These animation files WILL NOT BE PROPERLY DISPLAYED unless you 
follow the following directions!

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If you want to view animation ( .ani ) files created by ElectriVUE, 
you must have an extended memory manager installed through the file 
"c:\config.sys" and your computer must have at least two megabytes 
of memory that are configured as extended memory.

If Microsoft Windows is installed on your computer, you probably 
have both extended memory and an extended memory manager installed.  
The memory manager, loaded through the config.sys file, may be
"himem.sys," which comes with DOS.  Alternatively, config.sys may 
reference a third party memory manager, such as qemm386.sys from 
quarterdeck office systems.

If you are not certain if an extended memory manager is properly 
installed, the ElectriVUE animation viewer can determine the amount 
of accessible extended memory in your system.  If it reports any 
available extended memory, a memory manager must be installed.

Type:       play     [Pres Enter]

The program will report the amount, if any, of extended memory 
detected (hopefully at least 2000 kilobytes), and the number of 
available "file handles" (hopefully at least 110).

If the amount of extended memory is zero, check config.sys.  
If memory is detected, but the number of file handles is small 
(say 16 or 32), continue reading this section.

Most likely you will find that you have sufficient extended memory, 
but insufficient file handles.  One file handle is required for each 
item stored in extended memory at a given time.  The number of file 
handles available to the system is determined by an option on the line 
in config.sys that loads your extended memory manager.  Generally this 
option is not set at all, and the number of file handles defaults to a 
small number, such as 16 or 32.  We will require additional handles, 
since each animation frame will be stored in extended memory during 
playback, and these sample animations each have 110 frames.

The line in config.sys that loads your memory manager looks like:
	Device = c:\dos\himem.sys
or...
	Device = c:\qemm\qemm386.sys  ram rom

Since these lines do not reference file handles at all, you will be 
limited to playing back a small number of frames, even if there is 
sufficient extended memory in your computer to hold hundreds of frames!

Using any ASCII editor, such as "edlin," or "edit," or any wordprocessor 
with an ASCII option, alter the device line in config.sys as follows:

If your extended memory manager is himem.sys, add the handles option:
		Device = c:\dos\himem.sys  /numhandles=128
If your extended memory manager is qemm386.sys, add the handles option:
		Device = c:\qemm\qemm386.sys ram rom  handles=255
If you have any other extended memory manager, consult its documention.

Do not alter any other aspect of this "Device =" line, such as the 
"path" to the device driver (c:\dos, c:\, etc.) or any other options 
that appear on the line (RAM, ROM).  After making the alteration and 
exiting the file, reboot your computer so the change takes effect.

There is no good reason to ever remove this alteration to config.sys.  
The change can only help to prevent system crashes, particularly when 
you run Windows software, and the assignment of 100 extra file handles 
costs you no more than 1 kilobyte of high memory.

