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What You Receive When You Order the Green Globs & Graphing Equations Package

The package currently consists of the PC version and the Mac OS X version (both available now) of Green Globs & Graphing Equations.
It may include additional software in the future. There is no copy protection.

Information for the PC version (information for the Mac OS X version follows):

You will need about 4 MB of disk space, and a monitor with resolution at least 1024 by 768. (The graphing display windows use most of a 1024 by 768 display.) Technically, the program assumes a DPI setting of "normal", which is the default. (DPI is an advanced setting under the display option in the Control Panel. If you're not familiar with it, your setting is probably "normal".)

You will receive one invoice for the entire package. The invoice will accompany the Mac OS X version. For the PC version, you will receive, at the email address you specify in your order, a group of files compressed into one ".zip" file. (The email address you provide should be capable of receiving attachments.) When you open the zip file, you will have these files:

Read Me Install Green Globs.txt - a text file about installing the PC version.
Green Globs Manual PC.pdf - a file containing a teacher’s manual that provides descriptions of each program, detailed descriptions of all the Teacher Options, suggestions for classroom use, and student worksheets. Revised for the current PC version. You may want to read the "Getting Started" chapter in the manual before installation, but it is not required for installation.

The remaining files are a compressed package which installs the two files below in a folder you designate. Green Globs.exe is a Windows application file which is programmed in Visual Basic 6. It will run in any folder, as long as Green Globs Records.ggg is in the same folder. The installation package automatically installs the necessary Visual Basic 6 run-time support files in the appropriate Windows folders, and places in your designated folder a log file which the Windows Control Panel uses if you uninstall Green Globs.

Green Globs.exe is a Windows application file whose title screen says "Green Globs & Graphing Equations". For convenience in Windows, the file name is just Green Globs.exe. This application file contains four programs: Equation Grapher, Linear & Quadratic Graphs, Green Globs, and Tracker. It also contains Teacher Options for creating and managing Records files.

Green Globs Records.ggg - a document file created by the application file. This holds the top Green Globs and Tracker games. You can create more of these files, so different groups of users can save their games separately. This file also contains your license information, which Green Globs & Graphing Equations displays on the title screen.

To install the PC version of Green Globs & Graphing Equations, run application file "setup.exe". It will ask you to designate a folder for the above two files. Teachers should put a password on their Green Globs Records.ggg file(s) before students use them.

If you are upgrading from the previous PC version of Green Globs & Graphing Equations, there are two menu items in the Teacher Options menu that provide conversion for your old Records files and List files, respectively. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the manual.

The previous PC version was written in Visual Basic 3, and had a completely different setup. You can uninstall the previous version without affecting the installation of the new Visual Basic 6 version, but you may want to convert or copy your old Records files before uninstalling the previous PC version. The previous version's application name was GG&GE.exe, and it came with Records file GE.rec.

Information for the Mac OS X version:

You will receive, at the email address you specify in your order, an email with an invoice and a Macintosh disk image file (“DMG”) attached. The disk image file will contain a folder named Green Globs. (See installation instructions below.) The email address you provide should be capable of receiving attachments.

The Green Globs folder contains four files:

Green Globs & Graphing Equations - an application file that runs under Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard, and should run under earlier versions of Mac OS X. This application file contains four programs: Equation Grapher, Linear & Quadratic Graphs, Green Globs, and Tracker. It also contains Teacher Options for creating and managing Globs/Tracker Records files.

Globs/Tracker Records - a document file created by the application file. This holds the top Green Globs and Tracker games. You can create more of these files, so different groups of users can save their games separately. This file also contains your license information, which Green Globs & Graphing Equations displays on the title screen.

Green Globs Manual.pdf - a file containing a teacher’s manual that provides descriptions of each program, detailed descriptions of all the Teacher Options, suggestions for classroom use, and student worksheets. Revised for Mac OS X.

Installation Notes for Green Globs - a brief text file with the installation and upgrading notes below.

To install the Mac OS X version of Green Globs & Graphing Equations, open the disk image file (“DMG”) that you received, and copy the Green Globs folder to the Applications folder (or other folder of your choice) of your hard disk drive. There is no copy protection, and there is no installation program to run. Teachers should put a password on their Globs/Tracker Records file(s) before students use them.

If you are upgrading from the previous Mac version of Green Globs & Graphing Equations, the Globs/Tracker Records files you were using with your previous version will work with the new version automatically. The new application file Green Globs & Graphing Equations has the same creator signature (“GGGE”) as the previous application file. By default, OS X will use the new version when you open any Globs/Tracker Records file, List file, or file containing saved work. (You can confirm this in the “Get Info” for such a file after you install the new version.) You can continue to use your old Globs/Tracker Records files with the new version of Green Globs & Graphing Equations.