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- Dear CD-ROM User:
-
- Thank you for purchasing The CD-ROM Book - The Naked Truth and
- Killer Animations. We hope you enjoy learning more about the
- CD-ROM technology. Please remember, always read instructions first!
-
-
- The Directories contained on the Companion CD
-
- Animatio This directory contains all of the 'killer' NITRO animations.
- This program automatically loads AutoDesk Animation Player
- for you.
-
- CACHE These are the HyperWare HyperDisk Speedkit files.
- PLEASE READ THE WARNINGS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THIS KIT.
-
- CDCHECK This directory contains the CDCHECK diagnostic and testing program.
- CDCHECK is discussed thoroughly in The CD-ROM Book.
-
- GRAPHIC This directory contains the Graphic WorkShop for Windows (GWSWIN):
- PaintShop Pro (PSP) and Photo Show 3-D (WINVIEW).
-
- MULTIMED This directory contains VIDVUE, a multimedia player/slideshow
- utility and image viewer/utility. PLEASE, read the accompanying
- text in VIDVUE's directory.
-
- The price paid for the book and CD-ROM, purchases the right to try
- the Shareware contained; payment to the original author is required
- if Shareware is used beyond specified trial period.
-
- VIDVUE is distributed "AS IS". Any expressed or implied warranties,
- including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and
- fitness for ANY use or purpose are specifically disclaimed. In no
- event shall the author be liable for ANY loss of profit or damage
- including, but not limited to special, consequential, incidental,
- or other damages.
-
- PIC The bit mapped images of the NITRO 'killer' animations are stored
- here.
-
- SOUND This directory contains the CD-Player (CDPLAY); GoldWave for
- Windows (GOLDWAV); Sound Sculptor for Windows (WMSCULP) and
- dozens of Windows sound wave files you can use with NITRO.
-
- VHELP This directory contains sounds used by various applications.
-
- VIDEO This directory contains an animation player and more sample
- animations (ANIMAT); A collection of AVI animation files (AVI);
- North Coast Software's PhotoMorph Demonstration (MORPH) and
- Microsoft's Video for Windows runtime module (VFW) and
- AutoDesk's Animation Player for Windows.
-
- NEW! NEW! NEW!
-
- At CD-ROM 'press time' SONY's D.A.D.C. division (Terre Haute, IN)
- has included an outstanding 'movie' for you. This movie is an
- excellent overview of how Sony makes CDs. To run this movie, at
- the DOS prompt type:
-
- CD x:SONY <enter> (where xx is your CD drive letter) and
- type SETUP <enter>
-
- or to run from Windows, select RUN from the file menu of the
- Program Manager and type:
-
- x:\SONY\SETUP.EXE (where x is your CD drive letter)
-
- Enjoy and thank you SONY!
-
- DRIVERS We have included several drivers which some users may need.
- They are listed below.
-
-
- With ANIPLAY for Windows, the animation player, you can play *.FLI
- and *.FLC files under Windows.
-
- ANIPLAY also lets you play script files with the AAS extension.
- You can use the following switches with these script files:
-
- -F Plays animation in full screen mode
- -N WAV file Plays wave file simultaneously
-
- To start the animations from File Manager, copy the following files:
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- AAPLAY.DLL
- ANIPLAY.EXE
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- to a directory included in the DOS path. For example, you could copy
- the files to your Windows directory.
-
- You may also need to 'associate' files with the .FLI, .FLC and .AAS extensions
- with the ANIPLAY.EXE program file. To do this, run FILE MANAGER from the
- Program Manager. It is HIGHLY advisable to read your Microsoft Windows Manual
- in the 'associating files' section.
-
-
- Enjoy!
-
-
- Abacus Software Inc.
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