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Welcome to Loon Magic:
Experience the "Magic" of Loons!
This CD-ROM contains an in-depth exploration of loons - "Loon Magic",
and also "Loon Magic for Kids," an overview of loons for anyone looking
for a taste of the magic of loons.
We have included over 120 loon images, 60+ loon sounds, composed loon
music, in-depth text discussions, eight movies and five slideshows to enhance your "loon" experience. This CD-ROM works in both Macintosh and Windows!
You can also use this CD-ROM on your stereo -- over twenty minutes of composed
loon music to relax with and enjoy!
(Full audio CD-ROMs available from NorthWord Press, Inc. 1-800-336-5666.)
QuickStart:
Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM player.
Macintosh:
Install the QuickTime 1.6 provided by dragging the
QuickTime file to your system folder and restarting.
Double click on the "Loon Magic" or "Loon Magic for Kids"
loon icon.
Windows:
From DOS TYPE:
[drive]: and enter (where drive is the letter of your CD-ROM
drive)
Loons and enter (this runs an install program in windows and
adds a program manager group with icons to run the
software. NOTE: it also copies two configuration
files to your c:\windows directory, they are
"LoonMagc.ini" and "LoonKids.ini".)
- OR - from the Windows Program manager's menu copy the
two INI files "LoonMagc.ini" and "LoonKids.ini" to your
Windows directory, and choose run and TYPE:
[drive]:LoonMagc.exe and press enter, or
[drive]:LoonKids.exe and press enter
How to use the software:
Loon Magic for Kids
The Table of Contents provides a menu of topics to select and
view while playing a QuickTime movie in the background.
The Table of Contents is accessed from anywhere by the clicking
the Home button. (A house with an "H")
The sounds play by clicking the Ear button: (Ear with sound lines)
The QuickTime movies play by clicking the projector button.
(A movie projector icon)
The presentation "pages" can be paged through forwards or backwards
by clicking the left or right loon button with an arrow.
Loon Magic
The Table of Contents provides a menu of topics to select and view.
The Table of Contents is accessed from anywhere by clicking the Home
button. (A house with an "H".)
The sounds play by clicking the Ear button: (Ear with sound lines.)
The QuickTime movie directory is accessed from the Table of
Contents, QuickTime movies can be randomly played by clicking
the projector button. (A movie projector icon)
The text is read and "scrolled" by clicking the up arrow or
the down arrow.
The presentation "pages" can be paged through forwards or backwards
by clicking the left or right loon with the arrow.
Included, is the file "layout.txt," which provides a comprehensive
"map" of the contents (topics and sub-topics) contained in the
comprehensive text.
Playing the movies:
You can play the movies outside the "Loon Magic" software.
You can view the images by topic, outside the "Loon Magic" software.
All the QuickTime movies are in the "Movies" directory/folder.
Macintosh: Open the "Movies" folder and double click on a movie to
play.
Windows: from the Windows Program manager's menu choose run and TYPE:
[drive]:Player.exe and press enter, and
choose the "open" from the file menu - open the
"Movies" directory and open anyone of the movies
"***.mov".
The text in "Loon Magic" is available in files that can be accessed by your
word processor!
Macintosh: open the "Mac TEXT" folder.
Windows: open the "pc_text" directory, the file "loonText.txt" is a
guide to the topics and sub-topics available and their file names.
Issues
Equipment/software needed or recommended:
Macintosh:
- 256 (8 bit) color or better color display
- QuickTime 1.6 (on CD-ROM) installed
- Mac II, LC or better
- System 6.0.7 or higher
- 2 megabytes RAM required, 5 preferred
PC/Windows:
- DOS 5.0,
- Windows 3.1,
- 386 or better PC,
- Sound Board and speakers,
- 256 (8 bit) or better display.
- 2 megabytes RAM required, 5 preferred
QuickTime 1.6/1.1 is included.
8 bit display (256 colors):
All the images are in an 8 bit format in the "Loon Magic" software,
they are best viewed at 24 bit (millions of colors).
To view the images in 24 bit format, access the slideshows in the
"Movies" folder/directory.
The Movies are best viewed in 24 bit and are provided in 24 bit format,
but they are accessable with an 8 bit display.
Trouble Shooting:
The movies don't play.
Make sure that you have the latest version of QuickTime installed
Macintosh 1.6, Windows 1.1, They are both provided on the CD-ROM.
The sounds don't play.
Macintosh: Make sure that your sound control panel is not off.
Windows: You need a sound board.
Are the speakers/headphones connected and on?
The software doesn't fit on my screen
You need at least a 13" display (640x480) to view the entire
picture.
For a 12" Macintosh display we have provided the "Loon Magic for
kids" in a smaller 12" format. The "Loon Magic" information
is accessable by playing the movies in the "Movies" folder and
accessing the TEXT in the "Mac TEXT" folder.
White and black blotches on my screen
The images and sounds used in this software require large quantities of
RAM at time. If the program is unable to load all of the images
needed into RAM for one screen, it may "blank" the images from the
screen or cause sounds to be cut short of their full play.
The problem may be resolved by quitting any other applications that may
be running or by adding more RAM to your machine.