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HELP FILE FOR THE CD
To run the menu straight away, double click on the !INTRO
stack, and sit back...
Now you can read the rest of this document!
This document will help describe what this CD is about.
This is the third Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM, and has been
specially formatted to be read on the PC and Macintosh
platforms as well as the Acorn. It contains software and
multimedia sent in by readers and companies.
The CD utilises a user interface created using the Acorn
version of Hyperstudio 3, available from TAG Developments,
although Mac and PC versions were used to ensure the interface
works correctly on those machines. The Mac and PC versions are
also available from Roger Wagner Publishing, the creators of
Hyperstudio. See the !HSLICENCE file for more details.
To run the interface, copies of the Hyperstudio player software
for all three formats have been provided. The Acorn version
requires 4 megabytes of memory, and Risc OS 3.1 or higher to
run properly. If you have less than this amount, then you
will have to access the CD directly. If you have a 4mb machine,
and find you are having memory problems, then try to free as
much memory as possible, before running the interface.
The stack files with the /STK extensions (this will appear
as .STK on the Mac and PC platforms) can only run on the
PC or Mac versions of the Hyperstudio Player Software.
These can be found in the WINDOWS and MACINTOSH directories
on this CD, depending on which platform you are viewing the
CD on - the MACINTOSH folder is only present on the Macintosh
partition of the CD, which is unviewable on the PC and Acorn
platforms (unless in the case of the latter, you own the full
version of MacFS!)
The stacks consist entirely of bitmaps, so extras such as
Quicktime for Windows etc. are not provided on the CD. All
you need are the Hyperstudio players safely unzipped onto
your hard disc.
There are two stacks you can run. The INTRO stack is just an
introductory sequence, while the HOMESTACK launches the
interface which will act as a starting point to your
navigation about the CD.
ACORN USERS
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All the archives have been recompressed using ArcFS 2 into
ArcFS archives (filetype &DDC), with the exception of certain
directories, which contained zipped archives.
Copies of !SparkPlug 2.25 and !ArcFS 0.73a have been provided
to allow unpacking of files. The contents of zip files cannot
be run directly. They must be copied from the CD onto your
hard disc or floppy disc and run from there. The same applies
to ArcFS archives. Although programs can be run from within
an ArcFS archive, there is no guarantee as to whether they will
work! If your are in any doubt about this, then COPY THE
CONTENTS ONTO YOUR HARD OR FLOPPY DISC.
It is VERY important that you make sure you have dearchived the
software, reset the computer and reloaded the software before
complaining to us if there is a problem. We get many letters
and e-mails from people who have obviously not dearchived the
software and have tried to run the contents from within one,
resulting in various errors.
If you are running the interface, memory problems
may occur when you do try to dearchive software. In this
case, the interface is best used to browse the contents of the
CD. When you find the item you want, quit the !HSPlayer
program, and copy the program to your hard disc.
Certain pieces of software have been left unarchived, due to
their sheer size, such as the Destiny demo. Most of the
GALLERY section can be run directly off the CD. But generally,
we would not recommend doing this for some software, as some
programs may attempt to save configuration files.
If you would like more details on how the interface was
created, or to express your opinions about the CD, then please
contact the author, Stephen Scott at his e-mail address
banwackerin@hotmail.com.
On behalf of the staff of Acorn User, TAG Developments and
Roger Wagner Publishing, I hope you enjoy this CD.
Stephen Scott, tapestry multimedia
August, September 1997
Interface conceived between 30 June and 12 September, 1997
WWW 1 :http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/clint/40
WWW 2 :http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/2760
E-mail:banwackerin@hotmail.com
Snail :17 Northcroft Villas
Egham
Surrey
TW20 0DZ
England