Welcome to the demo version of Macintosh Football Manager. This file contains important information about common problems in playing the game. Please read it before contacting me as problems are usually caused by lack of computer resources.
Computer Requirements
For best performance your computer needs the following:-
• 68020 processor or greater(68040 recommended).
• An FPU is NOT required.
• 256 color/grey scale display.
• 640 x 480 or greater display setting.
• 1.4M floppy drive (for installation from floppy).
• 2.5MB of free RAM. (3MB recommended, 5Mb on a PowerMac)
• 6MB Disk space.
• System 7.0 or later.
• Quick Time extension.
• Quick Time Musical Instruments (for music).
• The following standard fonts:- Courier, Chicago, Geneva.
Problems
MFM does not install any extensions in your system folder but simply uses the files within its own directory. It is important that MFM is not run from a CD ROM as it must be able to save data to the disk! If MFM is located on a CD ROM then please copy it to your hard disk before running it.
To run MFM, simply double click the MFM icon. If your machine lacks resources, such as memory, then certain problems may arise:-
• Less than 256 Colors
MFM can be played in 16 colors, however:-
(a) The colors will be garish making it difficult to distinguish some information.
(b) MFM will run much more slowly.
• Memory Shortage
MFM will run in 2MB of RAM but more RAM gives better long term reliability.
If you have to use Virtual Memory then most probably the music will stutter badly,
especially on slower machines.
To increase the RAM MFM can use, select the MFM application and then choose
Get Info from File menu on the Finder menu bar. Next change the Preferred size to
the desired RAM value.
If RAM is short then:
(a) MFM may crash when a simulated match is being played.
(b) At times, the game may slow down as memory is reassigned.
(c) The background music may pause or stutter.
• Missing Fonts
Only standard fonts are required but they may be missing on some machines.
(a) Without them distorted tables and misaligned messages may occur.
• QuickTime Extensions
(a) IF Quick Time is missing then MFM graphics will not work correctly.
(a) If QT Musical Instruments is missing then distorted music results.
• Ram Doubler
(a) MFM works well under Ram Doubler but the music may occasionally stutter.
Contacting Us
If you have any problems or queries I can be contacted either by E-mail or post as follows:-
By E-mail at:- football.manager@dial.pipex.com
By post at:- Malcolm McQuoid (MFM),
32a Albert Street,
Seaham,
County Durham,
SR7 7LJ,
United Kingdom.
Latest Shareware Version
The latest shareware version of MFM can be downloaded from our web site at
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/nexusn/football.htm
Also included with the latest version is more up to date documentation.