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- BSETUP.EXE Copyright 1994 COGnition Development Team
- All Rights Reserved
- Unauthorized Distribution Prohibited (please read VENDOR.DOC).
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- This document contains information about BSETUP.EXE. It does not
- contain any information concerning Bölz! such as game play. For more
- information regarding Bölz!, please read BOLZ!.DOC.
-
- We have provided the BSETUP program to make configuration of Bölz! as easy
- and painless as possible. BSETUP will attempt to autodetect your sound card
- (The Windows Sound System cannot be autodetected), then give you the
- opportunity to correct any mistakes which may occur. It also allows you
- to set music quality, video options and performance options.
-
- BSETUP will first guage your computer's speed. Then, based on this finding,
- will _suggest_ the music quality and video settings that will give the best
- performance possible on your machine. You may, however, override these
- settings and select whatever level of audio quality you wish, but going
- beyond the suggested maximum (the choices which will be selected for you)
- can cause the game to lock up or cause "skipping" or broken-up audio and/or
- bad frame rates and poor action. Usually, you will want to select whatever
- is given as a default based on system speed to start and try to work your
- way up after playing for a while.
-
- You will need to know the configuration of your sound card if autodetection
- fails. You will need to specifically know the following items:
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- Which sound card you have (or compatible with our list)
- Base Port Address, usually given in HEXADECIMAL numbers.
- DMA channel (GUS users emulating Sound Blaster are always DMA 1).
- Interrupt (IRQ) level
-
- BSETUP will attempt to autodetect these settings. It can, in some rare
- cases, make a mistake. For example, when installing your Sound Blaster(TM)
- card from Creative Labs (or compatible), a portion of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- was modified to reflect this card's settings. We rely on that information
- to determine the settings of the card. If they do not exist (you didn't use
- AUTOEXEC.BAT before you ran BSETUP), then we attempt a 'hardware level'
- detection of the card. The Windows Sound System or compatibles are the only
- sound cards which cannot be autodected by our routines. If you have a
- Windows Sound System, please note that you will need to know its I/O Address
- (usually port 530), IRQ (Usually 10) and DMA (Usually 1 or 5).
-
- When you run BSETUP, you will be presented with a screen of choices to make
- concerning your sound card. Using the keyboard (arrow keys to move the
- cursor up and down, Tab to move between columns and spacebar to "click" or
- select), you may select any option by "clicking" in the box to its left.
- It's rather intuitive, as you'll see.
-
- When you are satisfied with the information displayed concerning your sound
- card, simply click on the tab labeled "Done" at the bottom of the screen to
- move to page two of BSETUP (Video Performance Options). Here is where you
- can turn Parallax Scrolling on and off, turn Color Animation on/off, and
- even tell Bölz! to skip the Color VGA Detection.
-
- When you are satisfied with the information displayed on page two, click
- on the "Done" tab. This causes the file, "BALZ!.INF," to be created in the
- directory BOLZ on drive C:. This file is REQUIRED to run Bölz!, as it
- contains all of the information required to set up your sound system for use
- with Balz! as well as the video performance options. Please do not delete
- this file!
-
- The CD-ROM registered version has no other way of saving data except to your
- hard drive, and this file is only 52 bytes long (Yes, just 52 bytes. Less
- than one line of text in this document!).
-
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- Running BSETUP
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- BSETUP uses the keyboard for input. It uses a text-based user interface,
- similar to other DOS setup programs, to allow you to easily enter all
- necessary information in a very visual format.
-
- To run BSETUP, switch to the directory into which you have installed the
- Bölz! files. Then simply type BSETUP and press [ENTER].
-
- Toward the top of the screen, you will see a message box. If you need help,
- keep your eye up here for some suggestions while not pressing any keys.
- This is also the "Current Action" display, and it tells you what BSETUP is
- currently working on.
-
- Before control is passed to you, BSETUP will attempt to autodetect your
- sound card and it will also test your computer's speed by writing some
- graphics to the screen and doing some math similar to what is contained in
- Bölz!
-
- NOTE: A MATH COPROCESSOR IS OF NO USE TO Bölz! THIS GAME USES INTEGER-
- BASED MATH ONLY, AND THE SPEED INCREASE OF A MATH COPROCESSOR IS
- NOT VERY NOTICEABLE. DO NOT EXPECT POOR PERFORMANCE IF YOUR MACHINE
- IS AN "SX" VERSION 486.
-
-
- Based on these findings, the screen will be filled with -suggested- settings
- for your sound system. You may, by processes outlined above, change these
- settings. Again, click the "Done" tab for page two and set these options
- as desired. Clikc the Page Two "Done" tab when you are finished.
-
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- Technical Support
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- COGnition Development Team provides technical support by phone between the
- hours of 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (East Coast, USA),
- Monday through Friday, at 1-800-734-8031 (inside the Continental US). From
- outside the Continental US, please call +1-412-261-9123 during the same
- hourse -- or use our faxback support line at +1-412-391-7886 24 hours/day!
- When faxing, please remember to give us your name, title (if important) and
- FAX PHONE NUMBER INCLUDING ALL COUNTRY/COUNTY/CITY CODE INFORMATION. We
- will not make extranneous attempts to fax back if the information you give
- us is incorrect or imcomplete.
-
- We are on the eastern coast of the United States of America, so we are in
- the Eastern Standard Time Zone. This is three (3) hours ahead of California,
- and seven (7) hours behind Finland.
-
- Please understand that if you are asked to leave a message -- we'll get
- right back to you the same day, usually within 30 minutes of your call.
- Hey, it's better than putting you on hold for that amount of time and making
- you listen to more elevator music!
-
- We also offer a "faxback" service, whereby we provide technical support via
- fax. Our fax number is: 1-412-391-7886. We guarantee a response within
- 24 hours of receipt of your questions. This service, though catering well
- to our foreign customers, is not limited to foreign inquiries. Please feel
- free to use our faxback service at will!
-
- We can also offer technical support through the surface mail system. Our
- mailing address is as follows:
-
- COGnition Development Team
- Attn: Bölz! Technical Support
- P.O. Box 112546
- Pittsburgh, PA 15241-2546
- USA
-
-
- Finally, you can also get technical support for Bölz! and BSETUP via the
- Internet or America Online. Here's how:
-
- [Email]
- straffan@aol.com
- Make the subject of the email "BOLZ Technical Support"
-
- [AOL]
- Screen Name: Straffan
- Make the subject of the mail "BOLZ Technical Support"
-
- Remember, please describe your problem in full detail, and the name
- of the software you are having problems with. Please include your full
- name, daytime phone number (if response by phone is acceptable) and
- internet mailing address or America Online Screen Name.
-
- We _will_ to respond to your email questions within 24 hours.
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- Thank you for supporting the shareware marketing method! Please register
- Bölz! today!!
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