Dark Alliance: Read me file

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 "DARK ALLIANCE" represents the San Jose Mercury News’ most ambitious attempt 
to date in using the World Wide Web to deliver a news story. In addition to 
the stories and photographs used in the print version of the series, published 
by the newspaper Aug. 18-20, 1996,  the Web site reproduced on this CD-ROM 
provides a wealth of additional content to the reader – declassified 
government documents, audio and video files, an interactive map, more 
photos, links to related reports and stories, as well as interviews reporter 
Gary Webb obtained during his investigation.

This CD-ROM is designed to be viewed on any computer equipped with a 
standard CD-ROM drive and a World Wide Web browser. Simply insert 
the disc into the CD-ROM drive, launch your Web browser and use it to open the index.htm file. To be viewed at its best, we 
recommend that your browser be configured to play Macromedia Shockwave, 
QuickTime video and standard audio (.WAV and .AIFF) files. A live Internet 
connection is not required to view this CD-ROM, but is necessary
to access the live off-site links.

Web browsers

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Multimedia plug-ins

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included on this CD-ROM. You must have a sound card and speakers to be able
to listen to these files.

CD-ROM credits

Among those who made the "Dark Alliance" CD-ROM possible are Mark Hull, Albert Poon
and Kevin Woodward of Mercury Center; and Chris Knoblaugh, Bryan Monroe, Marilyn
Ritchie and Gary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News.

If you have an Internet connection, be sure to visit the current "Dark Alliance"
Web site at http://www.sjmercury.com/drugs/ to view the latest additions.