AZTECH CD-ROM MANAGER HELP FILE SEE THE END OF THIS FILE FOR OTHER GREAT CD-ROM TITLES FROM AZTECH. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Window ------------------------------------------------------------------- The main window has three basic selections; the main menu, the main categories box and the category list. . The Main Menu This provides standard Help and Exit functions. The Help function displays this file. . The Main Categories Box All the applications on this CD-ROM have been arranged into main categories. Clicking on any one of the buttons (eg. Education) will select all the relevant files for this category and display a summary description of each application in the category list. . The Category List The list in the left hand corner contains all the files for the selected category. With this box you can scroll through the various selections by pressing the Up and Down arrows to the right of the items. To select and learn more about an item just doubleclick on the description in the list and the individual selection box will appear with a variety of options. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Individual File Selection Box ------------------------------------------------------------------ This box provides several options for using any of the items on the CDROM. Some applications may not include certain options such as Help or the application may require that it be installed on your hard disk before it can be used. Unavailable options are shown with the usual grayed "disable" text colour. The available options under the individual file selection box are launch, read help, read text, read docs., view/listen, install to hard disk, and (still) more information. . Launch: If black, this button will execute the application directly from the CDROM without copying it to any other drive. If the launch button is grayed out it means the item must be Installed to your hard drive or floppy diskette Note: Some applications will modify your WIN.INI file and not indicate to you that it has done so. This is common, for example, when you change the default setup or options for some applications. Deleting the application at a later date does not necessarily remove the entries from your WIN.INI file. If you are concerned about such modifications, back up WIN.INI before installing any applications (whether from this CD-ROM or any other source, for that matter). . Read Help: If black, this button will display whatever help file was was provided with the application by the shareware author. Some applications may not have a help file. . Read Text: If black, this button will display a text file that is associated with the application or item. Such a file is usually a READ.ME, README.TXT or some other derivative filename. . Read Document: If black, this button will show you a file in the Windows Write format (filename.wri). This button is also used for text files that the Windows Notepad cannot load due to certain file size restrictions. . View/Listen: This button will only be black for Wave, Midi, Flic (animation), and bitmaps (graphics). Clicking this button will allow you to preview a selection before installing it onto your hard drive or diskette. Aztech's CD-ROM menu program will look into your Windows configuration to see if you have any applications that will play or display the particular filetype you requested. For example, the BMP Files category might use Paint that comes with Windows. The Wave Files category may call up Windows' Media Player. . Install to Hard Disk: This button is always black and when selected, will open a dialog box. The box will display all the drives and directories that you have available. It will also allow you to create new directories by pressing the New Directory button. Note: Aztech's CD-ROM Menu install option will check to see if you have enough space on the drive and directory you requested before it tries to copy any files. Also, it will not allow you to install an application into the "root" directory of any drive. This is done for your protection (please read your MS-DOS manual for more details). You must create a new a directory for installing the application or use an existing directory. . More Information: This button is always black. It provides a variety of additional useful information about each application including: . cost of registration, . time you are permitted to try it out before registering . amount of disk space (in kilobytes) required . in what directory the application resides on the CD-ROM . and more. For more information on Directories and Disks, please refer to your MS-DOS Manual or Windows Operating Guide. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Features and Statistics of this CD ------------------------------------------------------------------ . This CD-ROM contains the following numbers of files per category: . 76 Games . 21 Education . 9 Multimedia . 6 General . 56 Flic (animation) . 447 Wave (Windows' sound files) . 519 MIDI (a standard: Musical Instrument Digital Interface) . 843 BMP (bit-mapped images) . Approximately 75% of the applications run directly from this CD-ROM. The balance are easily installable from Aztech's CD-ROM Menu. . All of the applications have been reviewed. They all work. They are all decompressed and each application resides in its own directory. You do not need to know the "executable" file. You do not need to know how to use various decompression programs. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Great CD-ROM Titles Available From Aztech New Media Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Case of The Cautious Condor" Requires: Soundblaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ThunderBoard 460 KB conventional memory VGA with 256 KB RAM Audio output (speakers connected to sound card, stereo system, etc.) CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS Format: MS-DOS only Suggested Retail Price: $39.95 No Printer Required. Meglomaniacal millionaire Bronson Barnard has invited a select group from international society to celebrate the maiden flight of his extravagant flying boat, the Condor. But Barnard knows someone on this transatlantic soiree is a murderer(ess)! As private eye Ned Peters, you must find motive, method and opportunity to solve the mystery of The Case of the Cautious Condor. 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Piece together the testaments of a variety of ghostly and not-so-lively characters to find out why Murder Makes Strange Deadfellows. This multimedia 1930's-style detective adventure features comic book quality illustrations and a complex cast of audio-based characters. There are hundreds of ways to reach the one and only solution. There are also more than a few ways to perish along the way. ___________________________________________________________________ "Best of the Best VGA/EGA Shareware Games" "Best of the Best Shareware MasterBlend" Requires: 286 PC or better CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS EGA or better Format: MS-DOS only Suggested Retail Price: $19.95 No Printer Required A collection of some of the best available shareware in the market today. . completely menu-driven (mouse or keyboard) . about 85% of the applications run directly from the CD-ROM . about 5K hard disk required for temporary file storage . all files are decompressed, ready to run from DOS (if bypassing menu) . every application in a separate directory with a RUNME.BAT file . completely virus tested . positioned at an mpulse Buy price All of the preceding features apply to the following shareware titles: "Best of the Best VGA/EGA Shareware Games" - 172 commercial-quality games of every conceivable kind; children's games, educational, mind games, strategy, board games, adventure, arcade, card and casino games. Includes such titles as Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem, Secret Agent, Scrabble, Galactix, various trvia games, colouring books, etc. "Best of the Best Shareware MasterBlend" - 156 high-quality education, games, desktop publishing, finance, business, graphics, clip art, home and hobby, mail and utility applications. Included are tutors for calculus, algebra, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, MS-DOS, What's in Your PC. There is modem doctor, spelling, video chemistry, 50 high quality games, about 500 clip art images for Word Perfect and another 500 for New Print Shop, NeoShow and NeoPaint, bike repair, calorie mate and many, many more. You may contact Aztech New Media Corp. by fax at (416) 738-1961. We truly hope you enjoy our products.