=================================== WINDOWS'95 GIGA PAK version 2.0 =================================== THANK YOU FOR BUYING THIS CD-ROM. This CD-ROM includes a collection of Windows'95 programs, utilites, internet programs, games, graphics, and more. The programs are the latest available for the new Windows'95 operating system. Version 2.0 has triple the size of the original CD-ROM. It has over 750Mb of data! Most programs have been unzipped for quick test-run or installation. The program viewer and launcher on this CD is custom-written for this CD-ROM. It is easy to use and powerful. The Maple program viewer has been tested under WINDOWS '95 and run fine. Depends on your system, you may need at least 600K RAM to run the Maple program viewer under the main menu. If you get "insufficient memory" message, simply get out of Windows and the main menu. Then type: WGP To run the viewer directly from Windows. See TROUBLE-SHOOTING section for more help if you still have problems. No installation is needed if you use our Windows-based Maple program viewer. It also does not install any icon or program group in your Windows desktop either. Most people like this low profile feature. The Maple program viewer lets you see any text file (.DOC, .TXT, or .ASC) and ZIP file. It lets you unzip file to the directory of your choice. To start browsing, simply click on the any directory that you want to examine. Click on any text or document file for descriptions of the programs. A good place to start is to click on the .DIZ file if available. .DIZ file lists a concise description of the program. Click on any .EXE or .BAT file twice will test run the program. Click on any .ZIP file will let you "see" inside the content of the compressed file. You can also unzip the ZIP file to your hard drive by clicking on the copy to hard disk button. Some programs may not run if its files has an "R" attribute. ALL files on CD-ROM is flagged "R" to prevent your PC from writing on the CD-ROM. This "R" attribute will stay with the file even though you copy the file into your hard disk. To remove this attribute, simply type: ATTRIB *.* -r < ENTER > =================== INSTALLATION =================== We assume Windows is in your DOS path and that you will use our Windows-based program viewer. Simply type GO after logging on your CD-ROM drive to launch the operating menu. If you want to by-pass the operating menu. Simply do the following: 1. If you are outside WINDOWS, simply type: D:\WGP for the default Maple program viewer -- where "D" is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive. 2. If you are inside WINDOWS, click on FILE, then RUN, then type: D:\WINGIGA then click "OK" -- where "D" is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive. 3. If you have logged in the CD-ROM drive and have NOT logged in WINDOWS, simply type: WGP ============================================= HOW TO USE THE VIEWER ============================================= The following steps to use the viewer are suggestions only. You can develop your own ways. After loading the viewer, Click on any sub-directory, you may see another list of sub-directories. Click on any one of the directory will show you a list of file names. To get an idea of the contents of the program, search for files with the following extensions: FILENAME.TXT FILENAME.DOC FILENAME.MAN FILE.DIZ (the first one to "click" if available) README.DOC README.1ST READ.ME MANUAL.DOC MANUAL.TXT You should get information on how to use or launch the program. Our viewer also lets you print out any text file on the screen. You may also click on the "FULL SCREEN VIEW" button if you want to read the text file in page-mode. To launch or test-run a program, look for files with the following extensions and double-click the file. FILENAME.BAT (batch file) FILENAME.EXE (executable files) FILENAME.COM (compiled file, executable) Some programs, especially the ones that write temporary files, scores, or records, will not run from the CD-ROM (read-only media). Your computer may freeze, hangs, or gives out error messages like "path not found" or "I/O errors". Simply copy programs to your hard disk and re-run program. Refer to TROUBLE-SHOOTING section if you have more questions. To look at the contents of a ZIP file (compressed file), simply click on it and a Windows of its file list pops up. You can view any text files with the viewer. But you cannot launch any programs since they have not yet been decompressed. You can copy the directory to hard disk and launch program from there. To switch to different directory, simply click on any directory that you want to see on the directory tree. Then click on any files that you want to see or launch. THIS CD-ROM IS TESTED WITH MCAFEE'S VIRUSES DETECTION PROGRAM "SCAN" AND HAS FOUND NO VIRUS. Maple PROGRAM VIEWER is copyrighted by Maple Media, Inc. and are NOT shareware. (C) Copyright 1996-97, Maple Media, Inc.