DOCUMENTATION FOR SEASCAPE 1.4 DESCRIPTION Seascape (TM) is a screen saver which displays relatively realistic fish (blue majors) and little animals (microdes) on which they feed. System requirements: Seascape must be run on Microsoft Windows 3.1 (or later); the recommended minimum hardware configuration is a 386 with 4 Mb of RAM. This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). SEASCAPE LICENSE AGREEMENT This software product is copyrighted, and all rights are reserved by the author and publisher. Installation and use of Seascape requires that you agree to the following conditions: Trying out Seascape is free, but for continued use registration is required. Registration of a single copy of Seascape permits you to use it on a single computer, except that if you use one PC at work and another at home, or both a desktop PC and a portable PC, you may use Seascape on both with a single registration. You are invited to make unregistered copies of Seascape for your friends. All copies must contain the unaltered complete set of files generated by selecting "Make a Copy" as described below (or, if you prefer, by using "diskcopy" to duplicate your unaltered installation disk). Commercial users of Seascape must register and pay for their copies of Seascape within 90 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site License arrangements may be made by con- tacting Advanced Computer Tektonics. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. DUE TO THE VARIETY OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH SEASCAPE MAY BE USED, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ALLEGED OR ACTUAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OF THIS PROGRAM. If you agree to these conditions, you are invited to install Seascape. Following installation, you may read this documentation at any time by selecting "Documentation" from the Seascape Setup dialog box. (Instructions for using Seascape will appear at the end of the installation process.) REGISTRATION For continued use of Seascape, registration is required. Your registration fee will help finance improvement of Seascape, and as a registered user you will be entitled to a $10 discount on registration of our next major release. When you're ready to register (or if you just want more details), select "Register..." in Seascape's Setup dialog box. We hope you enjoy Seascape, and look forward to improving on it with your support. HOW TO MAKE AN UNREGISTERED COPY OF SEASCAPE 1. Insert a blank formatted diskette in a suitable drive. 2. Select "Make a Copy" in the Seascape Setup dialog. (To get to the Seascape Setup dialog, open the Control Panel from Main in Program Manager, double click on Desktop, make sure Seascape is shown the name of your current Screen Saver, and click on Setup.) 3. When production of the copy is complete, please put on the diskette a label that says: SEASCAPE 1.4 In the Windows 3.1 Program Manager: 1. Select "File". 2. Select "Run". 3. Type "A:SeaNstal" (or "B:SeaNstal"). 4. Insert diskette in drive A (or B). 5. Select "OK". You'll be invited to read more before choosing whether to proceed with installation. USING SEASCAPE Since Seascape is integrated with the Microsoft Screen Saver utility, it is accessed by activating the Control Panel (from the Program Manager's "Main" window), choosing "Desktop" to open the Desktop dialog box, and then selecting "Seascape" on the Screen Saver Name list. Note that from the Control Panel you can also access Seascape and other screen saver controls by selecting "Settings" and then selecting "Screen Saver...". (Depending on your configuration, you may also be able to directly choose a "Screen Saver" icon in your Control Panel.) Features such as changing the Delay (between the end of user activity and start-up of the screen saver) and setting a password are precisely the same for Seascape as for Microsoft- supplied screen savers. To set the Delay, click on the little up and down triangles to the right of "Delay:" in the Desktop dialog box. To try out the currently selected screen saver, click on the "Test" button in the Desktop dialog box. Additional Seascape options, including password setting, are accessed by clicking on "Setup..." in the Desktop dialog box (with "Seascape" showing in the Screen Saver Name field). HOW TO PRINT THIS DOCUMENTATION This documentation is contained in SEAS_DOC.TXT, located on your installation diskette (if you have one) and, following installation, in the SEASCAPE subdirectory of your Windows startup directory (typically C:\WINDOWS\SEASCAPE). Should you want a hard copy, it can easily be printed with Notepad. OUR PRODUCTS AND HOW TO ORDER Single Copy Prices Unregistered Seascape diskette.................. $5.00 Registration of unregistered copy.............. $10.00 Seascape diskette with registration........... $12.00 "Seascape diskette with registration" means a pre-registered Seascape together with a keyword you'll type in to activate the registration. (If you wish it registered to a name other than your own, as in the case of a gift, please be sure to specify the registree's name in your order.) For an order including a diskette or diskettes, please add $2.00 for shipping and handling. Simply send a note saying what you want, with a check for the proper amount and your return address, to Advanced Computer Tektonics 334 State Street, Suite 106 Los Altos, CA 94022 Seascape will be shipped on a 3.5" diskette unless you request a 5.25" diskette. If you are ordering from outside the United States, please either send a check in your local currency for an amount equivalent to the U.S. dollar price, or else send a cashier's check for U.S. dollars payable through a bank in the U.S. Banks here have informed us that while they can process both the above sorts of payment, they cannot process Eurochecks for U.S. dollar amounts because of complications related to having the currency conversion done abroad. (California residents: the prices above include any applicable sales tax, so you need not calculate it.) INSTALLATION 1. From the Windows 3.1 (or later) program manager menu bar select "File". 2. Select "Run...". 3. If you're installing from a diskette, insert your Seascape diskette into drive A or B. Then enter A:SeaNstal in the Command Line field (or B:SeaNstal if you're using drive B) and select OK. If you're installing after downloading Seascape to your hard disk, you have probably already extracted files, e.g. with PKUNZIP SEASCAPE.ZIP; if not, do so. Then enter SeaNstal in the Command Line field, where is the path of the directory containing your Seascape files (for instance, C:\INBOX\SEASCAPE\SeaNstal if they're in C:\INBOX\SEASCAPE), and select OK. 4. Enter your first and last names in the space provided (first name first) and select OK. 5. When asked to confirm that you want to install Seascape in your Windows startup directory, select OK. (Since this is the directory in which the Control Panel's Screen Saver utility searches for screen savers, it's the only correct place to install Seascape.) Note: If you have an earlier version of Seascape, simply follow the instructions above to replace it with this version. If your earlier version was registered, you can activate registration for this version by entering your existing registration key. UNINSTALLATION Should you wish to remove Seascape from your computer, go to your windows startup directory (typically C:\WINDOWS) and issue the following commands. del sscscape.scr del seascape\*.* rmdir seascape If you wish, then delete the "[ScreenSaver.Seascape]" section in control.ini (in your windows startup directory, typically C:\WINDOWS). (This section stores about 65 bytes of configuration data, such as your prefered number of fish.) SUPPORT AND REFUND POLICY Advanced Computer Tektonics offers free support to registered users for a minimum of six months from the date of registration. Please report any problems to Advanced Computer Tektonics 334 State Street, Suite 106 Los Altos, CA 94022 or, if you prefer, send electronic mail to Alan Walworth at Compuserve address 71204,2226. In the event we are unable to resolve a significant problem reported within six months of registration, we will refund your registration fee. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTIONS Your comments are always welcome. If you have suggestions about how we could best improve Seascape, or criticisms, or questions of any kind, please send them to us at the U.S. mail or Compuserve addresses just above. SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTOR AND BBS INFORMATION Copies of Seascape provided by a shareware distributor or made available on a BBS must include all Seascape files without any alteration. Compressing the files into a single distributable file with a utility such as PKZIP or LHA does not count as alteration. When such archiving is done, the distributed file should have a name which makes it readily recognizable as Seascape and if possible makes clear the version; the standard name for zipped Version 1.4 is SEASCA14.ZIP, or, for systems that allow only 6 character names, SEAS14.ZIP. Anyone distributing Seascape for any kind of remuneration must contact Advanced Computer Tektonics at the address above for authorization, and except for distributors who are members of the Association of Shareware Professionals, this authorization must be granted in advance of any such distribution. Authorization to distribute Seascape will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the Association of Shareware Professionals as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering Seascape immediately (however, Advanced Computer Tektonics must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up to date with the latest version of Seascape). The fee charged by a distributor for providing a copy of Seascape may not exceed $10.00. ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS OMBUDSMAN This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. CONTENTS OF INSTALLATION DISKETTE Your Seascape installation diskette (or downloaded Seascape) should contain the following files: SEA_READ.ME (961 bytes) SEANSTAL.EXE (36352 bytes) SEAS_DOC.EXE (26624 bytes) SEAS_DOC.TXT (13702 bytes) SEAS_SSL.DLL (4736 bytes) SEAS_SST.DLL (4576 bytes) SEAS_STA.RCS (39 bytes) SEAS_TNL.RCS (39 bytes) SEAS_VJN.RCS (31 bytes) SEAS_WWL.RCS (31 bytes) SEASCAPE EX_ (130641 bytes) or SEASCAPE EXE (366464 bytes) Depending on how you obtained Seascape, you will have either seascape.exe or the compressed version of it, seascape.ex_. If you have the compressed version, it will be expanded automatically during installation. FILE_ID.DIZ (357 bytes) A descripton of Seascape suitable for use on Bulletin Board Systems is provided in a file with the standard name file_id.diz, which enables this description to be automatically presented to users by PCBoard based and compatible BBSes. VENDOR.DOC (752 bytes) A description of Seascape suitable for use in shareware vendor catalogs is provided in a file with the standard name vendor.doc. REVISION HISTORY Version 1.4 (11/93) - installation procedure made more robust; registration reminder facility refined Version 1.3 (03/93) - standard files for vendors and BBSes added Version 1.2 (01/93) - minor changes to reflect ASP membership Version 1.1 (01/93) - user interface and documentation improved Version 1.0 (11/92) - initial version