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INSTALLATION AND IMAGE DISPLAY:
EARLY BICYCLES v1.5 for WIN 95 and WIN 3.1+
1) INSTALLATION
a) Make certain you are in Windows. The installation program
will not run in DOS. Be certain that you are in the proper OS,
either Windows 3.1+ or Windows 95, if you run a double boot
system.
Windows 3.1+
b) Put Disk 1 (or the shareware disk) into your floppy drive.
In Windows 3.1+ from Program Manager's File Menu choose the
Run option. Type a:\setup.exe or b:\setup.exe, depending upon
whether a or b is the letter assigned to your 3.5" diskette
drive. Click on OK.
c) Alternatively, open the directory and file display for
your floppy drive, or working directory wherein you unzipped
the shareware archive, and double click on setup.exe.
Windows 95
d) From the Start Menu choose Settings ... Control Panel ...
Add/Remove Software. The installation wizard will find setup.exe
on your floppy disk. Alternatively you can use Explorer to
access the floppy disk, or directory where you unzipped the
shareware archive, and double click on setup.exe.
2) Either accept the default path and directory for installation or
edit to your own specifications. Choose whether or not to install
EARLY BICYCLES as the default screen saver in the Desktop
Item of the Control Panel.
Notice that the word 'default' in the dialog is confusing.
If you choose this option, EARLY BICYCLES will be installed as
just one of your screen saver choices under the name MINICAT in
the proper alphabetical position. However, it will become the active
screen saver immediately. If you do not enable this installation
option, EARLY BICYCLES will still be installed as a screen saver
option but will not be active until deliberately enabled by you.
See 'Your Windows Screen Saver" in the album for information about
EARLY BICYCLES as a screen saver and how to configure it.
3) The installation will create a program group called MINICAT
with a single item in it also called MINICAT. You may change
the name of this icon to EARLY BICYCLES if you wish but there
are reasons not to do so as explained in the manual.
4) Double Click upon the MINICAT icon and the opening screen of
MINICAT is displayed. Notice the long horizontal button in the right
window which is labeled EARLY BICYCLES. Click on this bar and
you will be presented with the EARLY BICYCLES album main
screen.
If you pause at this opening screen for several seconds,
a slide show of all images in the album will begin in the left
hand window. Notice that you can exit the program from this
opening screen using the Exit Button. See the manual within
the Media Album for additional instructions.
5) IMAGE QUALITY: SUPER IMPORTANT!! DON'T SKIP THIS!!
a) The graphics files in this product are superb gray scale images.
b) To view these images with all the brilliance and resolution they
contain, set your monitor for 24 bit (16 million colors) if at all
possible. They look OK at a monitor setting of 256 colors but not
superb. If you enable these images as a screen saver, they will look
best at 640 x480 because the images then occupy most of the screen
area.
c) Unless you have an old pre-1990 monitor, you already have
installed software to change the resolution of monitor. Such
software comes with all graphics cards and is preinstalled
when you buy a computer in the retail market. I cannot give
specifics here for the dozens of different graphics cards on
the market. If you haven't discovered this monitor utility, which
will be a Windows applet, consult the manual that came with
your graphics card. If you lost it, call the store where you
bought the computer or the manufacturer of the computer.
(C) 1995-1996 REALITY SOFTWARE
P.O. BOX 105
WALDOBORO, ME 04573-0105
bennett@pipeline.com
WWW: http://www.maine.com/reality