ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º HELP AND INFORMATION ON GENIE LIVEWIRE º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ May 1994 The IBM compatible version of GEnie LiveWire features both key and mouse selection. In this issue, you select an article by clicking on an icon next to the article name or by pressing the associated alphanumeric key from your keyboard. To exit LIVEWIRE, press the X key or click on the Exit sign. Memory Requirements: A minimum of 475K available conventional DOS memory is required to view GEnie LiveWire. To be able to view the animation effects in this issue, your system may need at least 1 megabyte of expanded or extended memory available. If you don't, you will still be able to view everything but most of the animation effects. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Starting GEnie LiveWire ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ There are five options to start GEnie LiveWire: 1. For those who wish to suppress all sound and music, type LW at the prompt and press enter. 2. For systems with NO sound card, but wish to hear PC Speaker sound and music, type LW1 at the prompt and press enter. 3. For those with a standard Sound Blaster card 1.5/2.0 type LW2 at the prompt and press enter. 4. For those with Sound Blaster Pro 2.0, SB16 or SB Pro 2 MCV, type LW3 at the prompt and press enter. 5. LiveWire is MS Windows compatible. Tips for installing it are available in the Easy Step-by-Step Instructions file for this issue, found in the LiveWire Library on GEnie Page 20. The batch files will load the applicable sound drivers where appropriate and start this issue of LiveWire. Upon exiting LiveWire, sound drivers (if loaded) will be removed. For those without a sound card, we have included music files that will play through your PC speaker. These PC speaker files will not play if you have installed the Sound Blaster drivers. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Sound Card Information: The sound driver installation assumes you have set the sound drive/path information. This is normally done in your autoexec.bat file with a command that looks like this: SET SOUND=[drive:\path] You may also issue this command from the DOS command line. This tells the batch file where the appropriate drivers are located. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ The IBM compatible version of GEnie LiveWire was created with SuperShow IV, multimedia authoring software from PC West. If you would like more information on SuperShow IV you may contact PC West at 602-992-0310 or by writing to them at P.O. Box 31418, Phoenix, AZ 85046. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ If you are using MS Windows to view LiveWire, the sound may be very slow depending on your configuration. You have two choices in this event. Leave Windows and run from a DOS prompt or remove the sound drivers. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ End of Help