MediaClips: Island Designs/VIN_ALOHA.iso/pc/read.me

Text File | 1990-10-12 | 6KB | 136 lines

**** Welcome to Aris Entertainment's Vintage Aloha(tm) ****

Thank you for your purchase.  Your Aris disc was created by some
of the leading professionals in the CD-ROM field with two goals
in mind: first, to deliver an outstanding value, and second, to
make content more accessable to multi-media developers.

To start using this disc, type "ALOHA" at the CD-ROM drive's
DOS prompt.  If you do not have 512K of video memory, use the
"LOWRES" batch file by typing "LOWRES" at the CD-ROM drive's DOS
prompt.  This will display files in 320 x 200 x 256 colors.  You
will need a Sound Blaster card or 100% compatible to hear the
music.

The following programs are copyrighted programs licensed by Aris
Entertainment, Inc. for distribution on this disc:

VPLAY.EXE = Copyright (c) Creative Labs, Inc., 1990.  All rights
reserved and Copyright (c) Creative Technology Pte Ltd, 1990.
All rights reserved.

ALCHEMY.EXE = Copyright (c) 1990-91, Handmade Software, Inc.

Please note that while there is no royalty on use of Media
Clips(tm), they are copyrighted materials owned by Aris
Entertainment and the participating artists.  You may not use
Media Clips(tm) in any clip art product.  When you use materials
from this disc, you may do so without royalty, provided you
place the following copyright notice "(C) Copyright Aris
Entertainment, Inc., 1991" and credit to the artist whose works
you have used in the credit section of your product or
presentation, or in the case of print reproduction, adjacent to
the image.

The disc you have in your CD-ROM drive contains two complete
versions of Vintage Aloha (tm), one for Macintosh, the other for
PC.  Your CD-ROM driver is smart enough to figure out which one
you view, so sit back and enjoy.

********** Files on this disc **********

There are 100 high quality images and 100 sound tracks stored on
this disc.  Images are stored in several formats for your
convenience:

1.  24-bit TIF, uncompressed in 640 x 480 format, for high
resolution paint programs and desktop publishing.

2.  8-bit PCX, 640 x 480 format, for most DOS paint programs.

3.  8-bit BMP, 640 x 480 format, for compatibility with Windows.

4.  8-bit PCX, 320 x 200 format, for standard VGA.

5.  8-bit PCX, 120 x 90 format, for quick viewing.

You may use the IMAGE ALCHEMY shareware program for two weeks
without registering the software and paying the fee.  Please
note, this program works well on all 640 x 480 or smaller
images.  It offers many fine capabilities, such as
conversion between many different formats, including Mac and PC,
and it should find a home in your imaging utilities directories.
The registered version will handle images larger than 640 x 480.

A navigational HyperPAD application called "ALOHA" has been
included to help find your way through the files.  The TAB key
moves through the fields, ENTER selects.  The mouse is also
supported.  Best display quality is obtained with Super VGA
video boards with 512K of video memory.  Sound may be played if
you have a Sound Blaster card -- just select the Sound button in
the HyperPAD interface.

Audio is stored in the SNDFILES directory in Microsoft's WAV
format, as well as in VOC format in the SNDBLAST directory.
This sound has been tested with MPC compatible sound boards and
is of a quality high enough (22 Khz, mono) for multi-media
presentations.  You must have an MPC compatible sound board with
speaker or headphone to hear the WAV files.  The Mediavision Pro
Spectrum and the Sound Blaster Professional sound boards were
used in the development of this product.  They were easy to
install and both worked well.

********** Windows Users - Navigational Software **********

Every attempt has been made to provide MPC compatible content,
both in images (BMP format) and sound (WAV format).  A
navigational program created with Toolbook, similar in function
to that found on the Macintosh version of this disc will be
available by January, 1992 from Aris Entertainment, Inc.
Please call or write for details:

Aris Entertainment, Inc.  12160 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Suite 107
Portland, Oregon 97223 [phone] [phone] FAX

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