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- Welcome to CompuServeCD.
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- CompuServeCD is a multimedia companion to the CompuServe Information
- Service. It combines CD ROM-based information, applications, sound,
- graphics and video with CompuServe's online services in an interplay
- that capitalizes on each medium's strengths. CompuServeCD is the first
- step toward delivery of multimedia information on the "Information
- Superhighway." CompuServeCD taps CD ROM's full visual and auditory
- capabilities, and delivers to CompuServe members more efficiency and
- ease in locating, understanding and using information. CompuServeCD
- viewers can expect demo versions of commercial software, complete
- versions and updates to popular shareware, updates to CompuServe
- Information Manager, audio-visually enhanced tutorial and shopping
- services, selected files from forum libraries, and much more. There
- is an on-disc File Finder for locating program, text files and graphics
- and downloading them from CompuServe.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION
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- CompuServeCD System Requirements:
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- MPC Standard PC
- Windows 3.1 or Higher
- 4 meg RAM
- 256 colors
- 640x480 monitor resolution
- 8-bit Sound Blaster or equivalent
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- Highly Recommended:
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- MPC 2
- Double speed CD ROM drive
- 16-bit sound card with MIDI support
- External speakers
- 8 meg RAM
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- CompuServeCD requires 5 meg of disk space, plus 2.6 meg for WinCIM and
- 4 meg for Video for Windows if these programs are not already resident
- on the system.
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- Installation:
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- The following is a step-by-step process to install CompuServeCD and
- create a Program Manager group on your hard disk. CompuServeCD does
- not have to be reinstalled for each new issue. CompuServe alerts users
- to upgrades as needed.
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- >Insert CompuServeCD disc into CD ROM drive
- >From Windows 3.1 (or higher), install CompuServeCD to hard disk, as
- follows:
- >Using Program Manager, choose the RUN command from the File menu
- >Enter D:\SETUP (replace D: with the letter of your CD ROM drive)
- >Follow the instructions that appear on your screen; CompuServeCD icons
- will appear in your CompuServe program group.
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- Running CompuServeCD:
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- >Be sure the disc is in the CD ROM drive
- >From Program Manager, double click CompuServeCD Startup 2
- >Select the CompuServeCD magazine displayed on the left of the Startup
- window to open the magazine. If a magazine image is not visible, select
- Preferences from the File menu and enter the letter of your CD ROM drive.
- When you open the magazine, you'll see the cover, and find an overview
- movie called "Preview This Issue" containing the current month's content
- highlights.
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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- > If you are experiencing problems with the CompuServeCD connection to the
- online information service, you may need to install a later version of
- WinCIM. Follow these steps:
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- 1) Run CompuServeCD's Startup program
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- 2) Click on [Connections]
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- 3) Click on [Install WinCIM]
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- > If you are experiencing problems with article text that does not fit
- properly on your screen or WinCIM seems to run slowly and time-out often,
- then you may have an out-of-date video driver. Try resetting your
- Windows video option to a standard 256 VGA mode by running the Windows
- Setup program.
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- PROBLEMS OPENING THE MAGAZINE FROM THE OVERVIEW WINDOW
- > If you experience problems when attempting to open the magazine from
- the overview window, you may want to try starting CCD from File Manager.
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- 1) After restarting Windows, Open File Manager.
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- 2) Double-click on the CCD Startup application.
- If you followed a typical installation, you would use:
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- CSERVE\CCD2\STARTUP.EXE
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- > You may also want to check online for additional suggestions
- (GO CCDSUPPORT).
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- IF YOU EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS OR HAVE QUESTIONS
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- There are several avenues for getting help:
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- > The CompuServeCD Forum (GO CCDSUPPORT), is available to all CompuServe
- members, and is free of connect time charges. Technical support staff
- and CompuServeCD producers monitor the Forum to answer users' questions
- and take suggestions.
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- > CompuServeCD also has a toll-free telephone support service at
- 1-800-CDROM-89 (in the USA). Telephone support is also available
- in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland and Australia,
- and in several other European and Pacific nations. GO LOGON on
- CompuServe for an updated list of telephone numbers.
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- > Feedback: Select "Create Feedback Memo" on the Connections menu from
- any page of the magazine to create and send messages directly to us.
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- > Also, refer to the HELP file on this disc.
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- (c)1996 CompuServe Incorporated. CompuServeCD(tm) is a trademark of
- CompuServe(r) Incorporated, an H&R Block Company. Asymetrix(r) is a
- registered trademark and ToolBook(tm) is a trademark of Asymetrix
- Corporation. Microsoft(r) is a registered trademark of Microsoft
- Corporation and Windows(tm) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Labs, Inc. WinCIM(tm) is a
- registered trademark of CompuServe Incorporated. MPC(tm) is a trademark
- of the Multimedia PC Marketing Council. Portions of CompuServeCD were
- developed for CompuServe by Metatec(r) Corporation and incorporate
- technology used under license from Fulcrum Technologies, Inc.
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