----------------------------------- Math for the Real World (TM) version 1.0 for Windows® 3.1x ----------------------------------- Congratulations on your purchase of Davidson's Math for the Real World! To supply you with up-to-the-minute information, we have included this ReadMe file. (Please open this window to its maximum size for better readability.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- INDEX ----- Section Number ------- ------ CD Audio Tracks ....... I Installation ....... II Running the Program ....... III Video Files ....... IV MIDI Audio ....... V Product Sampler ....... VI Troubleshooting and Performance Tips ....... VII Technical Support ....... VIII --------------------------------------------------------------------- I. CD Audio Tracks --------------- Included on this CD are the six songs featured in the program. These songs start on Track #2 and can be played on a regular CD player or the audio CD player of your computer. You may hear a hissing or scratching sound during playback of Track #1 on some regular CD players. In order to avoid this sound, advance the track number of the CD player to Track #2. Please refer to the CD player manufacturer's documentation regarding playback of the audio tracks. II. Installation ------------ 1. Insert the Math for the Real World CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Select Run from the Program Manager File menu. 3. At the Open box, type "D:\setup.exe", where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. 4. Click on OK and follow the prompts. To uninstall Math for the Real World ------------------------------------ 1. Insert the Math for the Real World CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the "Uninstall-Insert CD" icon. 3. You will be given an opportunity to save the data files located in the program folder where you installed Math for the Real World. III. Running the Program ------------------- 1. Insert the Math for the Real World CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. From Windows Program Manager, double-click the program icon. Note: If your system is running a custom desktop, refer to the manufacturer's documentation for instructions on special circumstances. IV. Music Videos ------------ Your goal as you travel across the U.S. is to create a cool music video, so we've included a few for you to sample. To view these samples, click Play Music Video at the sign-in screen. Highlight a sample video and click OK to play. Once you complete a tour, your music video will automatically be saved to a list for future viewing (available from the sign-in screen's Play Music Video). The video can no longer be edited at this point. Your video can be saved to a floppy disk to share with friends. **Note: The Math for the Real World is required in order to playback a video. Only videos created with the Windows version may be viewed with this version. To save a video file to a floppy disk or hard drive: -------------------- 1. Click the "Play Music Video" button from the sign-in screen. 2. Click to highlight the video file you wish to save. 3. Click the "Save Video To Disk " button. A Save file box will appear. 4. In the Filename window, type the name for your video file. Click Save. 5. A copy of the video file will be created in the location you specified. To play a video from a floppy disk or hard drive: ------------------------------- 1. Click the "Play Music Video" button from the sign-in screen. 2. Click the "Open Video From Disk" button. An Open file box will appear. 3. Locate the video file you wish to play. (These files have the "*.rwv" filename extension). 4. Click the Open button. The 'Loading Video...' screen will begin the video playback. V. MIDI Audio ---------- Some of the music in the program is MIDI audio. If you experience audio problems using Math for the Real World, please consult your system documentation or contact the system manufacturer/vendor regarding the proper MIDI settings. VI. Davidson Product Sampler ------------------------ Included on the Math for the Real World CD are the Davidson Product Previews which outline many Davidson products. To view the Product Previews, you first need to install some necessary files to the hard drive. 1. Insert the program's CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the "Davidson Product Sampler" icon. 3. A "Davidson Product Sampler" program group will be created. 4. If your system does not have QuickTime for Windows, a QuickTime install prompt will appear. 5. Press OK to install QuickTime, and follow the prompts. To install QuickTime at a later time: 1. Insert the program's CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Select the Run... command from Program Manager's File menu. 3. Type "D:\Previews\Qtwfiles\Qt16inst.exe" (where D is the assigned letter for the CD-ROM drive). 4. Press OK and follow the prompts. *********************************************************************** VII. Troubleshooting and Performance Tips ------------------------------------ If the program is very slow: ---------------------------- 1. Close any unnecessary applications that may be running. 2. Be sure you are running Windows in enhanced mode and that the Virtual Memory settings are active. Refer to the performance tips below or your Windows documentation. 3. Make sure your display setting is at 640x480 resolution and 256 colors. Refer to your system or Windows documentation. If the program does not run when you double-click on Rwmath16.exe from the File Manager or type Rwmath16.exe from the Run line: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Math for the Real World requires a command line parameter for its executable to run. We recommend running the program from its installed icon; refer to the Installation section above to install the icons. If display problems occur: -------------------------- If you experience graphics problems while running Math for the Real World, contact your video card or system vendor to obtain the latest version of their video driver. If sound problems occur: ------------------------ If you experience sound problems while running Math for the Real World, contact your sound card or system vendor to obtain the latest version of their sound driver. Screen savers: -------------- If you are running a screen saver in the background and experience video and sound problems during the program, disable the screen saver and the problem should be solved. Refer to your screen saver documentation on how to disable the screen saver. Maze controls ------------- To control the player icon in the Maze game, use the arrow keys on the keyboard. The game cannot be played with a joystick. Windows keyboards ----------------- If you wish to use the keypad for entering your answers, the keyboard's NumLock feature should be turned on. Video Preview and Playback in the Studio ---------------------------------------- To improve performance of your video playback, delete one or more video animations from the scene. System Performance Tips ----------------------- These tips are designed to improve your system's performance: Optimize your hard disk to increase disk access performance ----------------------------------------------------------- With MS-DOS 5.0 or older, you'll need to use a separate utility for disk optimization. If you are using MS-DOS 6.0 or newer, use the following steps to defragment and optimize your disk: 1. Exit Windows. At the C:\> prompt, type "defrag C: /f" and press ENTER. This process will take a few minutes. 2. Reenter Windows and run the program. Increase the available memory for running Windows programs ---------------------------------------------------------- Change the SMARTDrive cache size to make more memory available. If you have more than 8 MB of RAM, skip this process. 1. Go to the Program Manager. 2. Select Run from the File menu. 3. At the command box, type "sysedit" and click OK. 4. The Sysedit window will appear. Click on the Autoexec.bat window to bring it to the front. 5. Locate the line that shows smartdrv.exe and type in the appropriate sizes. * If you have 8 MB of RAM, add 1024 1024. Your SMARTDrive setting should look like this: smartdrv.exe 1024 1024 (you have typed in 1024 1024). Note: Leave any other options on the smartdrv.exe line as they are set. For example: (before) smartdrv.exe /q (after) smartdrv.exe 1024 1024 /q 6. If you've made changes, select Save from the File menu. 7. Select Exit from the File menu. 8. Exit Windows and restart the computer. Set up virtual memory to give Windows more memory ------------------------------------------------- (Note: If you are running any disk-compression software, refer to the software manual or call the software manufacturer for assistance in setting up a permanent swap file.) 1. Run Defrag as described above. 2. Start Windows, go to the Program Manager, and double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main group. 3. Double-click the 386 Enhanced icon in the Control Panel group. 4. Click the Virtual Memory button on the right side. 5. Make sure the Size is set to at least 4000 KB if you have 8 MB of RAM. Also make sure Type is set to Permanent. If these are not the current settings, click the Change button. 6. Under New Settings, make sure the Type is Permanent and the Size is set according to #5 above. The bigger the swap file size, the better performance you will have. We recommend setting the size to at least 8000 KB (but not exceeding 16000 KB). This will improve your system's overall performance. 7. Click OK. Follow the prompt to restart Windows. *********************************************************************** VIII. Technical Support ----------------- Video drivers and system settings --------------------------------- Information about your system's video drivers can often assist our Technical Support staff in diagnosing problems that are encountered when running the program. To get information about your system's video drivers: 1. Double-click the Windows Setup icon in the Main program group. 2. Write down the entry next to "Display". To find out more about the system settings, you can use the Microsoft Diagnostics utility which is available with Windows. From the DOS prompt(C:\), type 'msd' and write down the settings for Memory and Video. Calling Technical Support ------------------------- Please have the following information ready if and when you call: 1. The product name and version number located at the top of this ReadMe file. 2. The processor and clock speed of your computer (e.g., 486/66). 3. Your operating system's version number. From Program Manager, choose Help--About Program Manager. 4. The brand name of the sound device installed in the computer. 5. The amount of free memory (memory available to run the program) that the computer has. (Open Program Manager and select About Program Manager from the Help menu). From the dialog box that appears, write down the Memory and System Resources values. 6. The complete and exact error message reported by the program (if any). Telephone: Call (800) 556-6141 toll-free, or (310) 793-0600, M-F, 7 A.M. to 6 P.M. Pacific Time. Fax: Our fax number is (310) 214-7937, 24 hours daily. America Online Forum-keyword: Davidson E-mail: support@education.com World Wide Web address: http://www.education.com Thank you for purchasing Math for the Real World! Math for the Real World(TM) is a trademark of Davidson & Associates, Inc. QuickTime® is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MS-DOS® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names mentioned in this ReadMe file may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged. © 1997 Davidson & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.