3D Dinosaur Adventure/DINO16B14.iso/dino3d/readme.doc

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               WELCOME TO 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE USER'S GUIDE


  Thank you for using 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE.  We hope to send you off on
  the greatest adventure of all...


  ...from
  Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
  4502 Dyer Street
  La Crescenta, CA 91214
  [phone] (orders)
  [phone] (technical support)
  [phone] (fax)
  [phone] (bulletin board - N, 8, 1)

===CONTENTS=============================================================

  MEET THE FAMILY
  Get acquainted with the family of software learning tools from Knowledge
  Adventure, Inc.

  GETTING STARTED
  Find out everything you need to know to install and start 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure.

  USING 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE
  Learn how to travel through time and space and use each of the 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure activities.

  APPENDIX A: LEARNING GUIDE
  Parents and Teachers: Read about ways to get the most educational value
  from 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.

  APPENDIX B: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
  Find answers to questions you may have about 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.

  CREDITS

  INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

===MEET THE FAMILY=====================================================

  This section introduces the family of enjoyable software learning tools
  developed by Knowledge Adventure, Inc.

  About the developer

  Knowledge Adventure develops software products in both diskette and
  CD-ROM formats for the PC and the Macintosh that encompass a wide base
  of information on history, literature, nature, science, art, and music
  within an interactive book format that encourages exploration in ways never
  before possible.

  What are Interactive Books?

  Knowledge Adventure(tm) Interactive Books(tm) such as 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure(tm) encourage exploration by igniting the innate sense of
  interest and curiosity that kids of all ages have about things new and
  different.  Interactive Books tap the power of the personal computer to
  demonstrate how seemingly isolated facts are linked in a manner that
  makes them more interesting, understandable, and memorable.  Most
  important, these books empower the user with a sense of control over the
  entire experience, reinforcing the thrill of discovery.

  The growing family

  In addition to 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, Interactive Books available to
  date include the original Knowledge Adventure(tm); Isaac Asimov's Science
  Adventure(tm); Space Adventure(tm), authored by Caltech's Tom McDonough
  with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin; Dinosaur Adventure(tm); Kid's Zoo--A Baby
  Animal Adventure(tm); Undersea Adventure(tm); America Adventure(tm);
  and The Tale of Peter Rabbit Storybook(tm).  Our first Interactive
  Movie(tm), Speed(tm): The Ultimate Interactive Movie Experience, is
  also now available.  Send in your registration card to be sure you're
  kept informed of new titles, including disk-based, CD-ROM, and
  Macintosh versions of these exciting products.

  Talk to us!

  The Knowledge Adventure Bulletin Board System is available to you 24
  hours a day at 1200 to 14,400 baud.  You can read commonly-asked
  technical questions and answers, download new drivers for your sound
  card, order new products, and register your products--all online.
  Give us a call today!

  Here's how to get in touch with us:

  Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
  4502 Dyer Street
  La Crescenta, CA 91214
  [phone] (orders)
  [phone] (technical support)
  [phone] (fax)
  [phone] (bulletin board - N, 8, 1)

===GETTING STARTED======================================================

  This section covers everything you need to know to set up and start 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure on your computer.

  What do I need?

  To run 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, you will need the following:

  - An IBM(r) or compatible computer.  A 386 processor is required, and
    a 486 processor is recommended.

  - A color VGA or SVGA monitor.

  - A CD-ROM drive that supports ISO 9660.

  - A hard disk with at least 7.0 megabytes of available disk space.
    (If the disk is compressed with Stacker or DoubleSpace, at least
     14.0 megabytes must be free.)

  - Approximately 520 kilobytes of available RAM.

  - A mouse (recommended); the software can also be run using the
    keyboard alone.

  - A Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16.  3-D Dinosaur Adventure also supports
    the optional WaveBlaster.

  - A printer (optional) so that you can print 3-D Dinosaur Adventure text
    files; any printer that can accept ASCII text directly from your
    computer port will work.

  - The original 3-D Dinosaur Adventure compact disk.

  How do I install the program?

  Follow these steps to install 3-D Dinosaur Adventure on your system:

  1. Insert the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure compact disk into your CD-ROM drive
     and switch to that drive.  For example, if your CD-ROM drive is F,
     type:

       F: and press <Enter>

  2. Type:

       INSTALL and press <Enter>

  3. Follow the messages on the screen until the installation is complete.

  The Install program will ask you where on your hard drive you'd like to
  store the appropriate 3-D Dinosaur Adventure files, what sound device
  you have, and whether or not you'd like to run under Microsoft
  Windows(r).  If necessary, your CONFIG.SYS file will be altered so that
  FILES=20 or greater and your original CONFIG.SYS file will be saved to
  CONFIG.BKA.  You will also be asked to decide how much disk space 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure will take up on your hard drive.  The more 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure files you store on your hard drive, the faster the
  program will run.

  NOTE: If you have difficulty installing 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, turn to
  "About installation."

  Running under Windows

  If you answered YES to the question about running under Microsoft
  Windows(r) when you installed 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, a new program
  group called Knowledge Adventure has been created for your system.  It
  contains 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, Read Me, and 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
  Config icons.  Double-click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure icon to start
  the program.  Double-click on the Read Me icon to see the latest
  information about 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.  Double-click on the 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure Config icon to edit the configuration file.  See
  "About program defaults" for more information about the 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure configuration.

  NOTE: You'll find that the following statement has been added to the
  [386ENH] section of your SYSTEM.INI file:

       DMABUFFERSIZE=150

  Your original SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files are saved to the files
  SYSTEM.BKA and WIN.BKA.

  How do I begin?

  To start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, follow these steps:

  1. Change to the directory on your hard drive containing the 3-D Dinosaur
     Adventure files.  For example, to switch to the C:\DINO3D directory,
     type:

       C: and press <Enter>
       CD\DINO3D and press <Enter>

  2. Then, to start the program, type:

       DINO3D and press <Enter>

  NOTE: If you have difficulty starting 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, turn to
  "About startup."

===USING 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE==========================================

  This section explains how to use each 3-D Dinosaur Adventure activity as
  you explore the world of dinosaurs.

  There is no "right" way to play with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.  You decide
  when, where, and how you want to travel from screen to screen.  Just
  remember: You're on an adventure, so you may not always end up where you
  thought you were going!

  Where to find more information:  If you have not yet installed and
  started 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, see How do I install the program? for
  instructions.  Also see Appendix B: Questions and Answers.

  SOME BASICS

  Keep your 3-D glasses handy:  When you are viewing three-dimensional
  images in 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, put on your 3-D glasses and make
  sure you are about two to five feet away from your computer monitor.
  It's OK to be closer than two feet, but the 3-D effect won't be as
  pronounced.  Relax your eyes and blink a few times.  At first, it may
  look as if you are seeing double, but as you relax your eyes, the
  double images will fuse together into a fully three-dimensional image.
  If everything goes right, the 3-D image will begin to appear as if
  it is hovering outside of the monitor.  Move your head from side to
  side and it may seem as if the image in the computer is moving or
  that you are seeing different views of the image.

  Move the mouse:  There are three different ways that moving your mouse
  makes things happen, depending on what part of 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
  you are currently using.  Moving the mouse may cause the arrow pointer to
  move around the screen.  It may cause an object on the screen to move back
  and forth or rotate.  Or it may change your view so that it seems as if
  you are moving along with the mouse.  Don't worry if the pointer suddenly
  disappears--this is normal when you are beginning a different 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure activity.  If you want to click on an item but you do
  not see the pointer, simply click your mouse button and the pointer will
  reappear.

  What if I don't have a mouse? If you do not have a mouse, use the arrow
  keys on your keyboard to move the pointer (if any) around on the screen
  and press <Enter> in place of clicking the mouse button.  You can also
  press <Tab> to move the pointer to each button on the screen in turn;
  press <Shift-Tab> to cycle backward through the buttons.  If there is a
  dialog box on the screen, pressing <Tab> or <Shift-Tab> will move the
  pointer only to those buttons in the dialog box.

  Note the balloons:  Many of the items on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
  screen are labeled with "note balloons" that appear whenever the
  pointer touches that spot on the screen.  If you want to know more
  about an item on the screen, move the pointer around that area to see
  if there is a note balloon to read.

  Turn off the sound:  If you want to turn off a sound as it is playing,
  press <Esc>.  To set music to "off," press <Alt-M>.  Press <Alt-M> again
  to turn the music back on.  To set narration and other sounds to "off,"
  press <Alt-S>.  Press <Alt-S> again to turn the narration and other
  sounds back on.

  What if I get lost? If you're not sure how you got to a certain place
  and would rather be somewhere else, look for the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
  logo and click on it to return to the Main menu.  If there is no pointer
  on the screen, click your mouse button so that the pointer reappears.

  The first still screen you'll see when you start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
  is the Main menu.  There is a row of activity buttons across the top of
  the screen above the gate to the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure Theme Park.
  You can choose to go directly to a specific activity, or travel through
  the theme park to find the activities on your own.  Before you decide
  what to do, you might like to move the pointer around the screen and
  read the note balloons.

  CHOOSE AN ACTIVITY BUTTON

  To go to one of the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure activities, click on the
  activity button of your choice.

  You will travel through time and space to arrive at the activity screen.
  (Watch carefully to see how to get to this activity on your own next time
  via the self-guided theme park tour.) If you want to get to the activity
  instantly, press <Esc> to interrupt the journey.  You can also get to an
  activity instantly by clicking on the shortcut button above the activity
  button you choose.

  TAKE THE THEME PARK TOUR

  Begin the tour:  Click on the Help (question mark) button in the lower
  left corner of the screen to get some helpful hints for traveling through
  the theme park plus a handy map of the park.  Click on the park gate to
  start the tour.  The pointer will disappear and you can guide your mouse
  at your own pace to travel through the theme park.

  Check out the globe:  Just inside the park gate is a large globe
  surrounded by water.  You can spin the globe by moving your mouse in any
  direction.  Click your mouse once to make the pointer reappear and then
  click on the globe if you want to leave the theme park to visit the
  Dinosaur Reference.  See the section "Dinosaur Reference," below, for
  more information about using the Dinosaur Reference.

  Find the activities:  The theme park is full of different paths to
  explore.  You can look around the main visitor's area or enter one of the
  caves to travel back in time to the Triassic Tour, Jurassic Jungle, or
  Cretaceous Corner.  When you reach a fork in the path, arrows will appear
  in the lower right corner of the screen to indicate that you have a
  choice to make.  When you reach one of the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
  activities, a Mouse icon will light up at the bottom of the screen to
  indicate that you can use your mouse to play the activity.  Click your
  mouse once to make the pointer reappear, and then click on the sign or
  related object to choose that activity.

  Take a break:  At any point along your path you can click your mouse
  button to make the pointer reappear.  Click again to resume your
  journey, or click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the
  Main menu.

  DINOSAUR REFERENCE

  The main part of the Dinosaur Reference screen is a picture window.  The
  text in the window to its left goes along with the picture.  Below the
  picture window are the control buttons, which provide program options,
  and the data line, which reflects information about the dinosaur in the
  picture window.  Above the text window is the map window, which shows the
  location of the animal or event described in the text window.  The buttons
  at the top of the screen are the category buttons, which let you tap a
  specific category of dinosaur information.

  The picture window

  Move the pointer around in the picture window and read the note balloons
  to get more information about the picture shown.  Click on a note balloon
  to visit a different screen about a related subject.

  The text window

  Read all about it:  Click on the single up and down arrow buttons below
  the text window to scroll the window so you can read all the text.  The
  text will scroll as long as you hold down the mouse button, and will stop
  scrolling when you release the mouse button.  To scroll quickly one page
  at a time, click on the double arrow buttons below the text window, or
  press <PgUp> or <PgDn>.

  Look for more information:  To go to the Dinosaur Reference index, click
  on a word in the text window that interests you.  The text window will
  change to display an index of words used in the Dinosaur Reference and
  the screens in which they appear, with the word you chose (or a similar
  word) at the top of the window.  From the index, you can click on the name
  of the screen you want to visit, or press <Esc> or click on the Retrace
  button to return the text window to its previous display.  To move forward
  or backward in the index one page at a time, click on the single up and
  down arrow buttons below the text window.  To scroll quickly to the next
  word in the index that has a different second letter, click on the double
  down arrow button below the text window.  Similarly, to scroll to the
  previous word in the index that has a different second letter, click on
  the double up arrow button.

  NOTE: To get to a specific word in the Dinosaur Reference index as
  quickly as possible, just start typing the word!

  The data line

  The data line below the picture window shows either the year of the
  current screen (if the time line is active), the length of the dinosaur
  on the current screen (if the length line is active), or the weight of
  the dinosaur on the current screen (if the weight line is active).

  Cycle through the data lines:  You can cycle through the three different
  data lines (time, length, and weight) by clicking on the button to the
  left of the year, length, or weight information display.

  Choose a screen by year, length, or weight:  Click anywhere on the data
  line to visit the screen that is most closely related to the year you
  clicked on, or to visit the screen that shows a dinosaur of the length
  or weight you clicked on.  If you want to move just one screen forward or
  backward in time, press <+> or <-> or click once on the right or left
  arrowheads at either end of the time line.  You can also click on the
  slider and hold down the mouse button as you drag the slider to another
  part of the bar.

  The map window

  Travel to a new location:  Click anywhere in the map window to visit the
  screen that is most closely related to that location.

  Spin the earth:  To rotate the globe, click on one of the arrow buttons
  surrounding the map window, or hold down <Ctrl> as you press the up,
  down, left, or right arrow key to rotate the globe up, down, left, or
  right by set intervals.  You can also rotate the globe by placing the
  pointer at any spot on the earth except the very center, then pressing
  and holding down the mouse button.  The longer the line that appears when
  you do this, the faster the globe will rotate.

  Zoom in and out:  To move closer to or farther from the earth, click
  anywhere on the slider bar below the map window.  Click on the left or
  right arrowheads on the slider bar or press <Ctrl-PgDn> or <Ctrl-PgUp> to
  zoom in or out gradually.  You can also click on the slider and hold down
  the mouse button as you drag the slider to another part of the bar.

  Expand the globe:  Click on the button below the map window slider bar or
  press <Alt-Z> to get a full screen view of the map window.  All of the
  map window features described above will continue to work in this mode.
  Pressing <Esc> or clicking anywhere on the map or on the button below the
  slider bar will return the screen to its normal display.

  Category buttons

  Each of the seven buttons above the picture window stands for a different
  category of dinosaur-related knowledge: Earth, Early Life, Dinosaur
  Neighbors, Herbivores, Carnivores, Family/Lifestyle, and Paleontology.

  Choose a screen by category:  Click on any of these category buttons to
  travel immediately to the next screen in history that relates to that
  category. To see all the screens in a particular category, keep clicking
  on that button.  To travel backward in history within a certain category,
  hold down <Shift> and click on a category button.

  Control buttons

  The buttons below the picture window perform the functions described
  below.

  Take a closer look:  Click on the Zoom button, when available, to expand
  the picture window to fill the screen with a close-up view of the current
  image.  This button will appear gray when no close-up images are
  available.

  Go back the way you came:  Click on the Retrace button, or press
  <Backspace>, to travel to the screen you visited last.  Each time you
  click on it you'll travel back one more screen.  You can also move forward
  in the "history" of your travels by holding down <Shift> and clicking on
  the Retrace button or by pressing <Ctrl-Backspace>.

  Watch and listen:  Click on the Audio/Video button to replay a sound or
  movie associated with the current screen.

  Print the text:  Click on the Print button to send the contents of the
  text window to your attached printer.  (This will work only if your
  printer accepts ASCII text.)

  See it in 3-D:  Click on the 3-D button, when available, and put on your
  3-D glasses to see a three-dimensional version of the image in the
  picture window.  This button will appear gray when no 3-D images are
  available.

  Return to the Main menu:  When you have finished with the Dinosaur
  Reference, click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the
  Main menu.

  DINOSAUR SAFARI

  The object of this game is to answer the questions by indicating the
  correct prehistoric animal.  3-D Dinosaur Adventure will challenge you to
  find one of the animals on the screen.  Click on your answer.  The narrator
  will let you know whether you are correct.  If you complete the game,
  you'll be returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on
  the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time.

  3-D DINOSAUR MUSEUM

  Put on your 3-D glasses and use your mouse or the arrow keys to navigate
  through the 3-D Dinosaur Museum.  Be sure to explore all four rooms of the
  museum.  To get out of a room, move your mouse backward or press the down
  arrow key, and you will automatically "back out" the door.  When you reach
  the 3-D movie theater, keep moving into the room until the movie screen
  fills up your computer screen.  Then click your mouse button to start the
  movie.  Press <Esc> or click your mouse button if you want to interrupt
  the movie before it's over.  When you have finished with this activity,
  click your mouse button to make the pointer reappear and then click on
  the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu.

  DINOSAUR STORYBOOK

  The storybook narration will begin automatically.  Words are highlighted
  as they're read.  Click on the red triangle to the left of the text to
  re-read the text.  Click on individual words to re-read them.  Click on
  animals to hear their names.  Click on the right-facing stegosaurus at
  the bottom of the screen to go to the next page.  Click on the left-facing
  stegosaurus to go back a page.  When you complete the storybook, you'll be
  returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time.

  DINOSAUR MOVIES

  Once you have taken your seat in the theater, you'll be presented with a
  full-screen menu of movie clips.  Click on the clip from the movie you'd
  like to see.  To stop a movie before it is finished, click your mouse
  button or press <Esc> and you will be returned to the movie menu.  For the
  WaveBlaster choice, with its higher quality music, this feature has been
  disabled.  When you have finished with this activity, click on the 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure logo at the bottom of the movie menu to return to the
  Main menu.

  CREATE-A-SAURUS

  Click on one of the patterns along the top of the screen to "decorate"
  the dinosaur pictured in the center.  (Remember to click your mouse
  button whenever you need to make the pointer reappear.) Click on one of
  the dinosaurs along the bottom of the screen when you're ready to
  decorate a different dinosaur.  Your pointer will disappear after you
  click on a different dinosaur, and you can move your mouse left and right
  to rotate the dinosaur and see how it looks on all sides.  You may find
  that the dinosaur has an opinion about what you've done! Click on the
  talking dinosaur at the left edge of the screen if you want to hear the
  dinosaur's opinion again.  When you have finished with this activity,
  click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu.

  NAME-A-SAURUS

  The object of this game is to match the name of each prehistoric animal
  with its picture.  Look at and listen to the name shown at the top of the
  screen.  Click on the picture of that animal.  3-D Dinosaur Adventure will
  let you know if you are correct.  You can click on the name at the top of
  the screen if you want to hear it again.  If you complete the game you'll
  be returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time.

  WHO AM I?

  The object of this game is to identify correctly close-up illustrations
  of different parts of prehistoric animals.  In the center of the screen
  you'll see a close-up illustration of part of an animal.  What animal is
  it? Click on one of the small black-and-white illustrations at the sides
  of the screen that you think shows the same animal.  If you are correct,
  the small picture will become a full-color illustration.  You have two
  more sets of pictures to challenge you after you've identified the first
  eight pictures! If you complete the game, you'll be returned to the Main
  menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo
  to return to the Main menu at any time.

  SAVE THE DINOSAURS

  The object of this game is to save as many dinosaurs as possible before
  the comet hits.  The timer in the lower left corner of the screen shows
  you how much time you have to save the dinosaurs.  The narrator will tell
  you which dinosaur to save.  It's up to you to find it! You'll need to
  know which era your dinosaur belongs to in order to select the right
  door: Jurassic, Cretaceous, or Triassic.  Go through the door you think
  is the right one and then click on the dinosaur you were sent to save.
  Click on the Hint button in the hallway to get general information about
  playing the game.  Look for more Hint buttons to click on if you need more
  help along the way.  3-D Dinosaur Adventure will give you more information
  if your first guess is not correct.  If you are correct, you'll be
  returned to the beginning hallway and given a new assignment.

  Traveling hints:  You'll find that moving around in this game is different
  from the rest of 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.  You are free to move anywhere
  instead of following a path.  Use your mouse to navigate down hallways and
  around corners in this game.  This takes a little practice.  Don't be
  afraid to push the mouse hard so you'll go far.  Push the mouse diagonally
  (to the left or right) to change directions.  You might prefer to use the
  arrow keys at times: Press the left arrow key to turn left, press the
  right arrow key to turn right, press the up arrow key to move forward,
  and press the down arrow key to move backward.  Once you are moving in the
  proper direction, press <+>  to accelerate (speed up) and <-> to
  decelerate (slow down).

  STOP

  End your session:  To exit from 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, click on the Stop
  button on the Main menu or press <Alt-F4> or <Alt-X>.

===APPENDIX A: LEARNING GUIDE============================================

  This section is especially for parents, or for any adult who wants to
  help a child learn and grow as much as possible from playing with 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure.

  PLAYING AND LEARNING

  Having fun and learning are two of the most natural things in the world
  to a child.  Your child is learning in some way when he does the things
  that are most fun to him.  When he plays a video game in which the object
  is to shoot down the most aliens in the least amount of time, he enjoys
  himself while improving his hand-eye coordination and dexterity.  In
  virtually every activity kids enjoy, there is at least the potential for
  learning.  Want a simple formula for getting kids to learn? Make it fun!

  But what are they learning? How do we help them to learn the really
  important things? How do we teach them to take initiative in learning
  about themselves and their world? After all, there won't always be a
  game to play that will teach them what they need to know.

  The theory behind Knowledge Adventure Interactive Books is that the way
  to ignite a child's intellect is to introduce him or her to the fun of
  learning.  If we truly achieve this, we no longer have to come up with
  sneaky ways to get kids to learn; once they recognize the inherent joy
  of learning, nothing will stop them from finding out everything they
  want to know!

  3-D Dinosaur Adventure is designed to provide your child with many
  possible directions to explore according to her own interests.  As a
  parent, you are the best possible assistant in this process because you
  know your child, her level, and her interests.  Most importantly, she
  craves one-on-one time with you.

  ENHANCING YOUR CHILD'S PLAY

  When you sit down with your child to play with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, or
  any other program, you may want to keep the following suggestions in
  mind.

  1. Let your child take the lead.

     If your child is old enough to read and follow the instructions in
     this manual, let him try to install and start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure
     himself.  If you set up the software for him, let him take over as
     soon as it is ready to play with.  Simply observing and making
     interested comments about what your child is doing are good ways to
     encourage his learning without imposing your own agenda.

  2. Be a learner yourself.

     Aim to be a student of your child more than of the software.  What can
     you find out about your child's learning style, interests, attention
     span, and thought processes? If there is something neither of you can
     figure out about the software, find out the answer together by looking
     it up in this guide.  Set an example by talking through this process:
     "Why don't we look up `sound' in the manual?"

  3. Ask appropriate questions.

     An excellent way to assist your child's learning while following the
     first two guidelines is to ask questions that are appropriate for
     her age and interests and that challenge her to go a step further
     in her play: "I wonder what would happen if you clicked on those
     little symbols?" Go slowly and sparingly with these questions,
     challenging your child only as she seems ready.  Rather than
     interrupting her play, you might wait a few minutes for her to
     discover something on her own.  That way you'll both learn something!

  4. Have fun together!

     The fact that you have purchased a Knowledge Adventure product for
     your child and you are taking the time to read this guide says
     something about you as a parent.  You recognize the importance of both
     fun and learning.  Your own enjoyment of the learning process and the
     fun you have spending time with your child will enhance your play
     together more than anything specific you do or say.

===APPENDIX B: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS=====================================

  This appendix will answer many of your questions about 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure and help you solve problems you may have.

  If you do not find the answer to your question here you can call
  Knowledge Adventure, Inc. at [phone], or write down your question
  and fax it to us at [phone].  Before calling Knowledge Adventure,
  please be seated at your computer with the DOS prompt on the screen.

  You can also read commonly asked technical questions and answers, among
  other things, on the Knowledge Adventure Bulletin Board System.  The BBS
  is available to you 24 hours a day at [phone] (N, 8, 1), 1200 to
  14,400 baud.

  ABOUT INSTALLATION

  My disk compression program indicates that I have enough disk space, but
  3-D Dinosaur Adventure will not install completely.  Why not?

  Programs such as Stacker(r) that compress your files on the hard disk may
  indicate that you have enough disk space to install 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure completely when you really do not.  These programs report on
  your disk space based on how much they are usually able to compress your
  files.  The files that 3-D Dinosaur Adventure copies to your hard disk
  are already compressed and your disk compression program will not be
  able to compress them further to give you more space.  Try to move or
  remove any files you don't need in order to make room for 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure, then start the Install program from the beginning.

  ABOUT STARTUP

  3-D Dinosaur Adventure won't start or it freezes on the first screen.
  What's wrong?

  You may have incorrect sound and music drivers installed.  Use the
  SETUP.EXE program supplied with the software to change this
  configuration.  First, change to the DINO3D directory on your hard
  drive, then type SETUP and press <Enter> to run the program.  Choose the
  correct sound device from the list offered.  If the problem persists, see
  "About sound and sound devices."

  If you have correctly installed your sound device, edit the KA.CNF file
  in the DINO3D directory on your hard drive so that ExtraMemory is set
  to None.  See "About program defaults" for more information about the
  KA.CNF file.

  Also try unloading any TSR programs and reboot your computer from a DOS
  system disk.

  ABOUT MICE

  I can use the keyboard with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, but my mouse doesn't
  work.  What should I do?

  If you find that the cursor does not respond when you move the mouse,
  type CD\DINO3D and press <Enter> at the DOS prompt from your hard drive.
  Then type MOUSE and press <Enter>.  Restart 3-D Dinosaur Adventure and
  try your mouse again.  If this solves the problem, you can modify the
  mouse commands in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file to use the mouse
  driver supplied with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure instead of the one currently
  being used by your system.

  If you are a Windows user, try exiting Windows first (using File Exit).
  Then, to start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure from the DOS prompt, change to the
  DINO3D directory, and then type DINO3D and press <Enter>.

  If you have a Mouse Systems(r) mouse or trackball, or a Mouse
  Systems-compatible mouse, you may experience the hand pointer jumping to
  the bottom left corner of the screen.  If so, you are using a version of
  the Mouse Systems mouse driver that is not compatible with the Microsoft
  mouse standard.  Please try the mouse driver that we have provided by
  following the instructions above, and the mouse should then work
  perfectly.

  ABOUT SOUND AND SOUND DEVICES

  When I try to run 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, I don't hear any music and I
  get the message, "Warning: Couldn't initialize music driver; Music output
  disabled." What's wrong?

  You may have configured 3-D Dinosaur Adventure for the WaveBlaster rather
  than the Sound Blaster 16.  Run the SETUP.EXE program described under
  "About startup."

  If the problem persists after you have followed the instructions above,
  your SoundBlaster's I/O address has probably been reconfigured. In order
  for 3-D Dinosaur Adventure to find your card, you must specify the correct
  I/O address in the KA.CNF file.  See MusicDevParams under "About program
  defaults" for more information about changing the KA.CNF file. To change
  the address with the SETUP program, run SETUP.EXE and select the correct
  sound device from the list offered. After the program runs the sound and
  music tests, use the arrow keys to select Change Sound Settings. You will
  be prompted to select the I/O address, the IRQ vector, and the DMA channel
  that match your sound device. After selecting the DMA channel, you will be
  returned to the Sound Test screen, and may test those settings with the
  options Play Digitized Sound Test and Play Music Test. Once you are
  satisfied that both music and sound are working, select Save Sound Setting
  and Exit; your new configuration will be saved to the KA.CNF file.

  If, after selecting new settings, you are still not hearing music
  during the music test, and you have checked your sound card's correct
  address, it's likely that your sound card and another device (such as a
  CD-ROM drive or scanner) may be sharing the same I/O address.  Such a
  conflict may cause either 3-D Dinosaur Adventure or the SETUP program to
  halt.  Write down the current configuration of all of the device cards in
  your computer.  Try changing some of the settings (jumpers or dip
  switches) to various configurations until all of your programs work
  correctly.  If you wish, you can pull the peripheral cards out of your
  computer and test just your sound card with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.  Add
  cards one by one until you find the problem.

  When I try to run 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, I don't get sound other than
  music and I get the message, "Warning: Couldn't initialize sound driver;
  Sound output disabled." What's wrong?

  Follow the advice given for the previous question, but also check and
  correct the IRQ Vector and DMA Channel for your sound device.  See
  SoundDevParams under "About program defaults."

  Nothing happens when I click on parts of the screen that are supposed to
  play sounds.  What's wrong?

  The problem may be that you do not have enough RAM for certain sounds
  to load and play.  Try unloading memory-resident programs or device
  drivers in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files to free sufficient
  memory to play those sounds.

  If the sound is not working, make sure 3-D Dinosaur Adventure is configured
  correctly for your SoundBlaster 16. To see the program's current
  configuration, type TYPE KA.CNF from the DINO3D directory on your hard
  drive and press <Enter>. To edit the configuration file in Windows, click
  on the 3-D Dino Config icon. To change the configuration, run the SETUP.EXE
  program described under "About startup."  Run the test program supplied
  with your SoundBlaster 16 sound card to make sure it is working. Make sure
  that your volume control dial is turned up, and that your speakers have
  power if they are externally powered. If it is still not working, you may
  need to reconfigure your SoundBlaster's jumper board settings to another
  I/O address, or the software settings for the IRQ vector and DMA channel.
  If you've changed any of the settings on your sound card since installing
  3-D Dinosaur Adventure, you must let the program know these new settings.
  See MusicDevParams and SoundDevParams under "About program defaults."

  I purchased the WaveBlaster after installing 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.  How
  do I get the software to recognize my new piece of hardware?

  Type SETUP at the DOS prompt from the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure directory on
  your hard drive and press <Enter>.  Then select WaveBlaster from the menu
  and 3-D Dinosaur Adventure will be reconfigured to work with your General
  MIDI daughter board.

  ABOUT HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY

  Can I use 3-D Dinosaur Adventure on an EGA or laptop display?

  3-D Dinosaur Adventure won't run on some laptops because it uses a
  special high-resolution VGA mode.  It will not work on an EGA monitor,
  or on the internal-plasma or LCD monitors on laptop PCs.  Most laptops,
  however, have a connector for an external monitor, and 3-D Dinosaur
  Adventure will work fine with your laptop hooked to an external color
  VGA monitor with the internal LCD monitor disabled.

  ABOUT SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY

  I have trouble running 3-D Dinosaur Adventure after using certain
  memory-resident programs.  What should I do?

  3-D Dinosaur Adventure requires approximately 520 kilobytes of RAM in
  order to run.  Even when there is adequate total RAM to run the program,
  there may be conflicts with other programs occupying memory.  If you
  experience difficulty in running 3-D Dinosaur Adventure under these
  circumstances, please remove other programs from memory before starting
  3-D Dinosaur Adventure.

  ABOUT PROGRAM DEFAULTS

  Is there a way to change certain defaults in 3-D Dinosaur Adventure?

  Yes.  You can change the default configurations by using a text editor
  (e.g., the DOS text editor if you are using DOS version 5 or later) to
  alter the KA.CNF file in your DINO3D directory on your hard drive, or by
  clicking on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure Config icon if you are running 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure under Windows.  The case of letters and spacing between
  words do not matter.

  SoundDevice:  Type SOUNDBLASTER 16 here.  This setting can also be
  easily changed by running the  SETUP.EXE program described under "About
  startup" and under "About sound and sound devices."

  AutoMovie:  Type ON or OFF to make movies in the Reference section play
  automatically or only when you click on the Audio/Video button.

  Printing:  Type DETECT, YES, or NO to indicate whether you want the
  program to automatically detect if your printer is hooked up, or to
  assume that it is on or off.

  PrinterPort:  Type LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3 to indicate which printer port
  your printer is hooked up to.

  MusicVolume:  Type a value from 50 to 80; the lower the number, the
  softer the music volume while digitized sounds are playing.  This setting
  does not change the overall music volume; music volume is altered only
  while digitized sounds are being played.

  MouseSensitivity:  Type a value from 10 to 100; the lower the number, the
  less sensitive your mouse is to your movements.  Lower numbers make it
  easier for younger children to handle the mouse.

  Music:  Type ON or OFF to turn the musical accompaniment on or off.

  DigitizedSound:  Type ON or OFF to turn the digitized sound on or off.

  ExtraMemory:  Type AUTOMATIC, XMS, EMS, or NONE to indicate whether you
  want the program to detect extra memory and use it automatically or to
  use only extended, only expanded, or no extra memory.

  MusicType:  Type ADL if you have an Adlib-compatible sound device, or RLD
  if you have a Roland-compatible sound device like the WaveBlaster General MIDI
  daughter board.

  CDDRIVE:  Indicate the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.

  HDDRIVE:  Indicate the drive letter of your hard drive.

  CDROOT:  Indicate the path of the CD-ROM directory containing your 3-D
  Dinosaur Adventure files.

  HDROOT:  Indicate the path of the hard drive directory containing your
  3-D Dinosaur Adventure files.

  MusicDevParams:  3-D Dinosaur Adventure will look for your sound card at
  the address set in the factory.  You need not change these default
  parameters unless you have changed the factory settings (switches,
  jumpers) on your sound card.  Type an I/O address for your MIDI audio
  device (e.g., A240).  See the documentation that came with your
  SoundBlaster. The WaveBlaster uses a different I/O address than the
  SoundBlaster 16, and this parameter should reflect this.  This setting
  can also be easily changed by running the SETUP.EXE program described
  under "About startup" and under "About sound and sound devices."

  SoundDevParams:  3-D Dinosaur Adventure will look for your sound card at
  the address set in the factory.  You need not change these default
  parameters unless you have changed the factory settings (switches,
  jumpers) on your sound card.  Type an I/O Address, IRQ Vector, and DMA
  Channel for your digitized sound audio device (e.g., A220 I7 D3).  See the
  documentation that came with your SoundBlaster.  This setting can also be
  easily changed by running the SETUP.EXE program described under "About
  startup" and under "About sound and sound devices."

  ABOUT OTHER TOPICS

  How can I print the graphic images?

  NOTE: Images in this product may not be reproduced or transmitted in any
  form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
  recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without
  permission in writing from the publisher.

  To print images, use the VGA Screen Capture Program (VGACAPT.EXE)
  supplied with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure.  First make sure that you have at
  least 530KB of lower RAM available.  Unload any unnecessary TSR programs.
  To see how much memory is available, type CHKDSK and press <Enter>.

  Then, to start Dinosaur Adventure 3-D (where your hard drive is C), type:

       C: and press <Enter>
       CD\DINO3D and press <Enter>
       DINO3D -V and press <Enter>

  You can then capture a graphic by pressing <Ctrl-PrtScr> to create a
  bit-mapped file called SCREEN0.BMP.  (Make sure that you turn off any
  sound or music that is playing before you press <Ctrl-PrtScr>.) Press
  <Ctrl-PrtScr> again to create SCREEN1.BMP, and so on.  These bit-mapped
  files can be retrieved and printed from within many graphics programs.
  Due to the video modes employed, the Screen Capture Program will not work
  within the Movie Theatre, the 3-D Dinosaur Museum, the Theme Park, or the
  Save the Dinosaurs Game.

                                ----------
  What can I do about video problems like stripes on the screen?

  You may need to move some DIP switches on your video card.  For example,
  if you see horizontal stripes on the screen while using Headland
  Technology's Video-7(r) VRAM card to display VGA graphics, move DIP
  switch number 8 to the position opposite the one that it is currently
  in.  This will enable IBM nonstandard video modes to display correctly
  without affecting the operation of your other software.  This problem can
  also occur if the BIOS on your video card is not current.

===CREDITS==============================================================

  Producer: Rob Wrubel
  Lead Developer: Brad Haugaard
  Art Direction: Suzanne Abramson
  Set Design: Archimage
  Music: Hamilton Altstatt
  Programming Team: Bo Adler, Steve Colwell, Fernando Echeverria,
      Jim Echmalian, Matt Goheen, Lee Hasiuk, Dan Kegel, Jeremy Leader,
      Scott Reynolds
  "Save-the-Dinosaurs" Design: Will Drake
  Text: Rob Wrubel, Brad Haugaard, Nicole Wrubel, Tom McDonough,
      Alan Brookman
  Computer Animation: Archimage, Manny Wong, HD/CG (New York), Frame of
      Mind, Russell Calabrese, Cyrus Lum
  Stereography: Archimage, HD/CG (New York), Suzanne Abramson
  Product Management: Marcee Kleinman, Paul Chesis
  Additional Content Development: Caskey Dickson
  Voice: Reed Waxman, Nick Hormann, Dave Gobel, Lena Thoms
  Image Editor: Ellen McWhirter
  Sound Technician: Randy Hale
  Video Acquisition: Dave Gobel, Antony Mosely
  Video Technician: Albert Reinhardt
  Quality Assurance: Larry Gross, Suzanne Singer, Alan Brookman,
      Tatyana Stolyarskaya, Raymond Plows, Jeff Lorentzen,
      Michael Casler, Dennis Hatch
  Production Assistance: Roxann Thompson
  Illustrations: Brian Franczak, Mark Hallet, Douglas Henderson,
      John Sibbick
  Movies: Tippett Studio, Phillips Mark Productions, Dinamation, National
      Park Service
  Photographs: Museum of Natural History (New York), Kokoro Dinosaurs,
      British Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Museum of Natural
      History, Denver Museum, Dinamation (copyright pictures used under
      license), Dinosaur National Monument, Field Museum/Photo Researchers,
      Inc., David Hardy, Ken Jones (JPL), Tom McDonough, NASA,
      Photo Researchers, Stockworks, Walter Stuart and Stockworks,
      U.S. Postal Service Stamposaurus
  Graphic Design and Packaging: Woods + Woods
  Documentation: Andrea Hill

  Copyright
  Under the copyright laws, neither the documentation nor the software may
  be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any
  electronic medium or machine readable form, in whole or part, without the
  prior written consent of Knowledge Adventure Inc., except in the manner
  described in the documentation.

  (r) Copyright 1993 Knowledge Adventure, Inc.

  All rights reserved.  First Edition Printed 1993.
  Printed in the United States.
  Edition 2.1

  Trademarks
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  Undersea Adventure, Kid's Zoo--A Baby Animal Adventure, Dinosaur
  Adventure, Space Adventure, Science Adventure, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
  Storybook, Interactive Books, and Interactive Movies are trademarks of
  Knowledge Adventure, Inc.  All other product names referenced herein are
  trademarks of their respective companies.

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