              
                           S c r e e n D a n c e

                                    1.0 G

                         R E L E A S E   N O T E S

                Copyright (c) 1996, Madeira Software, Inc.
                           All rights reserved.                                  


CONTENTS        Short Description
                System Requirements
                Benefits of Registering
                Installation
                Starting ScreenDance
                Windows 95 Compatibility
                Sound Card Problems
                Video Card Problems
                Mouse Not Found
                How to Contact Us
                History
    

Short           ScreenDance is a CD player that comes packed with a
Description     library of sound-activated animations, making multimedia
                PCs come alive with dazzling light and color. Play a CD or
                sing in the microphone - watch as your PC moves to the
                music! 
                
                Runs in 32-bit extended-DOS for screaming graphics like
                today's hottest games. Includes a mixer, configurable
                playlist, and disc/track title database.


System          486 PC (minimum), 2MB RAM; 4 MB disk space; MS-DOS 5.0;
Requirements    Super-VGA display adapter (640x480x256); Sound Blaster or
                ProAudio Spectrum compatible sound card; and Microphone,
                CD-ROM drive, or other audio source.
                

Benefits of     This version of ScreenDance is freely distributed for the
Registering     sole purpose of allowing you to "try before you buy" (also
                known as a shareware version). So please try it out and
                pass it on to friends - but if you like it, buy it as soon
                as you can! Don't miss out on all the benefits others have
                already gotten by registering.
                
                In return for your support, you will receive the
                following:
                
                    * A bonus pack of 12 new ScreenDance animations
                
                            Aurora - dancing Northern Lights
                       Fractals II - second volume of computer-generated 
                                     art
                          Fuzzball - sort of like a laser-light show
                              Haze - 3D texture-mapped fog (comes in purple
                                     too!)
                       Neon Lights - musical Las Vegas
                        Piano Roll - like from an old-time player piano
                           Pulsars - fly through musical galaxies
                      Spectrometer - spectrum bargraph, like on a graphic 
                                     equalizer
                          Tapestry - selection of shimmering tapestries
                           Tunnels - pulsating passageways
                       VU Bargraph - like on your hi-fi, but with slew rate
                                     control
                       VU (Analog) - VU meter like on an old tape deck
                
                    * An advanced version of ScreenDance with support for
                      third-party animations
                    * Printed manual
                    * Unlimited phone support
                    * Advance notice of bug-fixes and updates (via e-mail)
                
                The cost to register now is only $29.95 (US), plus
                shipping and handling. For instructions on how to register,
                select File, Register off the ScreenDance menu, or take a
                look at ORDER.DOC.


How To Install  1. From the DOS prompt, type the drive-letter and pathname
                   to the ScreenDance self-extracting executable that you
                   downloaded, then press ENTER.

                   For example, type C:\DOWNLOADS\SCRNDANC and press ENTER.

                   TIP: In Microsoft Windows 95 click the Start button and
                   select Run... from the menu, then type the above
                   command. In Windows 3.1 select File, then Run off the
                   Program Manager menu, then type the above command.

                2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Screendance
                   and configure your sound card. If you don't know what
                   kind of sound card you have, select Sound Blaster and
                   accept all the default settings.

                Once you have installed ScreenDance, you may go back and
                re-run the install to change your sound card settings
                at any time without doing a complete re-install.

                NOTE: If the installation aborts without any explanation,
                you may not have enough DOS memory available to run the 
                install program. Try to make at least 450K available.


Starting        For maximum performance, ScreenDance runs as a 32-bit
Screendance     extended DOS program, like today's hottest action games. On
                most systems it will run in a full-screen MS-DOS window
                under Windows 95 or Windows 3.1, but on others it runs best
                after shutting down Windows 95 or exiting Windows 3.1. Try
                the following instructions for your particular operating
                system; if you have trouble, try shutting down or exiting
                Windows and follow the instructions for running from
                MS-DOS. 
                
                From MS-DOS:

                1. Change to the hard drive where you installed
                   ScreenDance.
    
                   For example, to change to the default installation
                   drive, type C: and press ENTER.
       
                2. Change to the directory where you installed 
                   Screendance.
       
                   For example, to change to the default installation
                   directory, type CD \DANCE and press ENTER.

                3. Type DANCE and press ENTER.

                From Windows 95:

                1. If it's not already running, open Windows Explorer by
                   clicking on the Start button and selecting Programs, 
                   Windows Explorer from the menu.

                2. Use the Windows Explorer to find the Dance application
                   in the directory where you installed ScreenDance, and
                   double click on it to run. Be sure to select the file 
                   which is listed as type Application by Windows Explorer; 
                   to see file types, select View, then Details off the 
                   menu.
    
                Tip: To create a shortcut to ScreenDance, drag the Dance
                application from the Windows Explorer onto your desktop or
                to any open folder.

                From Windows 3.1:

                1. If it's not already running, open the File Manager from
                   the Main group on the Program Manager desktop.

                2. Use the File Manager to find the DANCE.EXE file in the
                   directory where you installed Screendance, and double
                   click it to run.

                To view the online documentation, either select Help, then
                Online Manual off the ScreenDance menu, or view the
                DANCE.DOC file.


Windows 95      If you are running Windows 95 and are experiencing problems
Compatibility   with the CD-ROM drive, you are most likely seeing a
                conflict between ScreenDance and the autoplay feature of
                the Win95 CD player. There are several solutions:
                
                a) hold down the shift key each time you insert a CD into
                   the CDROM drive - this prevents the Win95 CD player
                   from starting up.
                
                b) download TweakUI from Microsoft's web site at
                   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/powertoy.htm.
                   This nifty utility lets you easily disable/enable the
                   audio CD autoplay feature. After installing it, see the
                   settings on the "Paranoia" tab.
                
                c) disallow the Win95 CD player from automatically
                   starting to play a newly inserted disc: from the Win95
                   Explorer, select View, Options off the menu; click on
                   the File Types tab and select the AudioCD file type.
                   Click the Edit button, highlight the Play action, then
                   click the Edit... button. Remove the /play option that
                   appears after cdplayer.exe. You can replace the /play
                   option at any time later by going back to this dialog.
                
                d) set up ScreenDance to run in MS-DOS mode by
                   right-clicking the mouse on the the Dance application
                   and selecting Properties. Select the Program tab, then
                   click the Advanced button. Check off the MS-DOS Mode
                   setting. If after doing this the mouse doesn't work in
                   ScreenDance, you will need to set up a batch file to
                   load the mouse driver before running.


Sound Card      If your sound card fails to initialize, most likely your
Problems        IRQ number is incorrectly set in the DANCE.INI file.
                Check your sound card documentation and system
                configuration, then either re-run SCRNDANCE.EXE and select
                Configure Sound Card, or edit the 'IRQ = ' entry in the
                [SOUND] section of DANCE.INI. IRQ 5 is the most common
                setting followed by IRQ 7. You may also need to check the
                Base address and DMA channel settings.
                

Video Card      If ScreenDance aborts with an InitGraphics error, be sure
Problems        you have a super-VGA display card capable of running in 640
                x 480 x 256 color mode, and which is VESA compatible. Check
                that the display card has at least 512K of video memory. If
                your card meets these requirements but still does not work,
                you may need to load a VESA driver before running
                ScreenDance. Check your display card documentation for
                instructions on loading a VESA driver.

                
Mouse           If you are experiencing problems with your mouse, use
Not Found       Ctrl-X to exit ScreenDance, then check that you have a
                mouse driver loaded before running the program. You can
                usually load the mouse driver by typing MOUSE and pressing
                ENTER at the DOS command line.
                
                
How to          ScreenDance was produced by Madeira Software, Inc. of
Contact Us      Beverly, MA. We value your feedback! If you have questions
                or comments, please reach us at:
                
                    Internet:   feedback@madeira.com 
                    Compuserve: [74407,2214] 

                    Sales:          (800) 275-6137
                    Tech Support:   (508) 922-0189
                    FAX:            (508) 921-2636

                    Post:           Madeira Software, Inc.
                                    PO Box 5424
                                    Beverly, MA 01915

                Visit our Web site for updates, tips, answers to common
                technical questions, and other late-breaking information:

                    http://www.madeira.com


History         1.0E to 1.0G
                  o fixed bug in drawing menus.
                  o fixed problem with 3D Spectrograph at high resolution.
                  o shareware version now includes disc/track title import.
                  o shareware version now includes change drive function.

                1.0C to 1.0E
                  o dancer now stops better when music stops.
                  o INI file now case insensitive.
                  o fixed bug in setting CDROM preamp levels.

                1.0B to 1.0C
                  o fixed crash problem with SBPro and stereo mode.
                  o fixed channel enable problem with SBPro.
                  o added more kinds of kaleidoscopes.
                  o added more variety to tap and russian dance styles.

                1.0 to 1.0B
                  o now reads/writes CDROM preamp levels to/from INI file.



                     Thank you for trying ScreenDance!
                
                
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