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The Screen Savers
The Asimov's Ultimate Robot CD-ROM contains a collection of Robotoid Screen
Savers. The Setup program optionally loads the screen saver data and code
files onto your local hard disc.
If the screen savers have been loaded, then follow this procedure to have
robots save your screen:-
1. Run the Control Panel program (usually found within the Main group in
the Program Manager).
2. Run the Desktop control panel.
3. In the Screen Saver section, click the down arrow next to the box which
is labelled "Name", and select the "Asimov Robotoids" entry. (If this
entry is not visible, then re-run the Setup program on the CD-ROM to
re-load the screen savers.)
4. Click on the button marked "Setup..." to correctly set up the screen
saver. In the dialog box that is displayed, click on one of the seven
radio buttons to select which Robotoid animation will run.
5. As with most Windows screen savers, Asimov Robotoids can be password
protected. If enabled, then whoever is using the computer must correctly
type in the password to stop the active screen saver, and return to
Windows. To enable this feature, click on the "Password Protected"
check box in the Setup dialog box, and click on the "Set Password..."
button. Uncheck the "Password Protected" check box to disable this
feature.
6. Once you have exited the Setup dialog box (and returned to the Desktop
control panel), you can have a sneak preview of the screen saver by
clicking on the Test button. As soon as you move the mouse, or hit a
key, then the screen saver will terminate.
7. Having set up the Asimov Robotoids screen saver, exit the Desktop
control panel by clicking on its OK button. Clicking on the Cancel
button will cause Windows to revert to the previous screen saver.
Note that the screen saver code looks for its data files on you hard drive
in a directory called AURSCRN. AURSCRN will be a sub-directory of the
directory in which Asimov is installed, usually C:\ASIMOV. If AURSCRN or
its files have been deleted, then the Asimov Robotoids screen saver will
display a black screen with a message saying it couldn't find the file.
To re-load the data files (in the correct location), re-run the Setup
program on the CD-ROM.
You can also install the Asimov screen savers yourself, without running
the Setup program. You might wish to do this if you want to save space
on your hard drive by only installing the screen savers you wish to
use. To install the Asimov screen savers manually, do the following:
1. In File Manager, open the \aurscrn directory found on the Asimov CD.
2. Copy the file AURSCRN.SCR into your \WINDOWS directory, which can
usually be found in C:\WINDOWS. To copy, use File Manager to open
a window for both the Asimov CD and you hard drive at the same time,
click on AURSCRN.SCR, and drag the file to your \WINDOWS directory.
3. Create a directory called \AURSCRN in the same place where the Asimov
program is installed, usually C:\ASIMOV. To do this, highlight the
ASIMOV folder in the File Manager by clicking on it once. Click on
File, and select "Create Directory...". When you are asked for a name,
type AURSCRN and click OK.
4. Select the screen savers you wish to install from the \AURSCRN
directory on the CD, and copy them into the \AURSCRN directory you
just created on your hard drive.
5. You can now run the screen savers by following the instructions above.
Remember, however, that you will only be able to run the screen savers
which you copied into your \ASIMOV\AURSCRN directory. You can add or
delete files from this directory at any time.
NOTE: Because the Asimov screen savers are 16-bit files, they will not run
on Windows NT.