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Jonathan Cook Presents Multimedia for Everyone A Trip to the Aquarium SHARKS AND OTHER BEAUTIES OF THE DEEP SPECIAL BONUS OFFER FOR THOSE WHO REGISTER! Register this product and receive another one of our complete multimedia products absolutely free. Two multimedia adventures for the price of one. That's less than $5.00 each! INTRODUCTION This revolutionary multimedia product is designed to delight young and old alike. Specially designed to be simple and easy to use by young children, this product requires only one mouse button click to play both the audio and video segments. This makes it very easy, entertaining and educational for even the youngest child (or inexperienced adult). Using amazing new proprietary technology, this multimedia adventure incorporates big, full motion 256 color video, full featured sound and an awesome Windows-like graphical user interface (GUI). Yet this product runs on virtually any PC... in DOS! WINDOWS IS NOT REQUIRED. AN EXPENSIVE SOUND CARD IS NOT NEEDED. A CD-ROM DRIVE IS NOT NEEDED. In fact, just about any PC with a hard drive and a standard VGA graphics system will work. Faster PCs provide better results, but even slower PCs can create exciting multimedia effects by adjusting the configuration parameters found with the F1 key. USING MULTIMEDIA FOR EVERYONE After unzipping the download file, simply change to the subdirectory to which you unzipped the files, type SHARKS and press the ENTER key. Read the registration screen (absent in the registered version) and press any key. You will then enter a completely GUI environment and see the title screen with the pictures representing the thumb nail images of the audio/video segments. Simply single click the mouse on any one of the images to see the audio/video segment. You will then return to the main screen to select another audio/video segment. Although simple, this product is kid tested. We have found that young children love the repetitive sound and video, and adapt quickly to the very easy single mouse click access to the videos. To exit the system, click the exit icon found at the bottom of the main screen. NOTES No special install routine is required to run the shareware multimedia adventure (The registered version comes with installation instructions). However, you can fine tune the performance of the videos by pressing the F1 key after start up and setting the configuration options that best suit your PC. There are four configuration options. To change any of them, simply click on the recessed box containing the value you want to change. A cursor will appear. Type in the new value and press ENTER. The mouse cursor will reappear and you can click and change another value. Click on OK to accept your changes. Click CANCEL to cancel any changes. Click HELP for help. The configuration options are: 1) Frame Skip Rate: This is normally set to 1 (2 for the shareware version). You can speed up your videos by increasing this number. This increases the number of video frames skipped and makes your videos appear to advance faster 2) Frame Delay Rate: This is normally set to 0: On fast PCs you can slow down your videos by increasing this number. 3) Button Pause Rate: This value controls the time that a mouse button appears pushed down. It is useful on fast PCs where a button push may appear too fast. Increase this number to slow down the button response. 4) End of Video Pause: This value controls how long the video pauses when complete. Increase this number to pause the end of the video longer. The built in start up .BAT file is designed to work with virtually all PC systems. If, when running the software, you get an "Out of Environment Space" message from DOS, be sure to increase the environment space parameter for COMMAND.COM. See your DOS documentation for details. Most mice should work fine. Be sure that you have a 100% Microsoft compatible mouse and DOS mouse driver. The mouse driver must be loaded (if you run Windows, it has its own internal mouse driver which will not run this product) prior to running this product. In addition, some three button mice have a PC/MS switch. You should use the MS setting. For registered users: You can easily run this multimedia adventure from Windows. Since it is a complete Graphical User Interface product, it looks and feels much like Windows and flows seamlessly with Windows. A Windows .Pif file is included with the registered version to help you set this product up for Windows. Compatibility: We have tested this software on a variety of PCs. We noticed on one PC that the videos may display flashing vertical lines and display pixels outside of the video frame. This was rare did not cause any problems or significantly effect performance. SHAREWARE CONCEPT This multimedia extravaganza is distributed under the shareware plan. If you use it, it is requested that you register your copy. Shareware allows you, the user, the opportunity to preview and test software to see if it meets your needs. We have tried hard to put together a quality product and we believe it to be competitive with the corresponding high priced, big company products. Please note, that in order to reduce the download size of this product to a reasonable size, the shareware version is reduced in size by eliminating some of the video segments and frames. These segments are clearly marked when played. When you register your product, you will, of course, receive all of the complete videos. So register your copy today and get another one of our complete multimedia products absolutely free. Two multimedia adventures for the price of one. That's less than $5.00 each! ALL THIS FOR ONLY $9.95!! (+ $4.00 Shipping & Handling) ----------------------------------------------------------------- You may register your copy by sending the following: $9.95 (+$4.00 S&H) in U.S. funds to: Jonathan Cook 7084 N. Cedar Ave. #108 Fresno, CA 93720 Please make checks payable to: Jonathan Cook Please include the following information (over seas users adjust the address format as necessary): Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Product Name: Where did you find this multimedia product? Comments: USER SUPPORT We encourage you to write with your questions and comments. You can write us at the above U.S.A address or at our CompuServe address: 72672,2502 or Internet address: 72672.2502@compuserve.com You can voice message/fax your questions and comments 24 hours, 7 days a week to: (209) 299-4958 Please leave a day and evening phone number if we need to return your call. Please leave a FAX or CompuServe/INTERNET Email number if possible. Please send your FAX manually by pressing your FAX start button at the end of the voice message. DISCLAIMER AND WARRANTY the small print Users of THIS PRODUCT must accept this disclaimer of warranty: The program is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove defective, you (and not Jonathan Cook) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Jonathan Cook does not warrant that the function contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error free. In no event will Jonathan Cook be liable to you for any damages including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use such program or for any claim by any other party. Please read this product license agreement found in the file LICENSE.DOC. By using this software, you are bound by the terms of the license agreement. DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Applies to shareware version only Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. THIS PRODUCT is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using THIS PRODUCT and continue to use THIS PRODUCT after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $9.95 to Jonathan Cook. The $9.95 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of THIS PRODUCT must register and pay for their copies of THIS PRODUCT within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Jonathan Cook. Anyone distributing THIS PRODUCT for any kind of remuneration must first contact Jonathan Cook at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering THIS PRODUCT immediately (However Jonathan Cook must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of THIS PRODUCT.). You are encouraged to pass a copy of THIS PRODUCT along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the THIS PRODUCT. Association of Shareware Professionals Jonathan Cook is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616- 788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.