Growing Good Roses
Version 1.0 Read Me

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

1. 
A color-equipped 68040 Macintosh.

2.  8MB of physical RAM with 5MB of free RAM  (Choose "About this Macintosh..." from the Apple Menu and  check the largest unused block. This should be 5120k or greater).
 3.  5 MB  minimum free hard disk space 

4.  13" Color Monitor or larger.

5.  Must be used with System Software 7.0 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 Growing Good Roses disc into your CD drive.  An icon labeled Growing Good Roses will appear on your desktop.  

Step 2  Double-Click on the icon labeled Install Growing Good Roses and follow the onscreen prompts. If you do not have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer, the installer will install it for you and prompt you to restart your computer.

Step 3  Open up your hard drive and find the Growing Good Roses folder.  Open it and double-click on the Roses program icon to start.

**The CD must be in the CD-ROM drive in order to run.**

ONLINE INSTALLATION 

To utilize the Browser Launcher feature of the program, you will need to use an already existing browser or, you may install one of the included browsers.

To install America Online or AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service, double-click on the desired icon on the CD and follow the installation and registration instructions.  

Double-click the Browser Launcher icon in the Growing Good Roses folder.  A dialog box will appear prompting you to locate your browser on you hard drive.  You will only need to locate your browser in this manner the first time you go online.  

*You will then visit our website at:  http://www.multicom.com/cdjg/roses/

If you ever wish to change your online service, simply install the service of your choice and locate the browser on your hard drive in the above prescribed manner.

TROUBLESHOOTING

If you are experiencing problems running Growing Good Roses check the following:

• 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 5,120k.  If it is below 5,120k, 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 5,120k, you should turn on or increase your virtual memory.

• Turning on Virtual Memory

In the Finder, go to the Apple menu (top left of screen), select "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.)

PRINTING

This section contains information about printing the illustrations found in the book section of Growing Good Roses.

These instructions assume that your Macintosh is properly connected to a printer and the Growing Good Roses CD-ROM is inserted in your CD-ROM drive.  Refer to your printer and computer manuals for information on properly connecting to your printer.

Illustration files names are composed of four digits plus a three letter extension (i.e., xxyy.PIC).  The four digits refer to the chapter and sub-chapter numbers the illustration appears in.  For example, the file named 0102.PIC means this illustration file is found in Chapter 1, Sub-chapter 2.

Printing an Illustration file

From the desktop, double click on the folder called Drawings.  Drag and drop an illustration file onto the SimpleText application included on the Growing Good Roses disc.  This will launch SimpleText and display the illustration.  Select PRINT from the FILE menu to print the illustration.

SPECIAL NOTES

• It is NOT recommended that you run programs simultaneously with Growing Good Roses.  If our program is forced to run in the background, it can cause conflicts with applications in the foreground.

• Turn off all unnecessary extensions, fonts and control panels. These utilities take up valuable RAM that is needed by the program.

• 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.

• Printer sharing should also be turned off.  This can be done via the Chooser under the Apple menu.

• 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 the network.

•  You should be sure to always run the program from the Hard Disk. 

• Turn off File Sharing in the Sharing Setup control panel device.

• Use the latest version of the driver for your CD-ROM player. This may especially be necessary if the program's  audio and video are out of synch. If you are using a non-Apple CD-ROM player, determine what driver it uses  and contact the manufacturer’s technical support department to obtain an updated version of the driver. If you are using an Apple-made CD-ROM drive, the latest Apple CD-ROM driver should be available from any authorized Apple dealer at no cost.

• Depending on your particular Macintosh configuration (for example, if you have more than 8MB of RAM installed and you would like to improve performance), you may increase the application’s default memory partition. From the Finder, select the "Roses" application icon, choose "Get Info…" from the File menu, and increase the application’s partition in the "Preferred Size" text field. Be sure not to allocate all your free memory to the "Roses" application. Leave at least 500K available for the system! (You will need to choose an option based on the amount of available system RAM installed in your Macintosh. This information can be found in the “About This Macintosh…” dialog box under the “Apple” menu).  

SPECIAL NOTE FOR POWERMACS

Best results are obtained if:

1) Modern Memory Manager is turned off   
2) Virtual Memory is turned on.  The lower the Virtual Memory size, the better the performance.  
3) Cache Size is set to 128k or less (sound tends to break up the larger the cache size)  

        * The Memory Control Panel controls each of these features.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

For free technical support, call Multicom Publishing in Seattle, WA at (206) 343-5934 during the following hours: 

7:30AM - 7:30PM Monday through Friday 
11:00AM - 3:00PM Saturday and Sunday
(All times Pacific Standard Time)

We can also be contacted via:

Fax: (206) 622-4380
WWW:  http://www.multicom.com 
E-mail:  techsupport@multicom.com

Please include the model of your Macintosh, system software version, amount of RAM and a brief description of the problem you are experiencing including any error messages.

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