Welcome to "Chex¨ Quest"

Please note that the full Macintosh Chex© Quest game IS NOT INCLUDED on this disc. It is only available for Windows computers. Please see the BONUS directory for a replacement DOOM WAD file if you own DOOM for the Macintosh.

Please read this document if you are experiencing problems with your Chex© Quest disc.


Before you continue
Be absolutely certain that you have QuickTime installed on your computer or you will not be able to watch the Chex© Quest videos. The QuickTime installer is located in the "Quicktime Installer" folder.


Out of memory problems
If you get an error message when you try to launch the America Online Installer from the "Chex© Quest Menu", you don't have enough memory available. Just double-click on the file, "Install AOL 3.0 for Macintosh" instead.

If you don't hear audio playing when you play back the video, you don't have enough memory available. Try this:
1. Copy the folder named "Chex© Quest" to your hard disk which is located in the "Macintosh" folder. You need 30 megabytes of available space on your hard disk.
2. Select the file and choose "Get Info" from the File menu 
3. Change the preferred size of the application to be less than the recommend number of bytes. We recommend going down by 500 bytes at a time (i.e. 4000, 3500, 3000, etc.)
4. Try launching again.
5. If this doesn't work, try removing non-essential extensions and control panels. See your operator's manual for instructions on how to do this.


Video Quality

The video segments on this CD-ROM will look and run best when played back in 256 colors. To view or change your video settings, select "Monitors" from your "Control Panels" which are located under the Apple Menu.


Preparing Your System

Included on the CD is the Quicktime installer.  Run 'Install Quicktimeª' to prepare your Macintosh for use of Quicktime.
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Six ways to improve multimedia performance

1. Disable file sharing (found in the ÒSharing SetupÓ control panel). File sharing can take up as much as 20% of processor time and will affect multimedia performance.

2. Disable screen savers. They steal processor time and may conflict with multimedia applications.

3. Set your disk cache (in the ÒMemoryÓ control panel) to its minimum Ñ 32k. CD-ROMs with lots of audio and video will work better with this setting. 

4. In your ÒViewsÓ control panel, turn ÒCalculate Folder SizesÓ off. It causes unpredictable pauses in operation.

5. In your ÒMemoryÓ control panel, turn ÒVirtual MemoryÓ off. It causes unpredictable pauses in operation.

6. Copy the Chex¨ Quest application to your hard disk. This will increase both performance and response times.


Other Memory and Performance Issues

If you get "Out of memory" messages or Type 1 errors, try the following steps:
1. Copy the folder named "Chex© Quest" to your hard disk which is located in the "Macintosh" folder. You need 30 megabytes of available space on your hard disk.
2. Select the file and choose "Get Info" from the File menu 
3. Change the preferred size of the application to be more than the recommend number of bytes. We recommend increasing by 500 bytes at a time (i.e. 4500, 5000, 5500, etc.)
4. Try launching again.
5. If this doesn't work, try removing non-essential extensions and control panels. See your operator's manual for instructions on how to do this.

To determine free RAM, return to the Finder and select the option "About This Macintosh..." from the Apple menu. The number at the right, labeled "Largest Unused Block" is the amount of free RAM your computer has. 

We have had reports that some PowerPC machines running older versions of system software (pre-7.5) have memory management problems. Assuming you have enough memory, you shouldnÕt have any problems running the program. If you are running System 7.5, be sure to install the latest System update (System 7.5 Update 2.0, as of July 1996) which is available free from Apple or your dealer. It can also be downloaded from Apple's Web site: www.apple.com

Comments and Questions

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