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- BLUPIMANIA
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- Contents
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- How to pronounce Blupi
- Special keys
- Running Blupi from Windows(TM)
- Memory setup
- Using a mouse
- Sound effects and music
- Other hazards
- Epsitec's address
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- How to pronounce Blupi
- ----------------------
- Easy : just say it as it comes : Blupi, as in Blue Pea !
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- How to run Blupimania from Windows 3.x
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- When you install your BLUPIMANIA program, the files are transferred from
- the diskette to a directory. The standard name for this directory is
- C:\BLUPIMANIA, but you may call it almost anything you like. BLUPI.PIF
- enables you to run the program from Windows(TM) and BLUPI.ICO contains
- an Icon you can use. Both files in the directory mentioned above.
- To run BLUPIMANIA from Windows(TM), you must create an access to
- BLUPIMANIA in one of the groups in the Program Manager :
- - Click on the group you want to add BLUPIMANIA in or create a new group
- using the New option in the File menu of the Program Manager.
- - Select New in the File menu of the Program Manager.
- - Activate the "Program" button, then click "OK".
- - Fill in the options in the dialog :
- Name : BLUPIMANIA
- Command Line : C:\BLUPIMAN\BLUPIMAN.PIF
- Do not fill in the other elements.
- - Click "Change icon..."
- A message stating no icon is available will appear. Don't worry, just
- click "OK".
- - In the next dialogue, type C:\BLUPIMAN\BLUPI.ICO, then click "OK" twice.
- - Validate these entries by clicking "OK" again.
-
- Of course, if you change the name of the directory when you install
- BLUPIMANIA, you must use the new name in the Path settings, instead of
- C:\BLUPIMANIA in the instructions above.
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- How to run BLUPIMANIA from Windows 95
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- To run BLUPIMANIA you can create a shortcut to BLUPIMAN.EXE. Open the
- folder where you have installed BLUPIMANIA. Right click on the Blupiman
- application icon and choose "Create shortcut". Now you can drag the
- shortcut to whatever location you want.
- You may put the Blupi icon on your shortcut. Right click on the shortcut
- and chose "Properties". Choose the "Program" tab, click on the
- "Change icon" button, browse to the path where you have installed
- BLUPIMANIA and select the BLUPIMAN.ICO file
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- Memory setup
- ------------
- BLUPIMANIA needs 480000 executable program size to run properly.
- If BLUPIMANIA does not run,, but displays something like
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- You don't have enough free conventional memory for this program.
- You have 408224 bytes of free conventional memory and you need at
- least 480000 bytes of free conventional memory.
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- some conventional memory must be freed by removing resident applications
- and drivers, and/or by using a high memory utility such QEMM386 by
- Quarterdeck. With MS-DOS 6, the "MEMMAKER" command can also be used.
- Refer to your MS-DOS manual for this command.
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- The "MEM" DOS command will display information relative to the occupation
- of your memory. You need at least 480000 largest executable program size.
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- If BLUPIMANIA doesn't run, but displays:
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- Not enough XMS memory
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- this means probably that you don't have enough memory to run BLUPIMANIA.
- This message usually appears only on computers with less than 4 Mb of RAM.
- You can probably free some memory by giving less memory to the SMARTDRV
- disk cache program.
-
- Proceed like this:
- - edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- - look for the line that reads "SMARTDRV", "SMARTDRV /X",
- "SMARTDRV 1024" or similar.
- - If a number follows "SMARTDRV" decrease the number for example by
- dividing it by 2
- - If no number follows "SMARTDRV", try putting "200" or even less
- after "SMARTDRV"
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- For example:
-
- Before After
- SMARTDRV /X 1024 SMARTDRV /X 512
- SMARTDRV SMARTDRV 200
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- The number after "SMARTDRV" indicates how much memory should be allocated
- to the disk cache. If you decrease that number, you increase the free
- memory for BLUPIMANIA.
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- On the other hand it is not recommended to remove completely SMARTDRV.
-
- Using a mouse
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- BLUPIMANIA is a DOS program and must be run using a DOS mouse driver. When
- you install BLUPIMANIA onto your disk, a message will warn you if no DOS
- mouse driver is installed.
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- Query:
- The mouse does not respond and the arrow is not displayed.
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- Remedy:
- The DOS mouse driver is probably not installed. Usually, the mouse driver
- is loaded by AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS when your computer is started up.
- The usual name for the DOS mouse driver is MOUSE.COM (for AUTOEXEC.BAT)
- or MOUSE.SYS (for CONFIG.SYS). Other common names are AMOUSE, GMOUSE,
- IMOUSE, HPMOUSE. Even if you start BLUPIMANIA from Windows(TM), it is
- necessary to install a DOS mouse driver. Please refer to your mouse
- manual.
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- If you use a SICOS mouse driver, BLUPIMANIA may not work correctly. You
- should change your mouse driver.
-
- Using a sound board
- -------------------
- BLUPIMANIA comes with a great musical background and sound effects. This
- means you need a SoundBlaster or compatible sound board. As sound boards
-
- are rather touchy, here are some answers
- to problems you may have :
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- Query:
- I'm not getting any sound effects or music.
-
- Remedies :
- - Are you sure you've got a sound board ?
- - Make sure your speakers are connected, and the volume turned up.
- - Check the setup. Use the SETUP program in the directory where you
- installed BLUPIMANIA.
- Please refer to your sound board manual.
- You may need to restart your computer if you change the settings.
- - Check the volume controls in the BLUPIMANIA control screen (click on
- the blue machine
- on the right side of the BLUPIMANIA main screen.
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- Query:
- - I've got music, but no sound effects or voice.
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- Remedies:
- - Your sound board may not be SoundBlaster compatible. Sorry, no sound
- effects !
- - If your sound board is SoundBlaster compatible, then check the settings
- as explained above.
- - Check the volume controls in the BLUPIMANIA control screen (click on the
- blue machine on the right side of the BLUPIMANIA main screen).
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- Query:
- I've got the sound effects, but no music.
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- Remedies :
- - Check the volume controls in the BLUPIMANIA control screen (click on the
- blue machine on the right side of the BLUPIMANIA main screen).
- - Some sound boards need auxiliary programs that are installed in the
- Config.Sys and/or AutoExec.Bat files. Check your sound board manual
- for details.
-
- Query:
- - I'm sure I've set BLUPIMANIA up correctly, but I still don't have music
- or sound effects.
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- Remedy:
- - In some configurations, sound boards do not work properly if you run
- your program from Windows(TM). Quit Windows(TM) completely and run
- BLUPIMANIA directly at the DOS prompt. Change directory:
- CD C:\BLUPIMAN and type BLUPIMAN.
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- Query:
- - BLUPI suddenly returns to Windows(TM) stating an error.
-
- Remedy:
- - Refer to previous remedy.
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- Other hazards
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- Query:
- When I try to run SETUP, I get the Windows setup or another setup program.
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- Remedies :
- - You are not in the correct directory.
- If you are using the Windows File Manager, open the BLUPIMAN directory
- before clicking setup.exe. If you are in DOS, type CD C:\BLUPI-M (or the
- path you chose when you installed BLUPIMANIA)
- - Have you installed BLUPIMANIA on your disk ?
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- Query:
- - My BLUPMANIA displays an error message similar to
- "Fatal error: BLUPI20.COL: No such file or directory"
- Remedy:
- - One of the auxiliary files (for instance BLUPI20.COL) has been
- accidentally deleted. You must install BLUPIMANIA again.
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- Epsitec's address
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-
- EPSITEC SA
- Ch. de la Mouette
- CH-1092 Belmont
- Switzerland
- tel+fax ++41 21 / 728 44 83
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- Email: epsitec@epsitec.ch
- Web: http://www.epsitec.ch
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- This computer program is protected by copyright law and international
- treaties.Unauthorized reproduction of this program may result in severe
- civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum
- extend possible under the law.
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- The limited shareware version maybe freely distributed.
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- Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Epsitec SA All rights reserved
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