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- HELP FILE FOR THE CD
-
- To run the menu straight away, double click on the !INTRO
- stack, and sit back...
-
- Now you can read the rest of this document!
-
- This document will help describe what this CD is about.
-
- This is the third Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM, and has been
- specially formatted to be read on the PC and Macintosh
- platforms as well as the Acorn. It contains software and
- multimedia sent in by readers and companies.
-
- The CD utilises a user interface created using the Acorn
- version of Hyperstudio 3, available from TAG Developments,
- although Mac and PC versions were used to ensure the interface
- works correctly on those machines. The Mac and PC versions are
- also available from Roger Wagner Publishing, the creators of
- Hyperstudio. See the !HSLICENCE file for more details.
-
- To run the interface, copies of the Hyperstudio player software
- for all three formats have been provided. The Acorn version
- requires 4 megabytes of memory, and Risc OS 3.1 or higher to
- run properly. If you have less than this amount, then you
- will have to access the CD directly. If you have a 4mb machine,
- and find you are having memory problems, then try to free as
- much memory as possible, before running the interface.
-
- The stack files with the /STK extensions (this will appear
- as .STK on the Mac and PC platforms) can only run on the
- PC or Mac versions of the Hyperstudio Player Software.
- These can be found in the WINDOWS and MACINTOSH directories
- on this CD, depending on which platform you are viewing the
- CD on - the MACINTOSH folder is only present on the Macintosh
- partition of the CD, which is unviewable on the PC and Acorn
- platforms (unless in the case of the latter, you own the full
- version of MacFS!)
-
- The stacks consist entirely of bitmaps, so extras such as
- Quicktime for Windows etc. are not provided on the CD. All
- you need are the Hyperstudio players safely unzipped onto
- your hard disc.
-
- There are two stacks you can run. The INTRO stack is just an
- introductory sequence, while the HOMESTACK launches the
- interface which will act as a starting point to your
- navigation about the CD.
-
- ACORN USERS
- -----------
-
- All the archives have been recompressed using ArcFS 2 into
- ArcFS archives (filetype &DDC), with the exception of certain
- directories, which contained zipped archives.
-
- Copies of !SparkPlug 2.25 and !ArcFS 0.73a have been provided
- to allow unpacking of files. The contents of zip files cannot
- be run directly. They must be copied from the CD onto your
- hard disc or floppy disc and run from there. The same applies
- to ArcFS archives. Although programs can be run from within
- an ArcFS archive, there is no guarantee as to whether they will
- work! If your are in any doubt about this, then COPY THE
- CONTENTS ONTO YOUR HARD OR FLOPPY DISC.
-
- It is VERY important that you make sure you have dearchived the
- software, reset the computer and reloaded the software before
- complaining to us if there is a problem. We get many letters
- and e-mails from people who have obviously not dearchived the
- software and have tried to run the contents from within one,
- resulting in various errors.
-
- If you are running the interface, memory problems
- may occur when you do try to dearchive software. In this
- case, the interface is best used to browse the contents of the
- CD. When you find the item you want, quit the !HSPlayer
- program, and copy the program to your hard disc.
-
- Certain pieces of software have been left unarchived, due to
- their sheer size, such as the Destiny demo. Most of the
- GALLERY section can be run directly off the CD. But generally,
- we would not recommend doing this for some software, as some
- programs may attempt to save configuration files.
-
- If you would like more details on how the interface was
- created, or to express your opinions about the CD, then please
- contact the author, Stephen Scott at his e-mail address
- banwackerin@hotmail.com.
-
- On behalf of the staff of Acorn User, TAG Developments and
- Roger Wagner Publishing, I hope you enjoy this CD.
-
-
- Stephen Scott, tapestry multimedia
- August, September 1997
-
- Interface conceived between 30 June and 12 September, 1997
-
- WWW 1 :http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/clint/40
- WWW 2 :http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/2760
- E-mail:banwackerin@hotmail.com
- Snail :17 Northcroft Villas
- Egham
- Surrey
- TW20 0DZ
- England
-