===GETTING STARTED====================================================== This section covers everything you need to know to set up and start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure on your computer. What do I need? To run 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, you will need the following: - An IBM(r) or compatible computer. A 386 processor is required, and a 486 processor is recommended. - A color VGA or SVGA monitor. - A CD-ROM drive that supports ISO 9660. - A hard disk with at least 5.6 megabytes of available disk space. (If the disk is compressed with Stacker or DoubleSpace, at least 11.2 megabytes must be free.) - Approximately 520 kilobytes of available RAM. - A mouse (recommended); the software can also be run using the keyboard alone. - A Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16. 3-D Dinosaur Adventure also supports the optional WaveBlaster. - A printer (optional) so that you can print 3-D Dinosaur Adventure text files; any printer that can accept ASCII text directly from your computer port will work. - The original 3-D Dinosaur Adventure compact disk. How do I install the program? Follow these steps to install 3-D Dinosaur Adventure on your system: 1. Insert the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure compact disk into your CD-ROM drive and switch to that drive. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is F, type: F: and press 2. Type: INSTALL and press 3. Follow the messages on the screen until the installation is complete. The Install program will ask you where on your hard drive you'd like to store the appropriate 3-D Dinosaur Adventure files, what sound device you have, and whether or not you'd like to run under Microsoft Windows(r). If necessary, your CONFIG.SYS file will be altered so that FILES=20 or greater and your original CONFIG.SYS file will be saved to CONFIG.BKA. You will also be asked to decide how much disk space 3-D Dinosaur Adventure will take up on your hard drive. The more 3-D Dinosaur Adventure files you store on your hard drive, the faster the program will run. NOTE: If you have difficulty installing 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, turn to "About installation." Running under Windows If you answered YES to the question about running under Microsoft Windows(r) when you installed 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, a new program group called Knowledge Adventure has been created for your system. It contains 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, Read Me, and 3-D Dinosaur Adventure Config icons. Double-click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure icon to start the program. Double-click on the Read Me icon to see the latest information about 3-D Dinosaur Adventure. Double-click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure Config icon to edit the configuration file. See "About program defaults" for more information about the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure configuration. NOTE: You'll find that the following statement has been added to the [386ENH] section of your SYSTEM.INI file: DMABUFFERSIZE=150 Your original SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files are saved to the files SYSTEM.BKA and WIN.BKA. How do I begin? To start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, follow these steps: 1. Change to the directory on your hard drive containing the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure files. For example, to switch to the C:\DINO3D directory, type: C: and press CD\DINO3D and press 2. Then, to start the program, type: DINO3D and press NOTE: If you have difficulty starting 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, turn to "About startup."