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- Help On Using GEnie LIVEWIRE
-
- The IBM compatible version of GEnie LIVEWIRE features both key and mouse
- selection. To choose an article from the Table of Contents, click on the
- icon to the left of the article or press the associated alpha/numeric key.
-
- To exit LIVEWIRE, press the X key or click on the Exit switch.
-
- Video Requirements: A standard VGA card capable of 640x480 pixel resolution
- in 16 colors is required.
-
- Memory Requirements: A minimum of 475K available conventional DOS memory is
- required to view GEnie LIVEWIRE. To be able to view the animation effects in
- this issue, your system must have at least 1 megabyte of expanded or extended
- memory available. If you don't, you will still be able to view everything
- but the animation effects.
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- ┌──────────────────────────────┐
- │ Starting GEnie LIVEWIRE │
- └──────────────────────────────┘
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- There are four options to start GEnie LIVEWIRE.
-
- 1. For systems with NO sound card, type LW1.BAT at the prompt and press
- enter.
-
- 2. For those with a standard Sound Blaster card 1.5/2.0 type LW2.BAT at
- the prompt and press enter.
-
- 3. For those with Sound Blaster Pro 2.0, SB16 or SB Pro 2 MCV, type LW3.BAT
- at the prompt and press enter.
-
- 4. To open LiveWire from Windows, see the file READ1ST.DOC that came with
- this issue.
-
- The batch files will load the applicable sound drivers where appropriate and
- start this issue of LIVEWIRE. Upon exiting LIVEWIRE, sound drivers (if
- loaded) will be removed.
-
- For those without a sound card, we have included music files that will play
- through your pc speaker. These pc speaker files will not play if you have
- installed the Sound Blaster driver's.
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- Sound Card Information: The sound driver installation assumes you have set
- the sound drive/path information. This is normally done in your autoexec.bat
- file with a command that looks like this:
-
- SET SOUND=[drive:\path]
-
- You may also issue this command from the DOS command line. This tell's the
- batch file where the appropriate drivers are located.
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- Mouse Information: If you wish to use a mouse, LIVEWIRE requires a
- Microsoft compatible mouse and driver. If you have a serial mouse connected
- to COM1 port, the IRQ setting should be 4. If you are using COM2, the IRQ
- setting should be 3. You may also use the keyboard to navigate through
- GEnie LIVEWIRE.
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- If you are using MS Windows to view LIVEWIRE, the sound may be very slow
- depending on your configuration. You have two choices in this event. Leave
- Windows and run from the DOS prompt or remove the sound drivers.
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- End of Help
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