The folder named "Drag Contents to Your HardDrive" contains four items:
1) PC Bedtime Stories - The standard launcher for the main program on the CD-ROM
2) PC Bedtime Stories PPC - The PowerMac launcher for the main program on the CD-ROM
3) PCBS Translator
4) Read Me First (This document)
If you are using a Power Macintosh, drag the "PC Bedtime Stories PPC" icon to your hard drive. If you are not using a Power Macintosh, drag the "PC Bedtime Stories" icon to your hard drive. In either case, drag the "PCBS Translator" and "Read Me First" icons to your hard drive.
To launch Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, double click on the appropriate "PC Bedtime Stories" icon on your hard drive.
• If You Do Not Have Enough Memory:
Try turning off unnecessary extensions and control panels to free up extra memory. For example, this product does not use "Quicktime." You can temporarily disable it.
To turn off unused extensions under system 7.5, an "Extensions Manager" control panel is provided to disable parts of your system software that you do not need.
To turn off unused extensions under systems previous to 7.5, you can create an "Extensions Disabled" folder and move unnecessary items to it.
Also check your Memory Control panel (in the System Folder/Control Panels/Memory). Turn the disk cache as low as it will go (32K is the lowest). Make sure virtual memory and any other memory expanding software is turned off. (Virtual memory may severely inhibit the performance of this product on PowerMac systems).
Remember to restart your computer after making changes to your extensions and memory.
• How to Adjust Memory:
For optimal performance, we recommend that you have at least 5800K of RAM free.
From the Apple Menu, select "About this Macintosh." The "Largest Unused Block" shows how much free memory is available.
Now select the icon for Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by clicking on it once. From the file menu, select "Get Info." In the "Get info" window is a section regulating Memory Requirements - change the number in the "preferred size" field of this section to the number that was shown as the "Largest Unused Block" in "About this Macintosh". (Make sure to round down the number to the nearest hundred. For example, if the number of "Largest Unused Block" is 7486, round down the number to 7400.)
•Troubleshooting:
If the System beeps while Politically Correct Bedtime Stories is running, or if you hear no sound at all, there is more RAM allocated to the product than the System has to spare.
Quit the program by typing command-Q or command-period (the command key has the little apple and clover leaf on it). You might see a message from Finder telling you that it doesn't have enough memory to keep a window open. Lower the number in the "Preferred Size" field by about 50 - 100 K following the instructions above and try again.
• How To Install Politically Correct Screen Savers
On your CD-ROM is a folder called Screen Savers. This contains two icons:
1) PCBS Screen Savers (a folder)
2) Digital Daze (a control panel)
PCBS Screen Savers folder contains four animated screen savers:
Nature's Checklist
Towering Giants
Reservoir Wolves
Wolf Fashion Show
Digital Daze is a control panel that must be installed in your control panels folder to run the screen savers. Double click on your hard drive and find the System Folder. Drag the "Digital Daze" icon on top of the System Folder - when the System Folder is highlighted, release the mouse. System 7 and above will automatically place the "Digital Daze" control panel into the appropriate folder.
Now open the System Folder and find the Preferences Folder. Drag the folder called "PCBS Screen Savers" into the Preferences Folder. YOU MUST PLACE THE WHOLE FOLDER (and please do not rename the folder) into your Preferences Folder.
Restart your Macintosh for the "Digital Daze" control panel to properly initialize. Upon restart, you may open the control panel, select a module from the list available, and set the amount of time your computer must remain idle before the screen saver becomes active.
We are not responsible for any psychological damage that the repetitive nature of the screen savers may incur. Some known symptoms include hearing the word "check" each time a bird whistles and incessantly humming the Towering Giants Theme Song while in public. Some unknown symptoms are not known. If these or any other symptoms should occur, please deinstall your screen savers and take a much needed rest away from computers. Feel free to contact your local computer dealer or your friends about your problems.
• Politically Correct Forms
Included in the folder "Stationary Templates" are form templates from several popular applications for you to customize and use as letterhead or fax forms. Each will open as an untitled document and you will have to perform a "Save As" to keep your changes to the document.
• Politically Correct StartupScreen Files
Included in the folder "Startup Screens" are four different startup screens. In order to use them, you will need to drop one of the files into your system folder. They must be loose within the System Folder itself and not buried deeper within another folder. Next time you restart your computer, the StartupScreen will appear in place of the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen. Do not rename the StartupScreen files, or they will not be recognized by the system.
•Politically Correct Translator
In the folder called "Drag Contents to Your HardDrive" is a file called "PCBS Translator". This handy utility will allow you to translate PC speak into English and vice versa. Double click on the icon to start.
How it works: Select any letter of the alphabet, and depending on the toggle setting of PC (Politically Correct) to Not PC (Not Politically Correct), you'll get the appropriate definition of the selected term. Use the arrow keys to scroll through all the available words.
• In an Emergency:
If you need to suddenly quit out of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, you may do so at any time by pressing command-Q (the command key has the little apple and clover leaf on it) or command-period. This works even when the computer is in "My Turn" mode.
