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DEAR SYSOP OR LIBRARIAN,
THE FOLLOWING IS A MULTI-MEDIA MAGAZINE. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND,
'THE VIDEO STORE' IS A MAGAZINE THAT REVIEWS SOME OF THE LATEST
VIDEO RELEASES WITH EMPHASIS ON HARD TO FIND TITLES FOR YOUR
CUSTOMERS INFORMATION. THE USER CAN SEE CLIPS OF SOME OF THE
MOVIES REVIEWED DUE TO OUR USE OF ANIMATION UNDER THE MCI
STANDARD OF MICROSOFT CORP, AND ASYMETRIX TOOLBOOK.
THE VERSION YOU HAVE IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE RUNTIME LICENSE
AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH ASYMETRIX CORP. THE PROGRAM WE HAVE
PUBLISHED IS PUBLIC DOMAIN. IN FUTURE VERSIONS WE WILL ALSO
INCLUDE SOUND BYTES FROM MOVIES AND CD'S THAT WE REVIEW. OUR
REGISTRERED SUBSCRIBERS WILL ALSO GET AN AUDIO VERSION, IF THEY
HAVE A CD ROM DRIVE, OR AUDIO BOARD SUCH AS THE SOUND BLASTER.
MICROSOFT & INTEL HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A NEW COOP AGREEMENT IN
WHICH THEY WILL INCLUDE MULTI-MEDIA BUILT INTO THE 486 CHIP
USING THE MICROSOFT 'DVI' STANDARD. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
SOFTWARE VERSION FOR BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY. THIS PROGRAM OR
CHIP WILL ALLOW THE AVERAGE COMPUTER USER TO WATCH TV ON HIS
COMPUTER MONITOR. TV IMAGES CAN COME FROM A VCR, A CAMCORDER,
OR A MULTI-MEDIA PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS ONE.
FOR ALL THESE REASONS, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OF UTMOST INTEREST
TO YOUR USERS.
{FOR MORE ON INSTALLING IT - SEE 'README.TXT'}
IF YOU'RE INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE. DO THE FOLLOWING:
MAKD A DIRECTORY AND CALL IT ANYTHING YOU WANT EXCEPT 'VIDEOS'
COPY 'DISK1' AND 'DISK2' TO THIS NEW DIRECTORY. EXAMPLE 'NEWDIR'
TYPE 'MD\NEWDIR'
TYPE 'CD\NEWDIR'
GO TO WINDOWS
PULL DOWN 'FILE' MENU
CLICK ON 'RUN' COMMAND
TYPE IN 'C:\NEWDIR\SETUP.EXE' IN THE FILE DIALOG BOX.
THE VIDEO STORE WILL UNCOMPRESS AND INSTALL INTO A WINDOWS PROGMANAGER
WINDOW CALLED 'TOOLBOOK'
CLICK ON THE VIDEO STORE ICON
YOU SHOULD SEE THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR MAGAZINE.
IF YOU'RE INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE. DO THE FOLLOWING:
MAKD A DIRECTORY AND CALL IT ANYTHING YOU WANT EXCEPT 'VIDEOS'
COPY 'DISK1' AND 'DISK2' TO THIS NEW DIRECTORY. EXAMPLE 'NEWDIR'
TYPE 'MD\NEWDIR'
TYPE 'CD\NEWDIR'
GO TO WINDOWS
PULL DOWN 'FILE' MENU
CLICK ON 'RUN' COMMAND
TYPE IN 'C:\NEWDIR\SETUP.EXE' IN THE FILE DIALOG BOX.
THE VIDEO STORE WILL UNCOMPRESS AND INSTALL INTO A WINDOWS PROG MANAGER
WINDOW CALLED 'TOOLBOOK'
CLICK ON THE VIDEO STORE ICON
YOU SHOULD SEE THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR MAGAZINE.
NEXT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
{If the clips don't run...
YOU MUST INSTALL THE MULTI-MEDIA DRIVERS IF YOU WANT TO WATCH OUR FILM
CLIPS ON YOUR COMPUTER. IF YOU HAVE WINDOWS VER 3.1, THIS MAY NOT BE
NECESSARY. BUT WE FIND IN MOST CASES YOU HAVE TO DO THE FOLLOWING.
1. GOTO the control panel
2. Click on the 'Drivers' Icon
3. Click on 'ADD' a driver.
4. You will see a list of installed drivers.
5. If you don't see 'MCI AUTODESK ANIMATION DRIVER' ...
You must click on 'UNLISTED' TO ADD THE DRIVER
6. Fill in the dialog box with either 'A:mciaap.drv'
or the hard drive subdirectory where the files from disk1 & 2
were installed. example: 'C:\newdir\mciaap.drv'
This should complete the installation of this Multi-Media Magazine.
THE FILES YOU WILL NEED ARE COMPRESSED USING MICROSOFT'S
COMPRESS.EXE AND WILL UNCOMPRESS AUTOMATICALLY DURING THE
INSTALLATION PROCESS.
>>>>>> THE VIDEO STORE MUST THEREFORE BE INSTALLED USING THE 'FILE,
>>>>>> RUN' 'SETUP.EXE' COMMAND FROM WITHIN WINDOWS
THE FILES YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE ARE:
YOU MUST HAVE THESE:
TBOOK.EXE, "ToolBook Executables"
VIDEO.TBK
SETUP.EXE
SETUP.INF
TBKBASE.DLL
TBKCOMP.DLL
TBKDLG.DLL
TBKFILE.DLL
TBKNET.EXE
TBKUTIL.DLL
TBKWIN.DLL
TBKMM.SBK
VIDEO.ICO
VGAVCR.FLI
README.TXT
oemsetup.inf
mciaap.drv
TWO OPTIONAL FILES ON THE 2ND DISKETTE, 'VIDEO2.ZIP' ARE:
TREK.FLI & vgavcr.FLI
THESE ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT ARE DESIRABLE SINCE THEY ARE TWO OF
THE THREE FILM CLIPS IN THE PROGRAM.
THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS CALL 1-408-423-8580