Multimedia in the Windows Environment

<BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <P></P> <CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="100%" > <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="../icons/noleftg.gif" ALT="<<" HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=34><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.html"><IMG SRC="../icons/rightg.gif" ALT=">>" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33></A><IMG SRC="../icons/noupg.gif" ALT="Up" HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33><IMG SRC="../icons/notopg.gif" ALT="Title" HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33><A HREF="../index.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../icons/contg.gif" ALT="Contents" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33></A></TD> <TD> <H1 ALIGN=RIGHT>1.4.</H1></DIV> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <P> <HR size=4></P> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Multimedia in the Windows Environment</H1> <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>Peter Davies and Tim Brailsford</H2> <CENTER><P>Bio-Informatics Research Group, Department of Life Science,<BR> University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.</P></CENTER> <CENTER><P>This is an extract from <A HREF="http://ibis.nott.ac.uk/guide/" TARGET="_top">New Frontiers of Learning</A> (Guidelines for<BR> Multimedia Courseware Developers in Higher Education).</P></CENTER> <P><B><U><FONT COLOR="#FF050C">IMPORTANT</FONT></U></B></P> <P><I>New Frontiers of Learning</I> was originally written in 1994 - <I>before </I>the release of Windows 95. Much of this section is only relevant to Windows 3.1x systems, and in particular the suggestions on memory configuration and disk caching should not be followed if Windows 95 is in use.</P> <P>We are including this section here because many teaching facilities in HE are still using Windows 3.1, and this is likely to remain the case in the forseeable future. See the update for further information about Windows 95.</P> <P> <HR size=4></P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.html">Introduction</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.1.html">Video Configuration</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.2.html">Video-for-Windows (VfW)</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.3.html">Fonts</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.4.html">Memory Configuration</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.5.html">Disk Caching</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.6.html">Windows for Workgroups 3.11</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.7.html">DOS Versions</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.8.html">Multimedia Devices</A></LI> </UL> <UL> <LI><A HREF="chap1-4-Contents.html">Contents</A></LI> </UL> <P> <HR size=4><IMG SRC="../icons/noleftg.gif" ALT="<<" HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=34><A HREF="chap1-4-1.4.html"><IMG SRC="../icons/rightg.gif" ALT=">>" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33></A><IMG SRC="../icons/noupg.gif" ALT="Up" HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33><IMG SRC="../icons/notopg.gif" ALT="Title" HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33><A HREF="../index.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../icons/contg.gif" ALT="Contents" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=33 WIDTH=33></A></P> </BODY>