---------------------------------------------------- All Electronic PictureBooks are available for purchase on diskette or CD-ROM from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and the NASA Core offices. You can contact them by phone or write for a full catalog to: The Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, Calfiornia 94112 415-337-2624. or NASA CORE Lorain County JVS 1518 Rt. 58 South Oberlin, OH 44074 216-774-1051 ext 293. ---------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________ Electronic PictureBooks ___________________________________________ Welcome to the world of Electronic PictureBooks! This ReadMe provides instructions on how to open and use your new Electronic PictureBook. You have permission to use, copy, and distribute this Electronic Picturebookand its related documentation for non-commercial purposes provided that (i) all copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and its related documentation, (ii) that HyperCard Player is distributed and used only with this Electronic PictureBook, and (iii) the name ÒElectronic PictureBookÓ or the trademark ÒExInEdÓ are not used in any advertising or publicity relating to the Electronic PictureBook without the specific, prior written permission of Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD. ---------------------------------------------- Section 1: Installing the Electronic PictureBook ---------------------------------------------- A. If you downloaded the Electronic PictureBook via Internet: Electronic PictureBooks are sent via the Internet as compressed, binhexed files. Before an Electronic PictureBook can be opened, it must first be Òde-binhexedÓ and then decompressed. Some popular application software programs, such as Gopher, automatically Òde-binhexÓ files as part of the downloading process. Other programs, such as Telnet, do not automatically de-binhex files. If the name of the file you have downloaded ends in Ò.sea,Ó then the file has been de-binhexed. If it ends in Ò.hqx,Ó it has not been de- binhexed. If the file has already been de-binhexed, it must still be decompressed and installed on your machine. To perform this procedure, begin by creating a file on your hard drive named ÒElectronic PictureBooksÓ (do this by selecting "New Folder" under the File menu). Next, double-click on the Electronic PictureBook icon to bring up a window asking you where on your hard drive you wish the file to be placed. Select the ÒElectronic PictureBooksÓ folder, and click on ÒExtractÓ to decompress the file and place it in a usable form in the selected folder. To open the Electronic PictureBook, simply double-click on the Electronic PictureBook's new icon in the ÒElectronic PictureBooksÓ folder. If your application program has not automatically de-binhexed the Electronic PictureBook file, you will need to de-binhex and decompress the Electronic PictureBook file before opening it. If you do not already have a de-binhexing program, several of them are available as shareware or freeware on the Internet. We recommend BinHex 4.0. After de-binhexing the file using your chosen software, you can double-click on the file icon, select where on your hard drive you wish the file to be placed, and click on "Extract" to decompress the file and place it in a usable form on your machine. (Again, we recommend that you place it in a spearate folder on your hard drive called ÒElectronic PictureBooks.Ó) To open the Electronic PictureBook, simply double-click on the Electronic PictureBook's new icon. B. If you retrieved the file using a modem: The Electronic PictureBook will be in its compressed form called a Òself-extracting archive.Ó In order to open the Electronic PictureBook, you must do the following: 1) Create a new folder on your hard disk and name it ÒElectronic PictureBooks.Ó (To do this, select ÔNew FolderÕ from the ÔFileÕ menu and type in the name ÒElectronic PictureBooks.Ó) 2) Double click on the Icon ending with the suffix Ò.sea.Ó 3) At the window ÒSelf-unstuffing archive,Ó press Continue, which will produce a dialog box asking you to indicate where you would like to place the Electronic PictureBook. 4) Select the folder entitled ÒElectronic PictureBooksÓ which you created in step 1, and click on Save. A time bar will show the progress of the installation procedure. 5) When the installation is complete, a dialog box will appear stating ÒInstallation was successful!Ó To open the Electronic PictureBook, double-click on the Electronic PictureBookÕs icon. Keep in mind that for Electronic PictureBooks to work correctly on your system, you must have the following: 1. HyperCard 2.1 or HyperCard Player 2.1 (or a later version); 2. At least 2500k of free RAM. 3. System 7.0 (or a later version). If you do not have a current version of HyperCard (HyperCard 2.1 or newer), see Section 2 below. ------------------------------------------------- Section 2: Installing HyperCard Player 2.1 ------------------------------------------------- You may have chosen to download HyperCard Player 2.1 with your Electronic PictureBook. Please note that this software is under license to the developer, and that you may use it only with this Electronic PictureBook. If you already have HyperCard 2.1 or a later version, you do not need to install the HyperCard Player software on your machine. Regardless of whether you downloaded the HyperCard Player file using a modem or via Internet, the file is contained in a folder with your Electronic PictureBook. Hence, the de-binhexing/decompression process used for the Electronic PictureBook will most likely be performed automatically on the HyperCard Player file as well. If not, you must go through the same steps of de-binhexing and decompressing the file as was done for the Electronic PictureBook file, described in Section B above. We recommend that you keep HyperCard Player in the ÒElectronic PictureBookÓ folder created in step 1 above. HyperCard Player requires at least 2500 K to operate the Electronic PictureBook stack. To be sure you have that amount of memory allocated to it, open the HyperCard Player ÒGet InfoÓ box by clicking once on the HyperCard Player icon to highlight it (do not launch the application), and then select ÒGet InfoÓ from the File menu. A box will appear with information about the software. Find the ÒPreferred SizeÓ or "Current Size" box in the lower right corner. It should say Ò2000Ó. If it does not, type 2000 in the ÒPreferred SizeÓ or "Current Size" box, and then close the ÒGet InfoÓ box. If you are unable to enter information in the "Preferred Size" box, check to see that the the "Locked" box in the left hand corner of the window is unlocked. If it is locked, click on the ÒxÓ in the ÒLockedÓ box to unlock the Preferred Size box. HyperCard and HyperCard Player are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ______________________________________________________ Note: Electronic PictureBooks are produced by the Exploration in Education (ExInEd) program at the Special Studies Office of the Space Telescope Science Institute. The purpose of the ExInEd program is to discover new tools and approaches to relate space science and exploration to basic teaching and learning, and involves searching for new ways to assemble and distribute the results of research, particularly images. For more information on the ExInEd program, or to provide comments or suggestions on the Electronic PictureBook concept, please write: ExInEd Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, MD 21218. email: ExInEd@stsci.edu ______________________________________________________