The Best of Food & Wine is the latest addition to Multicom's cookbook series. The What's for Dinner section lets you search for recipes on all the Multicom Cookbook CD-ROM's that you own. Use the Multicom Cookbook Updater on this disk whenever you purchase a new Multicom cookbook.
Just call Multicom Toll Free at (800) 850-7272 for more information about other cookbooks or to purchase any of our other cookbook titles.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
1. A color-equipped (68030, 25 MHz processor or higher) Macintosh.
2. 8mb of physical RAM with 4mb of free RAM (Choose "About this Macintosh..." from
the Apple Menu and check the largest unused block. This should be 4096k or
greater).
3. 5mb of hard drive space
4. 13" Color Monitor or larger.
5. Must be used with System Software 7.0 or higher, and QuickTime 1.6.1 or higher.
6. A modem (2400 baud or faster) or TCP/IP connection if you wish to use the Online portion of the
program (optional).
INSTALLATION
Step 1 Place the The Best of Food & Wine disc into your CD drive. An icon labeled Food & Wine will
appear on your desktop.
Step 2 Double-Click on the Food & Wine icon and a window conataining and icon called Food & Wine Install
will open on your desktop.
Step 3 Double-Click on the installer and follow the directions to install the program onto your hard drive.
Step 4 If you own any other Multicom cookbooks or if you later purchase them, you can run the
Multicom Cookbook Updater Program to update The Best of Food & Wine to allow you to search the
additional recipes. See the online Help for more information.
Step 5 Open up your Hard Drive and find the The Best of Food & Wine Folder. Open it and Double-Click on the
The Best of Food & Wine program icon to start.
Ñ The CD-Rom must be in the CD-Drive in order to run!
Ñ You must run the program from your Hard Disk and not from the CD-Rom for it to function
properly.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE ONLY NECESSARY IF YOU EXPERIENCE CHOPPY OR LOW
QUALITY VIDEOS.
Step 1 If the QuickTime extension has not yet been installed in your Extensions folder or the version you have installed is older than 1.6.1, copy the QuickTime extension from the Utilities folder on the CD into your Extensions folder. (To check the version of QuickTime¬, highlight its icon in the Extensions folder by clicking on it ONCE and select "Get Info" from the File menu at the top of your screen). If the QuickTime extension already in your Extensions folder is version 1.6.1 or newer, you do not need to copy the QuickTime extension from the CD.
Ñ We include QuickTime 2.1 on the CD which, as of 11/95, was the newest version of QuickTime
available. It includes fixes to QuickTime 2.0 which previously necessitated the use of the
Apple Multimedia Tuner extension. If you are using an older version of QuickTime, the
new version included here should boost performance.
Step 2 if the Sound Manager extension has not yet been installed in your Extensions folder or the version you have is older than 3.1, copy the Sound Manager extension from the Utilities folder on the CD into your Extensions folder. (To check the version of Sound Manager, highlight its icon in the Extensions folder by clicking on it ONCE and select "Get Info" from the File menu at the top of your screen). If the Sound Manager extension already in your Extensions folder is version 3.1 or newer, you do not need to copy the Sound Manager extension from the CD.
Step 3 Restart your computer. Once your computer has restarted, you can run the program as described in the above steps.
TURNING OFF THE BACKGROUND MUSIC
If you would like to turn off the background music, you can do so by adjusting your computer's Sound control Panel located in the Control Panels folder in your System Folder.
TROUBLESHOOTING
If you are experiencing problems running The Best of Food & Wine check the following:
Ñ Make sure the program has enough memory available
In the Finder, go to the Apple menu (top left of screen) and select "About this Macintosh." The "Largest Unused Block" should be at least 4,096k (more if you wish to run the Online section of the program concurrently with Food & Wine). If it is below 4,096k, make sure that no other applications are running. (You can check this by clicking on the Macintosh icon on the top-right corner of your menu bar. "Finder" should be the only application listed.) If no other applications are running and your Largest Unused Block is still below 4,096k, you should turn on or increase your virtual memory.
Ñ Turning on Virtual Memory
In the Finder, go to the Apple menu (top left of screen), select the "Control Panels" and then select the item "Memory." On the pop-up panel, find the Virtual Memory section and switch it on. You will need to restart your computer to have this change take effect. (Note: You can change the size of the Virtual Memory in the box on the right side. Usually, the default setting is sufficient.)
SPECIAL NOTES
Ñ It is NOT recommended that you run programs simultaneously with The Best of Food & Wine. If
our program is forced to run in the background, it can cause conflicts with applications in the foreground.
Ñ To avoid printing problems, be sure to turn background printing OFF. This can be done via the Chooser under
the Apple Menu at the top left corner of the screen.
Ñ Printer sharing should also be turned off. This can be done via the Chooser under the Apple menu.
Ñ Performance problems may arise when Appletalk is on and you are connected to a network. If you
notice slowdowns during use, make sure you are disconnected from a network.
Ñ To avoid database conflicts ensure that File Sharing is turned off. This can be done via the File Sharing Control
Panel.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR POWERMACS
Best results are obtained if:
1) Modern Memory Manager is turned off
2) Virtual Memory is turned on if you have 8MB of installed RAM or less. The lower the Virtual Memory size,
the better the performance. 10MB is a good starting point.
3) Cache Size is set to 256K or less (sound tends to break up the larger the cache size).
It is a good rule of thumb to set your cache size to around 32K per megabyte of RAM installed.
For Example, 8 MB X 32K = 256K.
* The Memory Control Panel controls each of these features.
HELP
The Best of Food & Wine has an extensive on-line Help section. You can access it at any time by clicking on the HELP icon located on the bottom of most screens.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
For free technical support, call our offices in Seattle, WA at (800)850-7272 or (206) 622-5530 during the following hours:
