****************************************************************************** Welcome to Weierheiser Concepts Graliens Game Installation Program ****************************************************************************** THIS IS ONLY A DEMO - NOT FOR SALE There are a few things that you should know about this software before you install it. ********This is a DOS program and WILL NOT run from WINDOWS******** System Requirements: Minimum 386-40Mhz (486-66Mhz recommended) 3 Megabytes Free Hard Drive Space 4 Megabytes of RAM 590K Free Processor Memory Mouse or Joystick Sound Card 256 color VGA graphics (320x200 min) DOS 5.0 or better Most Importantly: The very most common problem found with running this software on most machines is the BASE PROCESSOR MEMORY. You will need every bit of 590K free on your processor. Q: How do I find out how much I have on my processor. A: Leave this installation program by pressing "ESC" and then answering "N" to the shall we continue question. You should be at the DOS prompt. If you are not, and you are trying to install this program through WINDOWS, you must first exit and return to DOS. Then type at the prompt " MEM/C/P ". This will give you all the TSR's or TERMINAL STAY RESIDENT programs loaded into your processor. You will also see a message saying - Largest Executable Progam "590K". If the number after Largest Executable Program is less than 590K then Graliens will not run. Now What ? Okay, it's not the end of the world. You just need to do one of two things. The first option is for the experienced DOS user and should be bypassed by the novice ! If you don't know what you're really doing in DOS then go to the second option ! Option 1) You can run a DOS program called MEMMAKER if you are an experienced DOS user. If you are not, please do not try this. You may make the wrong selections and end up trashing your system. If you are an experienced DOS user do as follows. A) Return to the DOS prompt. B) Type "MEMMAKER" and press "ENTER" C) Chose Custom Set-up D) You will want to use EMS E) Give your Windows directory if you have it on your system. F) At this point you will be on a screen with six different options. The ones you will want to answer yes to are - Use the Upper Memory Blocks for running programs - Use the Monocrome Region for running programs. The bottom two are already answered yes by default. Leave them alone. G) Press enter and MEMMAKER will begin to the rest. You will have to answer a few yes or no questions along the way. Just give the obvious answer and everything will be fine. H) After MEMMAKER is finished you will be presented with a comparison of what you had before and after. This is the big shakedown. On the Top of the AFTER side of the screen it should read at the very least, 590K. ****NOTE**** IF YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR SYSTEM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT A TSR IS AND YOU STILL DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH BASE MEMORY YOU CAN RUN MEMMAKER AGAIN AND ANSWER YES TO SPECIFY WHICH TSR'S TO INCLUDE. I MUST WARN YOU THOUGH, IF YOU CHOSE TO EXCLUDE THE WRONG TSR'S YOU COULD TRASH YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT AND CONFIG.SYS FILES. HERE IS A LIST OF SAFE TSR'S TO EXCLUDE BELOW. 1) DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS 2) DOSKEY 3) VOLUME CONTROL 4) SCREEN UTILITIES 5) SCREEN CAPTURE 6) MUSIC CD UTILTY ( NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MSCDEX OR ANY OTHER CD DRIVERS ) 7) ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS Option 2) If you're reading this section either MEMMAKER has failed to perform to your needs or you are ready to take the easy way out. This is the most simple yet annoying cure for the memory requirement problem. A) Go ahead and install the software on your machine. B) Then try running the program. C) If you do not have enough BASE MEMORY a blue screen will appear with four options. Chose the one that says make a bootable floppy. D) The program will explain itself from there. Just follow the simple steps and everything will be fine. I Don't Have A Memory Problem: If you know for a fact that you do not have a memory problem,.... THAT'S GREAT ! Install the game and have fun. ******** Thanks for trying Graliens ******** END