double-click on the "InventorLabs" CD-ROM icon. 4. Double-click on Install.exe icon from from within the "InventorLabs CD-ROM" window. 5. Click "I accept" to proceed with installation. 6. Click "continue" to run InventorLabs setup. You will be prompted to indicate on which hard disk you would like the program group installed. The Setup program will then create an InventorLabs icon inside an HMI Program Group. 7. If you do not already have QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 installed, click "Install" to install in your system. 8. If QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 has already been installed in your system, click "exit." 9. To run the software, double-click on the InventorLabs icon from the HMI program group. 3. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS a. QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 (Windows 3.1, Windows 95): InventorLabs is intended to be run with QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3 installed in your system. If you are experiencing problems with QTVR, please check that you are running QuickTime for Windows 2.0.3. It is required to run QTVR. If you do not have QuickTime 2.0.3 installed, or have a previous version, please install the copy included. b. QuickTime VR Please check the booklet for helpful hints and information about navigating in QuickTime VR. c. Monitor Color Depth The artwork displayed in InventorLabs uses 16-bit color (65,000 colors) to display the full richness of the images, and we recommend that you set your display driver to 65,000 color mode or higher to obtain the full value of the product. Windows 3.1 Video Setup: 1. In Windows Program Manager, double-click on the Windows Setup icon in the "Main" Program group. 2. Select Change System Settings from the Options menu. 3. From the Display drop down menu, select a setting with 65,000 (65k) colors, e.g. "SuperVGA (SVGA) 800x600 65k," or "640x480 65k." 4. You may be prompted to insert your original Windows diskettes to install the relevant driver. 5. You will be prompted to re-start Windows to activate the new display driver setting. Please make sure that you have a back-up copy of your original display drivers before installing the SVGA driver, in case you need to reinstall them later. If you are still having difficulty setting the 65k color mode, consult your display card documentation. Windows 95 Video Setup: 1. If you use QuickRes or a similar video resolution and color-depth changer, use it to select a 16-bit setting for your monitor. Otherwise, here follows standard Windows 95 directions for video setup. 2. Click on Start Button/Settings/Control Panel 3. Click on Display Icon in Control Panel 4. Click on Settings tab in Display Properties windows 5. In Color Palette drop-down menu, select "High color (16 bit)" - depending on your video RAM, the desktop area setting may change to a lower resolution than currently set. 6. Restart Windows 95 to activate new settings. 4. CUSTOMER TECH SUPPORT If you have questions about the program and have access to the internet, visit HMI Customer Service and Technical Support Site on the World Wide Web, at: http://www.hmco.com/hmi. If you don't have access to the internet, or if you're still experiencing difficulty, contact us by phone at: (800) 210-0241 7:00 am - 1:00am Monday - Friday 8:00am - 8:00pm Saturday - Sunday (Eastern Standard Time) or send correspondences to: HMI Technical Support 120 Beacon Street Somerville, MA 02143 fax: (617) 351-1110 (Replace with romnet no) e-mail: HMI_Tech@hmco.com QuickTime and QuickTime VR are trademarks and Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, inc. Windows is a trademark and Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Made with Macromedia is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc.