| With School House Rock!
Exploration Station, children will develop thinking skills as they
explore a world of science. Our favorite girl-Interplanet Janet-has
crashed on planet Earth and needs your help. Come prepared to explore a
world of science games and build a rocket ship that will take Janet
home. As each area is worked, Janet receives energy crystals or parts
needed to complete the new ship. Janet also serves as the guide, and
provides helpful hints throughout the projects. Features over 20 science
topics, including: sound, light, electricity, the solar system, the
human body, earth science, simple machines, weather, plants and animals.
Innovative edutainment games and hands on science projects. Develop
skills in scientific process, deductive reasoning, critical thinking,
problem solving and much more. |
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Black Screen or Video Problems |
| After starting
Schoolhouse Rock!™ Exploration Station™ the screen goes black or the
colors in the program are not displayed properly. |
Solution 1
Complete the following procedure to change the color settings to 256
colors.
- Click Start, choose Settings and then click
Control Panel.
- Double-click the Display icon.
- In the Display Properties window, select the
Settings tab.
- Near the bottom-left portion of the window,
under Colors (Windows® 98) or Color Palette (Windows® 95), click
the drop-down menu and choose 256 Colors.
- Click Apply near the bottom-right portion of
the window.
- Choose Yes if asked, "Do you want to restart
the computer?"
NOTE: If 256 Colors
is not an available setting, contact the computer manufacturer for
additional assistance and information.
Solution 2
- Click Start and choose Run.
- Type: QTW.INI and click OK
- Under the [VIDEO] section there will be the
words OPTIMIZE=DRIVER; change DRIVER to BMP.
- Choose File, Save.
- Close the QTW.INI file.
Solution 3
- Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
- Double-Click System.
- Click the tab labeled Device Manager.
- Click the + next to Display Adapters. Ensure
that the video card is an ATI Rage 3D or one similar to this type
of accelerated video card.
- Click the tab labeled Performance.
- Click Graphics button at the bottom.
- Lower the acceleration 2 notches to the left to
Basic Hardware acceleration.
- Click OK, Close.
- Restart the computer and run the program.
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256 Colors Required |
| Schoolhouse Rock!™
Exploration Station™ requires that the Colors (Windows® 98) or Color
Palette (Windows® 95) setting be set to 256 Colors. (This is a
minimum requirement of the program.) Following a step-by-step
procedure will allow you to change the setting or to verify that 256
Colors is chosen as one of the Display Settings. |
Complete the following
procedure to change the color settings to 256 colors.
- Click Start, choose Settings and then click
Control Panel.
- Double-click the Display icon.
- In the Display Properties window, select the
Settings tab.
- Near the bottom-left portion of the window,
under Colors (Windows® 98) or Color Palette (Windows® 95), click
the drop-down menu and choose 256 Colors.
- Click Apply near the bottom-right portion of
the window.
- Choose Yes if asked, "Do you want to restart
the computer?"
NOTE: If 256 Colors
is not an available setting, contact the computer manufacturer for
additional assistance and information. |
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Auto-Installation Does
Not Begin |
| After inserting the
School House Rock!™ Exploration Station™ disc into the CD-ROM drive,
the Auto-Run feature of the computer does not start the
installation. Installing the program manually will resolve the
issue. |
Follow the steps below
to complete a manual installation of the program.
- Verify that the proper CD is inserted into the
CD-ROM drive.
- Click Start and select Run. The Run dialog box
will open.
- Type X:\SETUP.EXE in the Open: field, where the
X represents the letter that identifies the CD-ROM drive.
- Click OK. The installation of the program
should begin.
- Follow the prompts to complete the
installation.
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Mac |
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Platform: |
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OS 7.1
or later |
| CPU: |
PowerPC or 68040 processor |
| Hard
Disk: |
16MB |
| RAM: |
8MB |
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CD-ROM: |
2X |
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Monitor: |
SVGA,
640x480, 256 color |
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Sound Card: |
yes |
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Optional: |
Speakers |
| Other: |
Mouse |
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Win |
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Platform: |
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Win 3.1/95 |
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CPU: |
486 or faster |
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Hard Disk: |
7MB |
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RAM: |
8MB |
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CD-ROM: |
2X |
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Monitor: |
SVGA, 256 color |
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Sound Card: |
Win-compatible |
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Optional: |
Speakers |
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Other: |
Mouse,Quicktime |
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