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Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia¬

Windows¬ Version Read Me Notes

1. Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.
This document contains information to help you get optimum
performance on the Windows version of Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.
If you are having problems installing or running Fischer's Erotic
Encyclopedia, please read the following notes.


2. System Requirements

This section lists the minimum and recommended hardware
requirements for Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.  If your system does
not meet these requirements, the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia
program may not run or the program may have very poor
performance.

Minimum hardware requirements
40 MHz 486SX processor
8 Mb of RAM (using virtual memory with a permanent swap file that
is 8 megabytes or larger)
256 color SVGA video card with a resolution of 640 x 480
Windows-compatible sound card with Windows drivers installed, and
speakers or headphones
Double speed CD-ROM drive
Windows-compatible pointing device
(mouse recommended)


Recommended hardware requirements
66 MHz 486DX/2 (or better) processor
16 Mb of RAM
256 color SVGA video card with a resolution of 640 x 480
Windows-compatible sound card with Windows drivers installed, and
speakers or headphones
Double speed CD-ROM drive
Windows-compatible pointing device
(mouse recommended)


Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia requires Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11
running in DOS 5.0 or later.  Also, QuickTime¬ for Windows 2.1 and
Sound Manager 3.1 must be installed on your computer; this
installation is performed by the Installer that comes with Fischer's
Erotic Encyclopedia.

3.  Installation

Windows 95
This disc is autorun-enabled for Windows 95.  Installation on
Windows 95 is done automatically when the disc is first inserted.
After that, inserting the disc will automatically run the product.

If the autorun feature is disabled:
   1.  From the Taskbar select "Start," "Settings," "Control Panel."
   2.  In Control Panel, double-click on "Add/Remove Programs."
   3.  Select the "Install/Uninstall" tab and press the "Install" button.
   4.  Insert the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia CD-ROM in the CD-ROM
drive and press the "Next" button.
   5.  Press the "Finish" button and follow the instructions.


Windows 3.1 or 3.11/3.11 Windows for Workgroups

   1.  Insert the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia CD-ROM in your CD-ROM
drive.  From the PROGRAM MANAGER, using the mouse, click once on
File (in the top left corner) to open the FILE menu.  In this menu,
click once on Run to open the RUN window.  At this point, you will be
prompted for a command line.  Search for and select the installation
program by following steps 2 through 5.

   2.  Click once on the Browse button in this window to search for
and select the installation program.  In the Browse window you'll
find an option to select the drive (bottom of the window in the
middle).  It will probably be showing the hard drive "C" and an
arrow at the end of the line.  Click once on the arrow to show all of
the available drives.  The drive showing a disc protruding from the
front is the CD-ROM drive.  Click on this drive to select it.  (It will
probably be "D" or higher.)

   3.  The large box to the upper left of the drives option will now
show all of the executable programs on the CD-ROM drive, one of
these being the installation program named INSTALL.EXE.

   4.  Click once on this file (INSTALL.EXE) to select the file, then click
on the [OK] button to accept the drive letter and file name selection.

   5.  The RUN window will now be restored, and the command line
will now be completed with the selections.  Click on the [OK] button to
activate the installation program.

   6.  From this point, follow the program instructions and respond
when necessary with the appropriate choices.

4.  Starting Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia
To start Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia from the Program Manager,
double-click on the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia icon in the Fischer's
Erotic Encyclopedia program group.

5.  Recommendations for Running Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia

We recommend that you do not run any other program in the
background while playing Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.  This will
allow the program to run with the maximum amount of memory
available on your system.  We also recommend that you do not run
virus protection software or screen savers when using this program.

If your computer is on a network, you should shut down any
networking applications such as mail readers, FTP, daemons, etc.  It
is also a good idea to log off the network; to do that, enter the
Network group in the Program Manager and double-click on the Log
On/Off icon.

6.  Hardware Incompatibilities

The Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program has been designed to work
with the hardware components of a wide variety of computer
systems.  In some cases, however, certain hardware components may
not be compatible with the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program.

The Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program requires that hardware
components be capable of running projectors (i.e., executable files)
created by Macromedia Director¬ and displaying QuickTime movies.
In the Quck Time window there is a README icon which outlines all
the information about QuickTime 2.1.

If you have a video card or sound card that is not compatible with
Macromedia projector files or QuickTime 2.1, your system may not
be able to run the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program.  If you are
experiencing problems running the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia
program, please check the QuickTime README file.  We also
recommend that you check the following sections of the Readme
document you are currently reading for possible solutions.  In many
cases, a simple change to your system configuration will make it
possible to run the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program.

7.  Video Card Problems

If you encounter video problems when using Fischer's Erotic
Encyclopedia , we recommend that you try the following possible
fixes.

Change the QTW.INI file settings.

The QuickTime for Windows initialization file, QTW.INI, will be found
in your Windows directory.  This file controls the way the QuickTime
movies are played.  In some situations, altering the Optimize line in
the [Video] section of QTW.INI will fix video problems.  (If you do not
have video problems, you should not change the Optimize line
because the performance will degrade).  You can use the Notepad
editor to make changes to the QTW.INI file.

The normal setting for the Optimize setting is

[Video]
Optimize=Hardware

Changing this section to

[Video]
Optimize=Driver

will fix "false positive" bugs where QuickTime for Windows thinks it
knows what video chipset is present, but is in fact wrong.


If you still have problems, you can try changing to

[Video]            or to         [Video]
Optimize=BMP                Optimize=DIB

These settings will work in most cases but the performance will
suffer considerably.

Obtain New Windows Display Drivers

If you are experiencing video display problems, it is often a good
idea to check with your video card vendor to see if more recent
versions of the Windows display drivers are available.  Many
vendors are continually improving their display drivers to address
compatibility problems.

The DRIVERS directory on the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia CD-ROM
disc contains a recent set of video display drivers for Cirrus Logic
video adapters.  If your system has Cirrus Logic video hardware and
you are using an older display driver, you should check the
\DRIVERS\CIRRUS directory for updated drivers.  Cirrus Logic
drivers are provided for the following video systems:
    CL-GD543X systems
    CL-GD5422
    CL-GD5424
    CL-GD5426
    CL-GD5428

These drivers are recommended for use with Fischer's Erotic
Encyclopedia; they are provided with an install program and, in some
cases, a README file.

Change the Windows Video Display Driver

If you have additional Windows video display drivers available,
changing to another display driver may fix video-related problems.
To change a Windows display driver use the Windows Setup program
(found in the Main group of the Program Manager), or use the utility
supplied by the video hardware manufacturer, or see Windows
documentation.

Change the Color Display Mode

On some video cards, you can change the number of display colors.
Changing from 8-bit color display (i.e., 256 colors) to 16-bit (i.e.,
32,768 colors) or 24-bit (i.e., 16.7 million colors) color display will
allow you to run the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program in some
cases.

The method for changing the color display mode varies according to
the type of video card.  Use the procedure supplied by the
manufacturer, or see Windows documentation.

8.  Sound Playback Problems

If you do not hear sound when running the Fischer's Erotic
Encyclopedia program, we recommend that you follow the steps
outlined in this section.  In general, if you can hear waveform sound
playback from other Windows programs you should hear sound in
Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.

If you do not hear sound:


1.  Make sure that your sound card is properly installed and that
your speakers are connected.  If your speaker(s) has a power switch
make sure that it is turned on.  You should also adjust the volume
adjustment knob on your speakers and/or on the external faceplate
of your sound card.

2.  Make sure that the sound card software has been properly
installed and that Windows sound drivers were installed.

3.  If your sound card uses a sound "volume level" or mixer program,
you should use this program to adjust the sound volume level in
Windows.  For instance, SoundBlaster sound cards come with the
Creative Mixer program; this program is usually located in the
SoundBlaster group in the Program Manager.

4.  You can check the sound playback from the Sound control panel.
To check sound playback, run the Windows Control Panel program in
the Main group of the Program Manager.  Click on the Sound icon to
display the Sound dialog box.  Click on one of the ".wav" files in the
Files list box (e.g., chimes.wav) and press the Test button.  If you do
not hear any sound, your Windows sound system has not been
properly set up.

5.  Make sure that no other programs are running when you run
Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.

6.  In the Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program, adjust the sound
level using the slider on the Information ("i") page.

If you follow these steps, you should be able to hear sound while
running Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia.

9.  QuickTime for Windows Installation

The Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia program requires that you have
QuickTime for Windows 2.1 installed on your computer system.  If
you do not have QuickTime for Windows 2.1 already installed on
your computer, use the Install program to set up QuickTime for
Windows.

If you have an earlier version of QuickTime for Windows running on
your computer, you should upgrade to QuickTime for Windows 2.1
using the Install program.

When installing QuickTime for Windows, you must select Local, and
ignore both Client and Server on the Installation Options dialog box.
Press the Continue button to continue the QuickTime for Windows
installation.

During installation, if the setup program asks you to remove
QuickTime files on your CD, just select Skip.


10.  Customer Service and Technical Support

If you have problems running Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia, please
read the preceding notes first.  In many cases, a simple fix will solve
your problem.  If you still experience difficulties, you can call our
customer service telephone number.

Before calling the customer service number, please have the
following information available:

ò   A detailed description of your problem and any messages that
were displayed.

ò   The hardware components in your computer system.  This
includes the type of processor, the CD-ROM drive, the video card, and
the sound card.

ò   The amount of free memory available and the amount of hard
drive space that is available.

Customer service can be contacted by:

                    phone: [phone]

                    fax :      [phone]

                    email:  [e-mail]

Copyright ⌐ 1996 Dreamcatcher Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
Dreamcatcher Interactive and design and Fischer's Erotic
Encyclopedia and design are trademarks of Dreamcatcher Inc.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All
references to third-party products are for informational purposes
only; the names of those products may be trademarks of third
parties.