                             Africa Screen Saver(tm)
                              Copyright (C) 1994 by
                              Socha Computing, Inc.

This version of the Africa Screen Saver contains all the files you need in
order to run it from within Microsoft Windows.  Here are the minimum and
recommended system requirements for running the Africa Screen Saver, which
uses the Wildlife Screen Saver(tm) engine.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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  *  Windows 3.1 or later
  *  386 or better microprocessor (486 recommended)
  *  4MB of memory (8MB recommended for anyone using Windows)
  *  256 color display (or more)
  *  Optional sound card if you want to hear the pleasing sounds of Africa

Africa will fill your entire screen for any screen size up to 1,024 by 768
pixels.  For screens larger than this, the images will be centered on your
screen.

INSTALLING THE AFRICA SCREEN SAVER
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  1.  Make sure all the files are in a single directory.  If these files are
      on a CD-ROM or floppy disk, make a directory on your hard disk and copy
      the files to your hard disk.
  2.  From within Windows, double-click on the SETUP.EXE file.  This program
      does not install the Africa Screen Saver files -- but you must run it
      before running WILDLIFE.EXE.
  3.  From within Windows, duoble-click on the WILDLIFE.EXE file.
  4.  If you want this screen saver to run each time you start Windows,
      click on the Settings button, then check the option that says
      "Run Wildlife when Windows starts" and click on the OK button.

USING WILDLIFE
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We've tried to make using our screen saver as simple as possible, but there
are a couple of features that may not be obvious.

  Preview a Module
     You can see a preview of any module in two steps. First, whenever you
     click on a module name, you'll see a small still image to remind you what
     the module looks like. If you then click on this preview image, Wildlife
     will switch to screen saver mode and run that module.

  Using the Randomizer
     You can have Wildlife switch between your favoriate modules using the
     Randomizer. The randomzier will be active whenever the name *Randomizer*
     is highlighted in the list of modules (this name is ALWAYS first in the
     list).

     Whenever any module other than *Randomizer* is highlighted, Wildlife will
     run only that module.

  Muting Sound
     If you have a sound card installed Wildlife will automatically play
     sounds for you. You can turn this feature off for all modules, or just
     for specific modules. To mute all modules, uncheck the Mute all modules
     check box. Check this box again to turn the sound back on.

     You can also mute the sound on individual modules using the Mute check
     box that appears at the very top of the Wildlife window.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Q: I can't get WILDLIFE.EXE to run.  Why not?

   A: You probably need to run the SETUP.EXE program.  If you're wondering
      what this program does and why you need to run it, you'll find this
      addressed below in another question.

Q: How reliable is the Wildlife Screen Saver engine used by Africa?

   A: We're very proud of our screen saver and believe that it is the most
      reliable screen saver on the market.  The Wildlife engine is actually
      an update of an engine that has been shipping in a commercial product
      since October 1993.  We have had very few bug reports from our many
      users, and none of the bug reports (knock on wood) have been crashes
      or reports of damaged or lost data.

      Here's a bit of techno-babble: Part of the reason for this level of
      reliability is that all of the Windows knowledge and hairy code is
      contained in the central engine rather than in the modules. What this
      means is that any time we fix a bug that appeared in one module, we
      fixed that same bug in ALL modules.

Q: Will the Wildlife Screen Saver engine slow down my other programs?

   A: Your programs will run at full speed as long as Wildlife hasn't
      "blanked" your screen.  Once your screen blanks, your other programs
      that are running in the background may slow down a little since
      Wildlife does require time to animate your screen.  For most people,
      this will never be noticable.  However, if you're concerned about
      slow-downs, you can adjust the Animation Priority in the Settings
      dialog box to slow down Wildlife's animations while other programs
      are performing heavy calculations.  Or you can temporarly turn off
      Wildlife by unchecking the On check box that appears at the top of
      the Wildlife main window.  Simply check the On box again to re-enable
      Wildlife.

Q: What is the Wildlife Screen Saver, I thought this was the Africa Screen
   Saver?

   A: The name Wildlife Screen Saver refers to the engine, or software, that
      runs all the modules we've created for the Africa Screen Saver.  We
      know this is a little confusing, but the engine is a general-purpose
      engine that you can expect to see used by other screen savers in the
      future, so we wanted to give it a more generic name than "Africa."

Q: How do I remove the Africa Screen Saver?

   A: We hope you'll like Africa enough so you'll never want to remove it.
      But if this tragic day should ever come, removing Africa is very easy:
      
      1) First, if you have Africa set to start each time you run Windows,
         display the Africa main window.
      
      2) Then click on the Settings button to display the Settings dialog
         box.
      
      3) Uncheck the box labeled "Run Wildlife when Windows starts" and
         click the OK button.
         
      4) Now quit Wildlife by clicking on the Quit button.
      
      5) At this point you can delete all of the files for this product,
         which should all be in the same directory.

Q: What does the SETUP.EXE program do and when do I need to run it?

   A: The Wildlife Screen Saver engine displays dialog boxes with a nice
      3-D effect using a part from Microsoft called CTL3DV2.DLL. If you get
      an error message from Windows to the effect "...cannot find specified
      file (or one of its components)" or "cannot find CTL3DV2.DLL", you
      need to run SETUP.EXE.  This program will install the CTL3DV2.DLL file
      in the proper location in Windows so Wildlife will run properly.

      For you techno friends: SETUP.EXE will not overwrite newer versions of
      CTL3DV2.DLL.

If you have other questions, please contact us via the Internet:

    socha@halcyon.com

We do NOT provide telephone support, so please (pretty please) don't make us
answer the phone only to tell you that we do not provide telephone support.
