Space Station "Mir" demo

SoftLab-Nsk - Space Station "Mir" demo

This page instructs how to get and how to use the Mir demo, and contains other important information. Please read the instructions carefully.

Here you can find the overall description of the project and of the demo. All proposals regarding development of virtual reality applications are welcome.

Disclaimer

The Mir Demo, referred to in this document as "demo" is provided as is, without a warranty of any kind, express or implied. You are free to re-distribute the demo, provided that the contents of the package is left unchanged.

By downloading the demo you agree to use it solely for evaluation, demonstration or educational purposes.

Requirements

IBM PC 486DX or compatible with a math co-processor (Pentium highly recommended)
vesa-compatible VGA card with at least 512K videoRAM. Vast majority of modern videocards meet this criteria, so most likely does yours. Some older cards require some program started before the application, to provide vesa-compatible interface. (Do not mix with vesa local bus - this is a different thing.)
8 Megabytes of memory
Mouse
DOS 5.0 or higher or Windows95. When Windows95 is used, DOS mode is strongly recommended
DOS driver for the mouse. (Also needed in DOS mode of Win95, but not in Win95 dos window.)

To get the demo running:

Download (1,822,782 bytes) the demo. When asked about how to handle the file, choose "Save To Disk", and select the location where you want the demo to reside; it should be some empty directory. Now you can click here to download the demo. If you have problems downloading the demo via http, the same demo is available via ftp, at ftp://ftp.softlab-nsk.com/pub/mirdemo.exe
For hints on dealing with poor connections click here.
The file is a self-extracting archive. When the file is downloaded, or go to DOS and in the directory where you saved the file enter

mirdemo -d <enter>

several files and a subdrectory will be created as a result of the extraction.
Note: the "-d" option in the above command is critical. If the switch is omitted, the demo will not work.
To start the demo enter

run_me.bat

Command reference

Once you started the demo, use the following keys and actions to control it:

To navigate around the station -: press and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse.
If the button released when there is a motion, the motion is not ceasing, as if by inertia.
To move closer to / further from the station-: press and hold the right mouse button and drag the mouse.
To exit the demo -: press <escape> key and hit QUIT in the menu.

If you have any comments or questions regarding this demo, send e-mail to

vr@softlab-nsk.com

Other contact information can be found here.

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Last modified Sep 18 1997

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