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

The package currently consists of a PC version and a Mac OS X version (for Intel and PPC Macs) for three applications: "Green Globs & Graphing Equations", "Relating Graphs to Events", and "Escape!". ("Green Globs & Graphing Equations" is one application file that contains four programs: Equation Grapher, Linear & Quadratic Graphs, Green Globs, and Tracker. It also contains Teacher Options for creating and managing Records files.) Additional software may be added in the future (at no additional cost). 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 short document file named "Green Globs Records.ggg". This file contains your license information. The other PC files in the package can be downloaded from the Updates page. The application files you download will not run unless your file "Green Globs Records.ggg" is in the same folder.

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 short document file named "Globs/Tracker Records". This file contains your license information. The other Mac OS X files in the package can be downloaded from the Updates page. The application files you download will not run unless your file "Globs/Tracker Records" is in the same folder.

There is no installation program to run. 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.