Great Canadian Scientists/GCS_CD.iso/mac/PC/README.TXT

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Thanks for buying Great Canadian Scientists.
Check out our website at www.science.ca.

TO USE GREAT CANADIAN SCIENTISTS:
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This CD works in a Macintosh or Windows computer.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
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MAC:    68040 or PowerPC
        Mac System 7.1 or better
        8MB RAM (12MB RAM Recommended)
        2X CD-ROM Drive (4X Recommended)
        256 Color display

PC:     486DX33 (486DX2/66 or higher recommended)
        Windows 3.1 (Windows 95 Recommended)
        8MB RAM (12MB RAM Recommended)
        SoundBlaster compatible soundcard
        2X CD-ROM Drive (4X Recommended)
        256 color monitor and display card


To run it on a Mac just double-click "Great Canadian Scientists".

On a PC with Windows 3.1 or greater use the Run... command to run the
file GCS_16.exe on your CD-ROM drive.

For Windows 95, open your CD-ROM drive window and double click
GCS_32

When the program begins, you will be asked for your name. The computer
will then ask you to save a file of that name to your hard drive. You
will see the standard "Save" window and at that time you must select a
hard drive on which to save the file. You cannot save a file to the
CD-ROM drive (D: or E: for example). You must change drives and save
the file on a hard-drive (usually the C: drive.) Mac users can save to
the desktop or any hard-drive.

Use the Player Record Viewer program to select a player's file
and note the scores in various parts of GCS.


TROUBLESHOOTING
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*The GCS program requires QuickTime to run. If your computer does not
have QuickTime, the GCS program will help you install it by switching
to the appropriate QuickTime installer which will install QuickTime
files for your computer from the CD. Afterwards you may have to
restart your computer. Then run Great Canadian Scientists again.

*If the screen goes black after it says "loading" try quiting and
check that you have Quicktime 2.1.1 installed on your PC. If not, you
can install it manually from the QT_INST directory on the CD-ROM (or
for Mac users, from the QuickTime Installer folder).

*If the first screens come up black but sound is playing, quit GCS and
set your monitor to "256 colors--high color", then run GCS again.

*The program may not work well in "millions of colours". Set your
monitor to "256 colours" or preferably "thousands of colours".

*If nothing happens when you insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and
you cannot see the CD when you go to the proper volume (D: or E:) then
check that your CD-ROM drivers are properly installed and booting up
during restart.

*Do not copy the "Great Canadian Scientists" program to your hard disk.
It will not run. If you need to run it from your hard disk, make an
alias of the program on a Mac, a program group in Win3.1 or a shortcut
in Windows 95.

*If you have problems running GCS on a Mac, try it with Virtual Memory
off. If you are low on memory try using extension manager to turn off
all extensions and control pannels except for Apple CD-ROM and
Quicktime. That's all you really need.

*For best appearance you should have the Helvetica font (for Macs) in
the font folder in the System folder and Arial font (for PCs) in your
\Windows\System directory. Most PCs and Macs have these fonts already.
If text appears cut off or badly spaced, try re-installing these fonts
from the original systems disks that came with your computer.

NOTES:
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*Your score is shown by clicking in the upper left of the screen.

*You can stop any animation or video with a mouseclick.

*Hitting any key during the start-up splash or the ending credits
stops them.

*Pop-Quizes can come at random. Don't be surprised. Follow the
directions.

*Sound volume, quiz frequency and difficulty levels can be changed in
Prefs. Click on Prefs in the upper right of the screen.

*The Quiz is meant to be a random pop quiz, not keyed to what you are
doing at the time. If you take the hint, you arrive at the scientist
screen where you can find the answer. Look hard, take your time. Click
on things. The next time you hit the quiz button or if it comes
randomly, you get a second chance to answer the question.

*You will see any given quiz question at random up to three times if
you do not answer it correctly. When the quiz says you have two more
chances, that means you may randomly see that question two more times
and you have two more chances to get it right. The more tries you
take, the lower your score. After the third try, if you still get it
wrong, you are finally given the correct answer.

*Certain games are easier at the lower difficulty levels which you
select when you first start up.

*The background music for each scientist is a rendition of something
chosen by the scientist. Here are their choices:

Donald Coxeter:   Bruchner 9th Symphony, 3rd movement.
Roger Daley:      Handel's Water Music
Birute Galdikas:  Dayak folk music from Borneo
Gerhard Herzberg: Mozart Quartet for flute, violin, viola, and cello
Doreen Kimura:    Variation on a theme by the Rolling Stones
Julia Levy:       Vivaldi Flute Concerto
John Polanyi:     Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Snow White
William Ricker:   Bach Brandenburg Concerto
Endel Tulving:    Dvorak New World Symphony
Irene Uchida:     Beethoven Violin Concerto

*The Info button yields different information depending on where you
are. On the main screen it displays the credits. On a scientist screen it
gives you a lot of biographical information about that scientist. On
the reference screen (book) it gives you a bibliography of sources for
more Canadian science. On a game screen it gives you tips on how to
play the game or it explains the science of the game.

*All the text in the yellow info boxes can be copied to the clipboard.
You must then quit Great Canadian Scientists and go to a word
processing program and select "Paste".

*After many people use the GCS CD there will be a separate file for
everyone who tried it. You can use the Player Record Viewer
application on the CD to look at these files to see what parts of the
CD got the most use and to compare how differenct users scored.

*You can use the Kimura game or the Tulving game to do a class
experiment. Have as many people as possible play the game. Then use
the Player Record Viewer to record the scores. Do females get better
scores than males on average in the Kimura game? What about the
Tulving Memory game?


HOW TO CONTACT US:
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  CD-ROM Publisher:
  Virtual Reality/Didatech Software
  #200-4250 Dawson St.
  Burnaby, BC    V5C 4B1

  604-299-4435
  FAX:[phone]

  email: [e-mail]
  http://www.vrsystems.com

For CD-ROM sales to the Canadian Educational Market:
  CCT-Software Plus
  Website: www.c-c-t.com
  Tel: [phone]
  Fax: [phone]

For the GCS Book (Spring 97):
  Polestar Book Publishers
  1011 Commercial Drive
  Vancouver, BC  V5L 3X1

  Tel: [phone]
  Fax: [phone]

For Great Canadian Scientists online:
  Barry Shell
  4692 Quebec St.
  Vancouver, BC V5V 3M1

  Tel: [phone]
  FAX: [phone]

  email: [e-mail]
  URL: http://www.science.ca

CREDITS:
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Produced,Written and Directed by: Barry Shell
Designed by: Barry Shell, Marvin Entz, Jeff Steinbok, Gordon Ross and Ian Wojtowicz
Graphic Design by: David Clifford and Ian Wojtowicz
Art and Illustration by:  Laura Wallace and Ian Wojtowicz
Programming by: Jeff Steinbok
Music arranged and performed by: Dave Ritter
Sound Editing by: Dave Ritter and Jeff Steinbok
Video by: Lianna Walden, Tom Lakovic and Barry Shell
Editorial Research by: Marvin Entz and Mark Cohen
Animation Voice by: Sam Shell
Online version by: Gordon Ross and Ian Wojtowicz

Internet:  http://www.science.ca

Photo and other credits: Orangutan photo, Rod Brindamour; Galdikas
video sequence, Eddie Bauer Hero of the Earth Awards ceremony;
pictures in Kimura matching game, Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, NJ; photo of Polanyi, Brian Willer, Maclean's; photo of
Jodi Kaczur and Arnold Schwarzenneger, Lorraine Kaczur. All other
photos, videos or graphics by Barry Shell and the GCS team or courtesy
of the respective scientists. Web site donated by the Centre For
Systems Science at Simon Fraser University.

Produced with the financial assistance of the Royal Society of Canada,
Science Culture Canada, the British Columbia Ministry of Employment
and Investment's Partners in Science Awareness program, the BC
Ministry of Education Learning Resources Branch, Canada's SchoolNetthe
Federation of Canadian Biological Societies, and the Blair Family
Foundation.

Thanks to our families and all our friends and colleagues who helped
along the way.

Great Canadian Scientists is Copyright ⌐ 1996 Softshell Small Systems
Software Design Inc. All rights reserved.