Technical Information for Logical Journey of the Zoombinis(TM) Version 1.1 14th November, 1997 WINDOWS 3.1 and WINDOWS 95 Performance and Technical Tips 1. If you experience any problems launching, tasking out or quitting Logical Journey of the Zoombinis please do the following: a. Go into the Windows folder on your hard drive and look for the QTW.INI file. b. Open the QTW.INI file and make sure that the line Optimize=Driver is placed under [Video]. It should appear as: [Video] Optimize=Driver In our testing, we've found that many systems using video boards with an S3 chip may experience difficulties launching Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. Following the above instructions should help the program run more smoothly. 2. Your screen saver may interfere with Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. Please make sure that your screen saver is turned off before you start the program. 3. Left-handed users - you will be able to use either the right or left mouse button to play the program. However, both mouse buttons may not function properly if your Windows mouse settings are set to left hand settings. Before starting, make sure your mouse button is set to the Windows default of right hand settings. 4. If you are in Practice Mode and quit the program, you will not be prompted to save your game. Make sure to save your game before going into Practice Mode. Please see the User's Manual for Logical Journey of the Zoombinis for more details. 6. After installing in Windows 3.1, Logical Journey of the Zoombinis will run WinG. WinG is a program that analyzes and adjusts your computer system to optimize graphics performance and will take approximately two minutes to run. WinG will only run the first time you install Logical Journey of the Zoombinis in Windows 3.1, or if you adjust your video settings. 7. If you encounter problems with sound or graphics quality while playing, please check to see that you have the latest device drivers. Our testing has shown that Logical Journey of the Zoombinis may display certain graphic anomalies with the Diamond Stealth VRAM and Tseng ET4000 video boards. The User's Manual for Logical Journey of the Zoombinis has a listing of companies and their phone numbers in the "If You Can't Get Started" section. By contacting these companies, you should be able to obtain the most recent video, sound, and CD-ROM drivers for your peripheral hardware. 8. If you have a Packard Bell machine and you receive the error "Cannot Open File Handler" while in Windows 3.1, the problem is occuring because some of the QuickTime files are hidden and the 2.0.3 QuickTime for Windows installer can't replace them. Please make the following change: From a DOS prompt type: cd\Windows ATTRIB -H *.* cd\Windows\System ATTRIB -H *.* This will remove the "Hidden" attribute from all the files. After doing the ATTRIB command, return to Windows and run the QuickTime install of Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. If you continue to experience difficulties with running Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, please contact Brøderbund Europe Customer Service, Monday to Friday during normal business hours on 01429-273029 or by fax on 01429-521005. (c) Copyright 1996 Broderbund Software, Inc. and TERC. All rights reserved. Logical Journey of the Zoombinis is a trademark of Broderbund Software, Inc. Broderbund is a registered trademark of Broderbund Software, Inc. Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, Inc. All products and names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.