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- Search for The King Techno-Yammering
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- - OUT OF MEMORY ERRORS
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- 'Search for The King' checks the amount of free RAM your system has, and
- will not execute the game if there is not enough RAM. The DOS command
- 'CHKDSK' will tell you how much free RAM the system has; the program
- requires about 541k free RAM to run (plus 5k for CMS music and plus 32k
- for VGA/MCGA enhanced 16 color mode).
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- If you don't have enough memory, here are some ways to solve the problem:
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- -Remove any non-essential TSR (terminate and stay resident) programs.
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- -If you were trying to run VGA/MCGA enhanced 16 color mode, switch to any
- other mode using the setup program.
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- -Switch off the mouse (mouse drivers usually use at least 10k of
- RAM), then run 'SETUP' and request keyboard mode.
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- -If you are using the CMS music driver, switch to PC sounds (this
- will save 5K) using the setup program.
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- -Try reducing the number of BUFFERS in your CONFIG.SYS. Each buffer uses
- 512 bytes. (Consult your DOS manual for more information).
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- Some of these changes involve changing your CONFIG.SYS and/or
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Consult your DOS user's manual.
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- -MUSIC SYSTEMS
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- The INSTR.DAT file contains data for AdLib and MIDI systems. It must
- be on disk #1 (or the hard drive directory) to run these modes.
- If you have a synthesizer that is not listed by the setup program, select
- 'GENERIC MIDI'. (This selection changes all instruments to piano (pro-
- gram change 0)).
- If you have a non-supported synthesizer, please fill out and return
- your warranty registration card, listing your synthesizer. An INSTR.DAT
- file that will support more synthesizers is planned for the future. (You
- will only need to replace the INSTR.DAT file).
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- -END OF GAME
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- To view your score (and number of moves) at the end of the game,
- type SCORE.
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- -USING 1.2 & 1.44 FLOPPIES (FOR THE ADVANCED USER)
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- 'Search for The King' will also run on 1.2 meg (5 1/4" hi-density) and
- 1.44 meg (3 1/2") floppies. In order to set the program up:
- 1. Copy files to formatted floppies.
- -DISK #1 should contain all files on the current DISK #1.
- -FOR 1.2 meg floppies:
- DISK #2 should have:
- DATAA.DAT
- DATAB.DAT
- DATAC.DAT
- DATAD.DAT
- DATAE.DAT
- -FOR 1.44 meg floppies:
- DISK #2 should have:
- DATAA.DAT
- DATAB.DAT
- DATAC.DAT
- DATAD.DAT
- DATAE.DAT
- 2. Modify 'KING.BAT'
- -KING.BAT (produced by SETUP) needs to modified to reflect the type
- of disk. After runnng SETUP (and selecting graphics, input device,
- disk type, and sound mode), your KING.BAT will look something like
- this:
- EXE VGA Mouse 720 AdLib
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- Using an editor, modify the disk type to be 1.2 or 1.44 floppies.
- It will be similiar one of these:
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- EXE VGA Mouse 1.2 AdLib
- EXE VGA Mouse 1.44 AdLib
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- -You must re-edit KING.BAT if you run SETUP again (since it makes a
- new KING.BAT).