
All Electronic PictureBooks are  available for purchase on diskette and 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.


Welcome to the World of Electronic PictureBooks!


************************IMPORTANT**************************  

You should have only one copy of HyperCard 2.1 or HyperCard Player 2.1 on 
your hard disk.  

You must allocate at least 2500K of memory to HyperCard or HyperCard 
Player.  To do this,  click once on the HyperCard icon to select it, then choose 
Get Info from the File menu. A box will appear with information about the 
software. Set the Preferred Size or "Current Size" amount to 2500 by typing 
this number in the appropriate box. 

If you do not have 2500K of free RAM to allocate to HyperCard, try restarting 
your machine without extensions.  This is accomplished by holding the shift 
key down during startup.  This will free up additional memory.

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Hardware & Software Requirements
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For Electronic PictureBooks to work correctly on your system, you must have 
the following:

  1. HyperCard 2.1 or HyperCard Player 2.1 installed on your hard disk
  2. A HyperCard memory partition of at least 2500K*
  3. An 8 bit (256 color) color or gray scale  display*
  4. System 7.0 (or a later version).


* Most Electronic PictureBook images have been optimized for 8 bit (256 
color) display.  If your monitor is set to 24 bit mode, you should reset it to 8 
bits or increase the HyperCard memory partition to 3000K before running the 
Electronic PictureBook.
 


TroubleShooting
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If you cannot get Electronic PictureBooks running:

1) Check the memory allocation for your copy of HyperCard or HyperCard 
Player.  There must be at least 2500K available to HyperCard.  To confirm the 
memory allocation, click once on the HyperCard icon to select it, then choose 
Get Info from the File menu. A box will appear with information about the 
software.

2) If 2500K has not been allocated to HyperCard, set the Preferred Size or 
"Current Size" amount to 2500 by typing it in the appropriate box of the Get 
Info window (See Step ). If you are unable to enter information in the 
"Preferred Size" box, check to see that the "Locked" box in the left hand corner 
of the window is unlocked.

If the Electronic PictureBook still wont run:

3) Check to make sure you have enough FREE application memory.  Select 
About This Macintosh from the Apple menu.  The Largest Unused Block 
title should list at least 2500K of available RAM.

4) If there is not at least 2500K of available RAM, quit out of any applications 
that are currently running, and repeat step 2 to check the available free RAM.

5) If there still is not at least 2500K of available RAM, restart your machine 
and hold the SHIFT key down during startup.  This starts your Macintosh 
without Extensions, which will free up additional RAM

If the Electronic PictureBook still wont run:

6) Check to make sure you do not have more than one copy of HyperCard 2.1 
or HyperCard Player 2.1.  To do this, type command-F (Find) from the Finder.  
Type in HyperCard at the Find dialog box.  Hit Return.  Your Macintosh 
will now find the first occurrence of HyperCard on your hard disk.  Type 
command-G (find again).  If there is another occurrence of HyperCard on 
your hard disk, it will appear next.  If not, your Macintosh will respond by 
saying No Matching Items.

7) If you have more than one version of HyperCard or HyperCard player, 
backup the older (or duplicate) versions to floppy disk, and remove them 
from your hard disk.

*HyperCard is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., licensed to 
Claris Corporation.
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AURA AND AURA'S LICENSOR MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR 
IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED 
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING ITS ELECTRONIC PICTUREBOOKS 
OR THE SOFTWARE INCORPORATED THEREIN. AURA AND AURA'S 
LICENSOR DO NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY 
REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE 
USE OF THE SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, 
RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO 
THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED 
BY YOU. THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS NOT 
PERMITTED BY SOME JURISDICTIONS. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY 
NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IN NO EVENT WILL AURA AND AURA'S LICENSOR, AND THEIR 
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY AURA 
AND AURA'S LICENSOR) BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY 
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING 
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, 
LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF 
THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF AURA AND 
AURA'S LICENSOR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE 
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR 
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY 
TO YOU. AURA and AURA's Licensor's liability to you for actual damages 
from any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action (whether 
in contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise), will be 
limited to $50.

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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
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