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- This file contains supplemental information concerning installing
- WinTutor and tuning your system for optimal performance.
-
- You should read this file before running WinTutor.
-
- Section I - WinTutor Audio
- Section II - WinTutor Motion Video
- Section III - Installing WinTutor on a Network
- Section IV - Additional Courses Available and Custom Course Development
- Section V - Credits
-
-
- Section I - WinTutor Audio
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-
- WinTutor uses standard Windows audio. This means that you must
- have an audio board installed, and the correct Windows audio drivers
- installed on your system. If you have speakers connected to your audio
- board, and you here "TA-DA" when you first run Windows, then your audio
- board is properly installed.
-
- Section II - WinTutor Motion Video
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-
- There is a short video clip at the beginning and end of each lesson in this
- course. You will not see this video unless your system's video is configured
- to support at least 256 colors. This means that you must have Video for
- Windows version 1.1 or greater installed, and you need a Super VGA video
- card and a Super VGA monitor. In addition, you must have the correct video
- drivers installed, and your system must be running in a video mode that
- supports at least 256 colors.
-
- This CD contains the runtime version of Video for Windows 1.1. If you don't
- already have Video for Windows version 1.1 or greater installed, you should
- have let us install it when you installed this course. If you did not,
- re-install this course and let us install Video for Windows for you!
-
- There is a wide range of video cards and monitors in the marketplace.
- Standard VGA supports a maximum of 640X480 resolution using 16 colors.
- Other video systems can support as high as 1024X768 resolution using
- 16 million colors. You can also use different resolutions. Popular choices are:
-
- 640X480 16 colors (Standard VGA)
- 640X480 256 colors
- 800X600 256 colors
- 640X480 64,000 colors
- 800X600 64,000 colors
- 640X480 16 million colors
- 800X600 16 million colors
- 1024X768 256 colors
-
- Video cards that contain 1M RAM typically support the first four modes. Video
- cards with more RAM can support the other modes as well.
-
- So, which mode should you choose? This depends on your video card and
- monitor.
-
- If you have a card and/or monitor that supports VGA only, then choose
- 640X480X16 colors. You won't see the video at the beginning and end
- of each lesson, but the course will still be very effective.
-
- If you have a 512K or 1M RAM video card, choose 640X480X256 colors. If you
- have a 1M card and a very fast computer, such as a 486DX66, you may want to
- try 640X480X64,000 colors. The video clips will look better in this mode.
- However, on some systems they may appear jerky, and the audio may not
- be quite in sync with the video.
-
- If you have a 2M or better video card, choose 640X480X64,000 colors. This
- course will run in higher screen resolutions, but it looks best at this
- video mode.
-
- To change video modes, use the Windows Setup program, which is located in
- your Windows Main Group. Consult your video card manual to install the
- correct video drivers on your system.
-
- Section III - Using WinTutor on a Network
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-
- If you plan to use this course on a network, each computer to be used
- must have its own audio board.
-
- Whenever someone wishes to take this course, you must have the CD for this
- course mounted in a CD-ROM drive that is connected to the network.
- Two people will not be able to take this course at the same time.
-
- If you have approximately 70MB of free disk space, you may wish to run
- this course directly off the hard disk. This should allow multiple
- users to use this course simultaneously.
-
- Use the following steps for network hard disk installation:
-
- 1) Copy all of the files from the CD to your network drive with the
- directories intact.
-
- 2) For each user computer attached to the network that will run this
- course, do the following (assuming the network CD-ROM drive is S:):
-
- a) create the directory c:\wtnet
- b) xcopy s:\ptwin\run c:\wtnet
- c) add the following lines to the end of the text file
- c:\wtnet\defaults.ptw:
-
- __cddir "s:\ptwin"
- __audiodir "s:\ptwin\audio"
- __avidir "s:\ptwin\avi"
- __installdir "c:\wtnet"
- __cdaudio 0
-
-
- Section IV - Additional Courses Available and Custom Course Development
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-
- We have several other courses available. Call the Softkey, International
- sales line for information: 800-323-8088
-
- WE CAN DO CUSTOM WORK! We have a team of professional authors and
- developers who can create custom CBTs for your in-house Windows and
- MS-DOS applications.
-
- For more information, call or write:
-
- Paul Para
- Paragon Consultants, Inc.
- 158 Sandy Dr.
- Boulder, CO 80302
- Voice: 303-442-1613
- Fax: 303-939-0209
- E-mail: paulpara@ix.netcom.com
-
- Section V - Credits
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-
- Producer/Author: Paul Para (303) 442-1613 E-mail: paulpara@ix.netcom.com
-
- Author/Screen designer: Jennifer Bircher (303) 442-1613
-
- Narrator: Jeremy McCaleb: (303) 666-4876 E-mail: jmccaleb@netcom.com