CATZ, Your Computer Petz (TM)

Welcome to Catz!

Ordering Catz for yourself or for a friend is simple - either go to your 
local software retailer or call us directly at 1-800-48-ADOPT.

Also available in the Computer Petz line from PF.Magic: Dogz and Oddballz!
 
Dogz (TM) are the very first Petz to live on your computer, giving you 
the joys of owning a dog without needing a pooper scooper! Dogz live on 
your desktop where they can scamper across applications, play games like 
keep away, fetch and chase, or nap in the corner of your screen while 
you're working.

Oddballz (TM) are the latest generation of Computer Petz.  Like Catz and 
Dogz, Oddballz live and play with you on your computer desktop.  However, 
Oddballz are different from anything you've ever seen before--with strange 
new habits, weird mutations and surprising reactions for you to discover.  
Start with seven hilarious breeds of Oddballz and then collect more off 
the World Wide Web!

You can have Dogz, Catz and Oddballz installed on your computer, but you can
only have one active at a time.

For more information and other fun stuff, check out the PF.Magic Web Site 
at: www.pfmagic.com


HOW TO INSTALL CATZ:
- Run SETUP.EXE
- This will install a copy of Catz to your hard drive.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

486DX, 50 MHz or higher
Windows 3.1 Enhanced Mode or Win’95
15 MB hard disk space, 4 MB RAM required
Win’95 requires at least 16 color video card and monitor
Windows 3.1 requires at least 256 color video card and monitor
Optional: Windows-compatible sound card and speakers



CATZ QUICK START

Getting Started
  - After you install Catz, you'll see a "Catz" icon in a Windows Program 
    Group (or under the "Programs" item of the START menu in Windows '95) 
    named "Yourname's Catz" (where "yourname" is your first name).
  - Start Catz by double-clicking on the icon named "Catz" (or simply 
    selecting the "Catz" item in the Start menu under Windows '95).
  - This will open the Catz Adoption Kit.
  - You can pet and play with any of the five Catz breeds and decide which 
    one is best for you!
  - When you decide which one you want to adopt, click the "Adopt Me 
    Now" button.

In the Adoption Kit you can pet and play with five different breeds of Catz.  
Once you have adopted your own Catz, you will have many other things to do.  
You will be able to feed and play with your Catz.  You will be able to groom 
them to change their color. Your Catz will take CatNapz, protecting your 
computer from monitor burn-in and file snoops.  Over time, your adopted 
Kittenz will grow up to be a full-size Catz.



IN THE ADOPTION KIT TRY THIS...

Picking up your Catz
  - To pick up Catz and move them to a new location, click the right mouse 
    button while the cursor is anywhere over the Catz.
  - Don't worry - this won't hurt it.  Releasing the mouse button will drop 
    your Catz safely to the desktop.
  - In the Adoption Kit, you can drop the Kittenz back on top of its basket 
    and then click on a new basket to play with a different Kittenz.

Catz love to be petted!
  - You can pet your Catz at any time.  To do this, simply click and hold the 
    left mouse button while the cursor is over the Catz.  The cursor will change 
    to a "petting hand."
  - Stroke the Catz with the cursor while holding down the left mouse 
    button.
  - If you pet your Catz just right and long enough, it might roll over to let 
    you scratch its stomach, purr, or even go to sleep.

Sleeping
  - If you leave Catz alone for several minutes, they usually nod off to sleep.   
    You may even catch them dreaming!
  - A nice way to wake up Catz is to pet them while they're sleeping.



AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING CATZ AT STARTUP (Windows 95)
  - If you follow these steps, Catz will automatically launch every time you
    start your computer:
        1)  Open the Catz directory so you can see the Catz program icon.
        2)  Click on the Catz program icon with the right mouse button, 
            and choose "Create Shortcut".
        3)  Leave this window open and visible on your desktop.
            In a separate window, open the following directory:
            Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp.
	4)  Drag the shortcut of Catz from Step 2 into the StartUp window.



IMPORTANT NOTE:
  - Catz love to run around on your computer screen.
  - Whenever you let a Catz loose on the screen, you will not be able to click 
    on any other application until you...

	1)  Return Catz to playpen mode, or
	2)  Quit Catz, or
	3)  Press ALT-TAB to switch to another application



KNOWN MISBEHAVIORS ("TROUBLESHOOTING")

"I'm having trouble putting Kittenz back into their baskets."
  - Make sure your cursor hand is positioned over the right basket when you drop 
    the Kittenz off.  
  - Or, you can click on that Kittenz' basket and wait for the Kittenz
    to jump back into it.

"My Catz disappears from the screen."
  - Like a real cat, your Catz will sometimes be busy with its own projects.
  - Try double-clicking the mouse to call your Catz back (it may come, it may 
    not).

"My Catz sometimes freezes on the screen."
  - Catz need to behave well, and make sure they don't slow down your 
    system.  If an important application needs to control your computer for a 
    few seconds, your Catz will hold still until that application lets go.  
    It's nothing to worry about!

"The Catz Playpen window has changed colors."
  - If you change your Display resolution or color palette while Catz is 
    running, your Catz colors may shift undesirably.  To fix this, simply quit and 
    relaunch Catz.
  - Also, when running on a system with only 256 colors, opening or 
    selecting another application can sometimes cause Catz colors to change (the 
    programs are competing for the same palette colors).  If your Catz turns black, 
    changes colors in an unexpected way, or the Playpen background colors become 
    distorted, try minimizing the Playpen window and re-opening it.
  - If this does not work, close and re-open Catz and the problem should go 
    away.

"My Catz color changed and looked awful during the screensaver."
  - If you are running certain other applications and the CatNapz screensaver 
    activates, sometimes the Catz will only have 16 colors instead of its 
    normal 256 colors.  With only 16 colors, a Catz can look quite strange.
    There is no need to be alarmed over this.  Your Catz will regain its normal 
    appearance in the Catz application, and in the screensaver under most 
    conditions. 

"CatNapz requires a password, but I did not set one!"
  - If you had already set a password for another screen saver, you may find 
    that this password is still required for CatNapz.

"I'm not hearing any sounds."
  - To hear your Catz, you need a SoundBlaster(tm) compatible sound card 
    installed.
  - Remember that if Catz is ever minimized or another application is opened 
    on top of Catz, your Catz will keep quiet.  
    Only when Catz is the foremost application will sounds be heard.

"The Playpen window sometimes appears on screen over my screen saver."
  - If you set the Playpen window to be "Always on Top" and Catz is left 
    running in Full Screen mode, on some computers, the Playpen window will be 
    visible above other screen savers when they appear on screen.  
    To eliminate this problem, either turn off the "Always on Top" setting or 
    be sure to put your Catz back into the Playpen when you are finished playing 
    with them.

"Does Installing Catz affect my system files?"
  - The files that come with PF.Magic Catz are as system-friendly as possible.
    Catz won't crawl into your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files and mess them up.

"Windows or Catz puts up an error message saying 'File Not Found' or 'Cannot Load'".
  - This is probably because the file really isn't there.  Verify the file in 
    question exists.  If it is truly missing, reinstall Catz.
  - This could be the result of an error occuring during installation.  
    If you had an error during installation, try reinstalling Catz.
  - Often, Windows will display this message if you are low on memory.  
    Try quitting applications and/or restarting your computer to free-up memory.
  - If none of the above work, and the file is present, the missing file may in 
    turn require additional files to be loaded.  For example, CATZDLL.DLL requires 
    CTL3DV2.DLL.  If the latter is not present, Windows will complain about the 
    former.  This situation is difficult to diagnose because there's no indication 
    as to what is the missing file.  Try reinstalling Catz.


• No animals were harmed in the making of this product. •

• No imitation cheese. •

Catz and Your Computer Petz are trademarks, and PF.Magic a registered 
trademark of PF.Magic, Inc.  Copyright 1996, PF.Magic, Inc.  All Rights 
Reserved.