Microscope for the PC - Ver 3.0 Utility: MICSPEED.BAT
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This is a quick bug fix for Microscope for the PC Version 3.0. Serial 130595


Reason for Utility
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As PCs get ever faster, with slicker memory managers, disk controllers, and
processors, the timing aspects of software become more difficult to manage
across so many hardware mixes. Microscope for the PC is a personal endeavour
designed to work on the lowliest PC to the highest one: from 286 to Pentium;
from Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and Windows 95; from PC DOS, MSDOS, and Norton
Dos versions 3.1 to 7.0!

This is a tall order!


Version 3.0 serial 130595 was released with a view to making the software 
more accessible to Windows users. However, it is still at heart a DOS 
program. DOS users, who may not have switched to the Microsoft Windows 
interface, BUT have updated their PCs to faster ones may have difficulty
making Microscope perform slow enough to make it user-friendly.

I have therefore released this small utility to help configure Microscope
on a wide range of platforms. It should only be used if you are unable 
to obtain an optimum level of co-ordination and response when using Microscope.
If you experience problems with the on-screen controls behaving too fast
or too slow then this utility will help you.

The types of problem you might experience are:-

When you click on a button, it clicks rapidly and the operation which follows
happens so fast that you are unable to release the mouse button prior to
a subsequent and unwanted operation happening, eg. when selecting a slideset 
to load from the list.

Alternatively, when you click on a button, you find a long delay occurs 
before something happens in response to your action.


If you experience these difficulties, you should use the CFG button on the
main screen near the FINI button to try and adjust the appropiate timing.
The MAIN screen is where you actually view the slide images. The CFG button
is a very tiny one at thetop of the screen and just right of center.

If this option fails to put things right, then you can use this utility to
either increase or decrease overall performance speed.


Unzipped Files
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Place all the unzipped files into the Mscope directory, where the Microscope
software is located. The unzipped files are:-


         README.TXT.............. This file
         MIC_CFGF.DTA............ Faster Speed Configuration
         MIC_CFGS.DTA............ Slower Speed Configuration
         MICSPEED.BAT............ The software which switches them.




How to use the Utility
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From DOS:-
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Log onto the Mscope directory and enter the following from the DOS command
line: MICSPEED

This will explain how to use the utility.


From Windows:-
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Select the RUN option from the Program Manager (3.1) or the equivalent option
from Windows95 [I don't have it yet:-)], and enter: c:\mscope\micspeed
in the RUN BOX. If you are using a different drive than 'C' then enter the
correct drive letter instead of C:


This will explain how to use the utility.



After using the utility
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You will need to access the CFG options again when running Microscope for the 
first time to fine-tune software performance.



If you have any other difficulties, please contact me:-

EMAIL: mol@molcol.demon.co.uk
FAX: (44)-(0)-181 685 0528
WWW: http:/www.demnon.co.uk/micscape

Note: The Microscope for the PC Helpdesk is located at this WWW site!





Maurice Smith. (Molcol Software 1995)