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- SimCity for OS/2 Demo Release v2.2d 10/26/94
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- Copyright (c) 1994 DUX Software
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- Thank you for your interest in SimCity for OS/2. We are
- having a great time developing and supporting this product,
- and look forward to your input about any aspects of the
- game. Please feel free to contact us with any comments,
- suggestions, criticisms, or kudos. The only way we can
- make better products is with your input! We hope you
- enjoy your experience with SimCity for OS/2.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Follow the steps below to install SimCity for OS/2:
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- 1. Insert the SimCity for OS/2 disk in drive A:.
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- 2. Open an OS/2 windowed session and switch to the
- A: drive.
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- 3. Run siminst.exe and follow the instructions.
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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- This version has a smaller memory footprint than v2.1d. However,
- on machines with 8Mb or less, a considerable amount of swapper
- activity still occurs. This problem is more visible on version
- 2.11 of OS/2, but still occurs on Warp.
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- SimCity has been further optimized and now runs in 2.5Mb of
- memory. OS/2 2.11 has a working set of approx. 10Mb. OS/2
- Warp has a working set of approx. 6Mb. Sound support adds
- another 2Mb to the working set. This comes out to be a total
- of 14.5Mb for OS/2 2.11 running SimCity, and 10.5Mb for Warp
- running SimCity. This translates directly to a large amount
- of swapper activity. In short, SimCity and OS/2 are thrashing.
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- This is more of a problem for a game like SimCity because SimCity
- updates 75-80% of its memory resources (mostly bitmaps) constantly.
- This leads to OS/2 swapping out some bitmap memory resources so it
- can load in the operating system code that needs to operate on the
- bitmap memory resources that were just swapped out to disk! Thus
- performance suffers severely.
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- We are currently working with IBM to minimize the impact of this
- problem.
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- PURCHASING SimCity for OS/2
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- To order the full version of SimCity for OS/2 (list price $49.00),
- contact DUX software sales at:
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- Phone: (415) 473-1800
- Email: simcity@dux.com
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- Or, call our support BBS at US(407) 276-3585, go to the Order
- Forms menu and select SimCity for OS/2.
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- *In Deutschland ist die Vollversion dieses Spiels als Bonustrack auf *
- *der CD-ROM "OS/2-Spiele", welche ebenfalls vom tewi-Verlag vertrieben*
- *wird, erhältlich. *
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- SUPPORT
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- Support is provided through the WinWare Corporation BBS. Bug fixes and
- new help files will be posted on the BBS as they become available. Report
- any bugs, suggestions, or comments to the addresses below.
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- Thanks again for purchasing our products.
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- DUX Software - Sales
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- Internet - simcity@dux.com
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- SimCity for OS/2 Support - WinWare Corporation
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- BBS - US (407) 276-3585 Mon-Fri 12am-2pm EST
- Compuserve - 70642,3611
- Internet - 70642.3611@compuserve.com
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