DLCS.txt programs.



Problem:  Need to insert ADI CD
 
Solution:   CUSTOMER HAS A SONY CDRW CRX140E (F DRIVE) AND A TOSHIBA
DVD ROM SD-M-1402 (E DRIVE)  HAS A CRYSTAL WDM AUDIO CODEC SOUND CARD
AND 127MB RAM.  A INTEL R810 PV2 VIDEO CARD.
THIS IS A PIONEX 800 WITH WIN98SE. 
 
COMPLETELY DELETED AND REINSTALLED THE PROGRAM.... SAME THING.  HAD CUSTOMER
PUT THE CD IN THE OTHER DRIVE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND IT STARTED UP
AND WORKED.   GO FIGURE THIS ONE.  CUSTOMER IS GOING TO CONTACT PIONEX
AND WILL LET ME KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
 
Steve had a similar situation yesterday.  The error he got was
"CD not in Unit".  He tried the other player and it worked also.
 
Hope this adds to the everlasting confusion of doing our job.
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Won't show the video portion of it; black screen but can hear it;
if she hits Esc the program exits. She says she installed the Quicktime.
AMD Athlon processor. Video is "Rage Fury Pro Expert 2000 Pro" video.
Has SB Live, ATI, and "Specialized MVI WDM codec" sound drivers.
No conflicts. Video set for 1024x768x32-bit. Changed it to 256.
Tried program; works.
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DLCS Math 9-12 lockup

Program locks up during the initial rocket animation.  Pressing a key
brings up the Secret of the Lost City title screen.  Pressing a key again
brings up the main screen, then an exit program dialog box.  You cannot
click No to not exit.  Clicking Yes takes you back to Windows.
 
Solution:
 
The program has two installation options:  run from the CD and a 15MB
hard drive installation.  If the program is installed to the hard drive,
it does not run properly.  If it is installed with the run from the CD
option, the program starts and runs normally.  Appears to be a bug in
the hard drive installation routine.
 
Note:  The non-DLCS version of Secret of the Lost City works fine from
the hard drive installation.  Only the DLCS version has the problem.

If the user decides to install the program to their harddrive, another
option would be to change the default directory to:
C:\Program Files\Math Ages 9-12


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Subject:	DLCS Phonics Ages 7-9 - words with same letter 2 places

Scrambled word game in sheriff's office.

In the word "package", one letter A gets the long A sound and the other
letter A gets the short "ih" sound. And there's no way to tell them apart
on screen, other than that they sound different. So if a player gets a word
like "package" and it doesn't accept it, switch the two letter A's around
and it should work.
One odd quirk I noticed on the MAC:  It is the Kid Phonics 2 game, it
installs to the Kid Phonics 2 folder, if there's a previous install of
Kid Phonics 2 it runs off of that.   They didn't even try to disguise it.
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DLCS reading, PDF prints different sizes.

DLCS Reading.  Trying to print the letter books and some letters are large
while others small in the same word.  PDF files.
PDF files printing some letters big and some small.  Canon 610 printer. 
BJ-200 and 200e will emulate: BJ-10e, BJ-300, IBM PRO printer X24e Epson
510 (dip switches 11 or 12 on)
      BJC-600, 600e and 4000 will emulate: BJ-10e, BJ-300, IBM Pro printer
      X24e, Epson LQ 510,850,2500 or
      2550 (dip switches 5 and 12 need 
      be turn on)
Had him try both DIP switch combinations (he has 3 and 12 on now) and
let me know what hapens.  
11 and 12 worked.  
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