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- The Return To Zork
- by Infocom
-
- Sneak Preview
-
- Copyright 1993 by Activision
-
- To watch this preview, run one of these batch files:
-
- ZORKMT32.BAT Selects the Roland MT32 for music.
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- ZORKADLB.BAT Selects AdLib and compatables for music.
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- ZORKPC.BAT Selects the PC Speaker for music.
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- First, you will be asked to select and configure a sound device for playack
- of digitzed audio. Highlight the name of the sound device installed in your
- computer then press 'C' to configure it. Press ENTER when you are ready.
- The setup program will detect a SoundBlaster if you have one, but you will
- still need to select and configure the software for it. If you have a
- MEDIAVISION Pro Audio or Pro Audio 16 card, we recommend you use the
- appropiate driver and NOT use SoundBlaster compatable mode.
-
- Use the ESC key to exit the preview.
-
- We hope you enjoy this sneak preview of Return to Zork which will be
- available in mid-summer.
-
- If you have any comments or questions we look forward to your feedback
- on CompuServe EMAIL at 76004,2122.
-
- For technical assistance please call at (310) 207-4500 or EMAIL on
- Compuserve at 76004,2122.
-
- If you have a Microsoft Windows Sound System or Disney Sound Source
-
- Edit the appropiate batch file (ZORKMT32.BAT, ZORKADLB.BAT, or
- ZORKPC.BAT) and remove the "-o" from the MADE command line. This will
- improve the output quality of the sound card. See the "For Advanced
- Users" for details.
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- SoundBlaster Pro and SoundBlaster 16 owners.
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- We are working with Creative Labs and The Audio Solution to improve
- the quality of audio from the SoundBlaster Pro and 16 audio cards.
-
-
- For Advanced Users
-
- Here is a list of the files included for this preview:
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- DEMO.PRJ Database of all images, animations, sounds, and music.
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- DEMO.DAT Compiled script for the demo.
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- MADE.EXE The Multimedia Applications Development Environment.
- This is the game engine for Zork and other Activision
- and Infocom products. Please let us know if there are
- any problems. The command is...
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- MADE DEMO -M:MUSICDEV (optionally) -O (oversample audio)
- -X (use EMS or XMS)
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- MT32MPU.ADV The MT32MPU music driver, <CR> John Miles.
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- ADLIB.ADV The AdLib music driver, <CR> John Miles.
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- SAMPLE.AD AdLib instrument bank, <CR> The Fat Man.
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- PCSPKR.ADV PC Speaker Music Driver, Not Recommended.
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- SETD.EXE Setup program for audio devices. <CR> John Ratcliff,
- the Audio Solution. Creates a sound driver called
- SOUNDRV.COM
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- SBLASTER.COM Digital Audio driver for the SoundBlaster.
-
- LSIZE.COM Digital Audio driver for the Activision LifeSize Sound
- Enhancer. Very good audio quality.
-
- SOURCE.COM Digital Audio driver for the Disney Sound Source.
- The "-o" oversample option should not be used with this card.
-
- PAUDIO.COM Digital Audio driver for the Mediavision Pro Audio
- Spectrum. Very good audio quality.
-
- PAS16.COM Digital Audio driver for the Mediavision Pro Audio
- Spectrum 16. Very good audio quality.
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- SBPRO.COM Digital Audio driver for the Soundblaster Pro.
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- ADLIBG.COM Digital Audio driver for the AdLib Gold.
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- SNDSYS.COM Digital Audio driver for the Microsoft Windows
- Sound System. The "-o" oversample option should not be
- used with this card.
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- ZORKMT32.BAT Batch file to run Zork with music on the MT32 with
- oversampling on the selected audio device.
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- ZORKADLB.BAT Batch file to run Zork with music on the AdLib or AdLib
- compatable with oversampling on the selected audio device.
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- ZORKPC.BAT Batch file to run Zork on the MT32 with oversampling on
- the selected audio device.
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- ZORKDEMO.DOC This document.
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