As the proud owner of a new CD-ROM drive and speakers, you will find this CD offers you a glimpse of the new world of multimedia and the exciting titles that can bring you and each member of your family hours of enjoyment. (By the way, the disc also contains some hidden secrets which you will have to discover on your own). But before you begin, please follow these simple instructions:
• Download the appropriate system additions into your “System Folder.” They are located in the folder called “Macintosh System Updates.”
The QuickTime update is required if you do not have QuickTime 1.6.1 or 1.6.2 in your System folder. To install QuickTime, simply drag the QuickTime icon onto your System folder. (Do not open the folder). Macintosh will install the extension in the proper location automatically. If you are using System 6.0.7, drag the icon into the System folder.
Power Macintosh computers come equipped with QuickTime 1.6.2 and do not need this addition.
Before installing the QuickTime scrapbook file, read the directions in the “Macintosh System Updates” folder. For more information about QuickTime and the new AppleCD 300 plus drive, see the documents in the folder titled “For More Information.”
Other System additions include a new Sound Manager and “Sound” control panel for System 7.0 and 7.01 users, “System Update 2.0” for System 7.1 users, and a utility called MacCheck which will examine the contents of your hard disk and inform you if any problems exist with current files.
• Drag the multi-colored ball icon labeled “MM Starter” from the Starter CD onto your hard disk.
• If you are using a system with less than 5 megabytes RAM, you may have trouble running the CD. Do not use virtual memory. In order to give extra RAM to the CD, we suggest you do the following:
1. Before viewing the Multimedia Starter CD, please go to the “Extensions Manager” which can be found in your System 7 “Control Panels” folder. Turn off all extensions which are not related to the CD-ROM. If you do not have the “Extensions Manager,” drag the extensions you do not need into a separate folder named “Extensions Disabled.” Extensions which should NOT be turned off or removed include:
- Apple CD-ROM
- CD-Remote INIT
- Foreign File Access
- Hardware System Update (System 7.1 only)
- QuickTime™
- Sound Manager
2. Screen savers, networking, Adobe Type Manager and active NuBus Boards should be turned OFF.
3. While you are looking at your “Control Panels,” we suggest the following settings:
- Monitors: 256 colors or higher
- Memory:
Disk Cache to 32K,
Virtual Memory OFF
32-bit Addressing ON,
RAM disk OFF
• Restart your Macintosh computer.
• To start the program, double-click on the “MM Starter” icon on your hard disk drive.
For computers with 4 MB RAM: You may find that another megabyte of RAM will be required to view the CD properly if your system folder is larger than 1.3 megabytes. Low memory may eliminate the sound from some portions of the CD-ROM or cause QuickTime movies to play in a jerky manner.
For computers with 5 MB RAM or more: The CD has been optimized for your configuration. No changes are necessary unless you have an unusually large system folder.
Special thanks to Chipp Walters at Human Code in Austin, Texas, and Rick Wylie at the Options Group for making this CD-ROM possible.