Windows: 486/33 MHz or higher IBM-compatible PC, 8MB RAM, Windows 3.1 or higher (including Windows 95), SVGA display (256 color), MPC2-compatible sound card (22 KHz, 16-bit), Double-speed CD-ROM drive, Mouse
Macintosh: 68040 or higher (including PowerPC), System 7.0 or higher, 8MB RAM, Double-speed CD-ROM drive, Mouse
Installation
Macintosh & Power Macintosh
1) Insert the Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel disc into your CD-ROM drive.
2) You will need to install QuickTime 2.5 if it is not already on your system. To do so, open the QuickTime 2.5 Installer folder, double-click on the Install QuickTime icon, and follow the directions. If you had an older version of QuickTime, be sure to remove the Apple Multimedia Tuner from your system folder.
3) To run the software, double-click on the Mike Mulligan icon.
Windows 3.1
1) Insert the Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel disc into your CD-ROM drive.
2) From the Windows Program Manager, choose File then Run.
3) At the command line, type d:\setup (where d is the label of your CD-ROM drive. If your CD-ROM drive has another label, please enter that instead). The setup program will give you an opportunity to install QuickTime 2.1.1 if it is not already on your system. If you elect not to install at this time, you may install QuickTime at a later time by following the directions given below. (See Sound and Display Problems)
4) To run the software, double-click on the Mike Mulligan icon in the H M I Program Group.
Windows 95
1) Insert the Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel disc in your CD-ROM drive.
2) A Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Start-up screen should appear. Select "Install" to install the program. (Note: If the Start-up screen does not appear, double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon in the My Computer folder. When the Start-up screen appears, click Install.)
3) The setup program will give you an opportunity to install QuickTime 2.1.1 if it is not already on your system. If you elect not to install at this time, you may install QuickTime at a later time by following the directions given below. (See Sound and Display Problems)
4) To launch the software after installation, click on the Mike Mulligan icon in the HMI program group.
Once Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has been installed on your system, you will be given the Start-up screen whenever you insert the CD-ROM. To launch the program, select "Run" from the Start-up screen.
If you prefer not to launch the program at this time, select "Close" from the Start-up screen. To launch the program later you may:
- select the Mike Mulligan icon from the H M I Program Group OR
- double-click on the Mike Mulligan icon in the My Computer folder.
Trouble-shooting Tips
Memory Settings
For Macintosh & Power Macintosh users: This CD-ROM will perform best with Virtual Memory turned OFF. To turn your Virtual Memory off:
1) Select Memory from your Control Panel menu.
2) Turn Virtual Memory OFF.
3) You will be prompted to restart your computer for the change to take effect.
Certain memory management, software acceleration or disk caching software packages (such as RAM Doubler) may cause problems with Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. For best performance, you should disable these applications before running Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Display Settings
To run this software, your display must be set to 256 colors. If you need to reset your display, follow these steps:
Macintosh & Power Macintosh
1) Open your Monitor Control Panel from your Apple menu.
2) Click the 256 color setting.
Windows 3.1
Some IBM-compatible monitors supply a custom video setup control panel (either in your Main program group or in a separate program group) which will enable you to change your video mode. If your system does not have such a control panel, you may change your video mode by following these steps:
1) In the Windows Program Manager, double-click on the "Windows Setup" icon in the "Main" program group.
2) Select "Change System Settings..." from the Options menu.
3) From the "Display" drop-down menu, select a setting with 256 colors (e.g., Super VGA (SVGA) 800 x 600 256, or 640 x 480 256).
4) You may be prompted to insert your original Windows diskettes to install the relevant driver.
5) You will be prompted to re-start Windows to activate the new display driver setting.
Please note: These instructions assume that you have a Super VGA (SVGA) compatible display adapter. If you are not sure, please refer to the documentation that came with your system.
Windows 95
1) Open the Control Panel from the Settings selection in the Start menu.
2) Select the Settings tab.
3) Switch the Color Palette setting to "256 color".
4) You may be prompted to restart your computer for the change to take effect.
Sound or Display Problems
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel requires QuickTime to run. If you are experiencing sound or display problems, there are a number of things you should try.
Confirm that your system meets the requirements listed at the top of this document. You will need an MPC2-compatible sound card (22 KHz, 16-bit), to run Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
If you did not install QuickTime during the installation process, you may wish to do so.
* For Macintosh, see directions above.
* For Window 3.1, you may access the QuickTime installer from Program Manager by selecting File/ Run/ d:\qt16.exe (where d is the letter of your CD-ROM drive)
* For Windows 95, you should uninstall Mike Mulligan, by selecting the Uninstall Mike Mulligan icon from the HMI program group, and reinstall the program, including QuickTime.
Windows
Run the calibration movie at the end of the QuickTime install process. (If you have already installed QuickTime, you may access the calibration movie by launching MoviePlayer in the QuickTime for Windows program group, select File/ Open/ sample.mov). If the movie does not look smooth, there may be a conflict with your video driver. You should:
Confirm that you have the latest video drivers installed on your machine. If you have access to the internet, visit the HMI Technical Support Site on the World Wide Web at http://www.hminet.com for video driver support information.
Try customizing the QuickTime settings for your system. To do so, access the QuickTime icon in your Control Panel folder. In Windows 3.1, you will find Control Panel in the Main Program Group. In Window 95, you can access the Control Panel from the Settings menu in the Start menu.
For further information on QuickTime, please consult the QuickTime Read Me files included in the QuickTime for Windows folder.
Contacting Technical Support
If you have questions about this CD-ROM and have access to the Internet, visit the HMI Customer Service and Technical Support Site on the World Wide Web at: http://www.hminet.com/
If you don't have access to the Internet, or if you're still experiencing difficulty, gather the following information:
1) The product name (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel)
2) Amount of RAM in your system, video card and system information
3) A description of your problem including any error messages
4) A list of the steps that lead to the problem
Contact Technical Support at 1(800) 210-0241. Our hours are 7:00 am - 1:00 am Monday - Friday and 8:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday - Sunday (Eastern Standard Time).
