"Multimedia and DeskTop Video, What Are They And What Do They Mean To Me?"

                            A Multimedia Article
                                    by
                               James Bell Jr.
                         IBM Forum Editor - ACENET
                    Multimedia Contributor - CompuServe
       Copyright 28-January-1994 by James Bell Jr.  All rights reserved.

Hello everyone,

First, thank you for taking the time to download this presentation on 
Multimedia and DeskTop Video.  I have tried to condense a good explaination  
of the concept of Multimedia in general, as well as Multimedia and DTV on the 
PC, into a Multimedia Article that can run standalone, and that I can use in 
live presentations.  I hope that you find it useful and that you get something  
from it.  I had a lot of fun working on it and I learned quite a bit.  

In order to view it, you need to PKUNZIP it (which you have already done).  
Once UNZIPPED, you will find a program called CPLUNPKG.EXE, a CISMPCA.PKG
file, and this READTHIS.TXT file.  

You UNPACKAGE the presentation by running CPLUNPKG from Microsoft Windows 3.x
by clicking on (in PROGRAM MANAGER) FILE then RUN, and entering the program 
name (CPLUNPKG.EXE).  Once it is on screen, select FILE then OPEN in the 
COMPEL UNPACKAGER, and double click on CISMPCA.PKG.  It will ask you where 
to uncompress the files, and then it will put the presentation, the associated 
audio file, and the runtime version of COMPEL on your HD.   After the 
unpackager has done it's job, go back to PROGRAM MANAGER and click on FILE
than RUN, and enter CPLSHOW.EXE.  When this comes up, double click on  
CISMPCA.CPL.  This will execute the show.    

The first slide has audio associated with it.  Once the audio has played,
click on your left mouse button to go the next screen.  Each click of the
left mouse button will advance one bullet into the presentation.  If there
are no more bullets on the slide, it will advance you to the next slide.  
There are 28 slides in all.  You can also hit the right mouse button to go 
back one bullet or slide.  If you hit both buttons at the same time, you get 
a small window which will let you jump around in the presentation, or exit it.

Again, I hope you enjoy it.  If you do, or even if you don't, I would like to
hear from you.  You can reach me on CompuServe E-Mail at User ID 72662,1127.
I look forward to hearing from my readers.

This is the first in a series of presentations I am working on to help make
the world of Multimedia and DTV a little more clear.  There are a lot of 
levels to these "technologies", and I want to make entry into this world as 
easy as possible.  There will be one presentation released about 1 per month
for the next 6 months.  I may continue them if there is enough interest.  When 
the first series is completed, I will have walked you clear through to 
building a complete DTV Studio.  I'll even be talking about how to furnish and 
layout the studio, based on requests from readers.  

COMPEL, the product I used to produce this presentation, is a product of 
ASYMETRIX, 110 110th Avenue N.E., Suite 700, Bellevue, Washington 98004.  
You can find my review of COMPEL in Library 7 of the CompuServe Multimedia 
Forum (GO MULTIMEDIA).  

This presentation copyright 28-January-1994 by James Bell Jr.  It may be 
freely distributed so long as all files in the original .ZIP file are sent
together and are not modified.  If you wish to use it for commercial purposes 
(publication, public presentation, etc.) please contact me via CompuServe 
E-Mail at User ID 72662,1127 prior to doing so.

Thanks again,

James Bell Jr.




