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- Entrepreneur
- README File Revised 9/13/95
-
- If you have any problems installing or running this disc,
- please through this file. If you still need help, our
- phone number is 201-808-1992; technical support is
- available from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST. In addition,
- support is available from Allegro's internet site at
- http://www.allegronm.com, on Prodigy via e-mail
- at NYGY14E or via Allegro's fax number at 201-808-2645.
-
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- INSTALLING THIS CD-ROM ON A MACHINE WITH WINDOWS 3.1
-
- 1. Please shut down other applications before running
- Setup. Do not remove the CD while install is running.
- 2. Start Windows
- 3. In the Program Manager window, chose RUN from the
- file menu.
- Type "D:\SETUP"
- (where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) and
- click OK.
- 4. The SETUP program will automatically go through the
- installation process. Follow the on-screen prompts.
- It will ask you to restart Windows when the
- installation is complete. When you come back into
- Windows, you will all ready to run Entrepreneur.
-
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- IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS INSTALLING ENTREPRENEUR,
- PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING:
- 1. You must have 4 MB free on your hard drive, usually
- C drive.
- 2. You need a minimum of 4 MB of memory, but 8 MB of
- memory is suggested.
-
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- Installing this CD-ROM on a machine with Windows 95
- There are two ways of installing:
-
- The first way is to let Windows 95 "auto install" --
- insert the CD-ROM into your drive and wait for an
- installation message to appear on your screen.
- If you want to continue the installation, click OK.
- The installation will proceed.
-
- The second way is to manually launch the setup program.
- This is done by clicking on the START button on the TASK
- bar and clicking the RUN option. A dialog box will open.
- Type in "D:\SETUP", where D is the letter of your CD-ROM
- drive. Click OK to proceed.
-
- Note: This CD-ROM will auto run on Windows 95 by simply
- inserting the CD-ROM into the drive.
-
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- Installation:
- Some users have reported being unable to complete
- installation when they launch D:\SETUP (the standard
- Microsoft installation) from Program Manager by selecting
- File - Run.
-
- We have provided an alternate installation.
- If you encounter a problem installing the Entrepreneur or
- the Allegro Reference Group and its program icons are not
- created during set up, return to Program Manager and
- select File - Run and type D:\ALTINST (substitute your
- own drive letter for CD-ROM drive if yours is not a
- D: drive.)
-
- Click Run using the mouse or hit Enter from
- your keyboard to run the alternate installation. You
- will be prompted to re-start windows upon the completion
- of the setup for Entrepreneur. We suggest you do this at
- the end of the installation. This is a necessary step in
- the installation of video drivers. Selecting Yes will
- automatically re-start Windows. If you select No, you
- must manually Exit Windows and re-start Windows before
- using Entrepreneur. If you encounter any problems after
- installation, try re-booting your computer, repeating the
- installation procedure and re-starting Windows.
-
- Compuserve Installation:
- In order to use the Compuserve Demo built into Entrepreneur
- you must have the Compuserve software installed on your
- system. Double clicking the Compuserve Installation icon
- located in the Allegro Reference group provides for automated
- installation of the Compuserve software. You must have the
- Entrepreneur CD-ROM in the appropriate CD-ROM drive for the
- installation to proceed.
-
- Follow the on-screen instructions. Entrepreneur and
- Compuserve Installation icons are now installed under the
- Allegro Reference Group in Program Manager.
-
- Technical Notes:
- During installation, the Entrepreneur viewer will be
- copied to your hard disk (the data files will remain
- on your CD-ROM). In addition, files necessary for audio
- and video will be copied to your hard disk. In order to
- use these multimedia features you will have to re-boot
- your machine after installation (this updates your
- Windows configuration for video).
-
- The first time you view a video, Windows will profile
- your display to determine optimum playback
- characteristics. The video and audio sequences
- on Entrepreneur work best on 486 level or greater
- machines with fast CD-ROM drives. In order to keep
- pace with these videos, it is normal to drop video
- frames and small audio segments on slower machines.
- A faster CD-ROM drive, faster processor or video
- accelerator may enhance the playback of these videos.
-
- Since the videos on Entrepreneur use 256 colors,
- machines configured for 16 colors may display videos
- at a lower resolution (the videos will appear grainy).
- If you are sure you have a 256 color display adapter
- but can only see 16 colors, it may be necessary to
- change your Windows setup. Refer to your Windows
- manual or hardware supplier for assistance with
- this process.
-
- Video:
- Use the video control bar at the bottom of each video
- screen to start and adjust video playback. Double-arrow
- buttons scan back and forward. The single-arrow button
- serves both to play and pause the video. The square
- button stops the video and returns it to the first
- frame.
-
- Lip-sync problems (voice appears to lag behind video):
- Open the Drivers control from the Windows Control Panel.
- Locate the WAVE driver for your sound card and click
- Setup. If the driver Window allows you to change the
- DMA buffer setting, set it to 1K. NOTE: some drivers
- don't allow you to vary the DMA buffer size.
-
- General video problems:
- Video and audio sequences will work best on 486 level
- machines with fast (double speed) CD-ROM drives. In
- order to keep pace with these videos, it is normal to
- drop video frames and small audio segments on slower
- machines. A faster CD-ROM drive, faster processor or
- video accelerator may enhance the playback of these
- videos. You may also be able to tune the performance
- of your system to play back Indeo videos more
- effectively by loading device drivers in high memory,
- and using the latest device drivers for your video
- card, sound card and CD-ROM drive. These updated
- device drivers should be available from your hardware
- manufacturer.
-
- Problems using certain video cards:
- Some video drivers cannot run AVI animations with the
- [MCI] Microsoft Video for Windows driver set to full
- screen. To resolve this problem:
- 1. In the Drivers section of Control Panel, choose
- [MCI] Microsoft Video for Windows.
- 2. Choose the Setup button.
- 3. In the Video Mode dialog box, set the Window option.
- 4. Choose the Set Default button.
- 5. Choose the Close button in the Drivers dialog box.
- 6. Close the Control Panel.
-
- Certain AVI's or videos cannot be properly displayed
- on systems with ATI video cards installed. The problem
- lies in an incompatibility between the ATI Windows
- or display drivers and the new version of Video for
- Windows version 1.1. If you have installed Video for
- Windows v. 1.1 after you have installed your ATI
- drivers, then you must call ATI to track down this
- problem. ATI can be contacted at the following
- phone number: 1-905-882-2626
-
- Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Clicking Print Topic from the File menu brings up a
- copyright notice. Press the P key to print a topic
- directly.
-
- Audio:
- After playing a number of audio clips on a single
- screen, you may get an "Out of Memory" error. The
- problem occurs because Viewer does not release
- memory after playing audio files. To release memory,
- click the Next button, then the Prev button
- (returning to the same screen). This will allow you
- to continue to play audio clips. You may also try
- increasing the available low level memory in your
- computer, or increasing the number of Files in your
- CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- Images:
- Images are stored in 256 color format. Images
- displayed on a VGA or 16 color display will
- not reproduce colors accurately. Be sure that
- you have a 256 color driver loaded to properly
- display bitmaps. Check your Windows setup to
- be sure that you have the proper drivers loaded.
-
- TBBOOK.DLL Error:
- If you receive this error message you should exit
- from the disc and restart Windows.
-
- TS Timer Not Available Error:
- The Allegro catalog uses a timer to automatically
- display screens and videos. Under certain
- circumstances, Viewer does not release enough memory
- to allow proper timing of sequences, thereby causing
- this error. If this problem persists, try increasing
- the available low level memory in your computer, or
- increasing the number of Files in your CONFIG.SYS file.
-
-
- We at Allegro New Media are sorry for any inconvenience
- this has caused you.
-