Backtracks User Manual

INTRODUCTION backtracks Users' Guide This booklet provides the basic information you need to load Backtracks and start using it. More detailed notes on educational use are provided on the disc itself and can be printed off from your computer. Contents Chapter 1. Computer Specifications page 3 Chapter 2. Helpful Technical Hints page 4 Chapter 3. How to Install Backtracks page 5 Chapter 4. A Quick Introduction to Backtracks page 6 Chapter 5. What You Can Do With Backtracks page 13 Chapter 6. How You Can Use Backtracks page 14 CHAPTER ONE 1. Computer Specifications The Backtracks CD-ROM is designed for use on PCs running Windows 95 and on Apple Macintosh computers running the Mac OS 7.5 or higher. You will need to ensure that the computer you use to run the Backtracks CD-ROM meets the following minimum technical requirements: PCs running Windows 95 Pentium processor 8Mb RAM, 16Mb recommended 8Mb free hard disk space, 12Mb recommended 14" colour monitor Thousands of colours / 16-bit high colour at 640x480 (VGA/SVGA) Double-speed CD-ROM drive, 4-speed recommended Soundblaster sound card (or compatible) Mouse and keyboard Apple Macintosh Computers running Mac OS 7.5 or higher 68040 Processor, PowerMac recommended 8Mb RAM, 16Mb recommended 8Mb free hard disk space, 12Mb recommended ® 14" colour monitor o Thousands of colours at 640x480 Double-speed CD-ROM drive, 4-speed recommended o Mouse and keyboard o 2. Helpful Technical Hints In general Quit all other applications before installing and running the CD-ROM. Delete old or unused files and empty your wastebasket. Run a defragmentation program to consolidate your free disk space. With a CD-ROM drive slower than 4-speed, sound played from the Palette Window may be impaired if you run video at the same time. Move the sound to the Edit Window to play properly. On the Mac Turn off Appletalk in the Chooser (under the Apple menu). Use Extensions Manager to disable RAM-hungry extensions. Turning off Powertalk, Quickdraw 3D or GX, Open Transport and some desktop printing extensions can free up more RAM for Backtracks. Turning off any third-party extensions you may have installed could also help. Remember to save your current settings before you begin, so that you can return to them later. • Try using Virtual Memory from the Mem…