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- MEGADOS
- By CDR Publishing
- Copyright (C): November 29th, 1995
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- INTRODUCTION
- MEGADOS consists of a DOS based interface that displays the
- city's name, a small picture of the city and a short description.
- It also allows you to directly load the city using SimCity 2000 (DOS).
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- USING MEGADOS:
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- The MEGADOS interface is designed to be simple to use with just a few
- buttons.
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- 1) Switch to your SC2000 directory, enter MEGADOS and press the enter key.
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- 2) Use your mouse to select a city from the list. Not all of the 1300
- cities are in one directory. You'll have to select the others by choosing
- another directory with your mouse.
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- Files by type:
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- *.CDR MEGADOS for SimCity 2000 game files on the CD-ROM
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- *.EFF MEGADOS SimClassic files on the CD-ROM
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- 3) Select a city from the directory by highlighting it with the mouse.
- You'll see a picture of the city as well a brief description.
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- 4) Use the EDIT button to makes changes to the city's attributes such as
- Founding Year, Current Year, Age, and Current Money. Be creative by
- making changes and then loading the city to see the results! Press F10 to
- save your changes or the escape <esc> key to cancel.
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- 5) Select the PLAY button to start SimCity 2000. Next you must and load the
- city from the SC2000 directory. If you make changes to the city and want to
- save them, you'll need to save it using a different name.
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- 6) To leave MEGADOS press the EXIT key and you'll return to DOS.
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- OTHER BUTTONS AND WHAT THEY DO:
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- TIPS:
- Contains information and frequently asked questions (FAQ) for playing
- SimCity and creating cities.
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- ABOUT:
- Shows information about the MEGADOS interface and salutes the folks who
- worked so hard in its' development.
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- HELP:
- Online help for using MEGADOS. Contains information about how to run
- MEGADOS, play a city, explanations of the button functions, and how to
- contact customer support.
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- UTILITIES:
- This is used to access two utilities: Census and City Manager.
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- EXIT:
- Exits the MEGADOS interface.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- IBM or compatible computer
- 486 processor
- Windows 3.x or Windows 95
- DOS 5.0 or higher
- 4 Mb RAM
- Mouse required
- SVGA or VGA color monitor capable of displaying 256 or more colors
- 1MB harddrive space (for MEGADOS interface installation)
- SimCity 2000 installed (DOS version)
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- SPECIAL NOTES:
- MEGADOS needs to run from DOS ONLY and not from within Windows 3.1/Win95.
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- CUSTOMER SUPPORT:
- Call our technical support line at (612) 645-2938 to hear the latest
- information about MEGADOS, solutions to the most commonly asked
- questions and to leave any comments. Please leave you name, a number
- where you can be reached and a brief description of the problem. Call
- back in 48 hours to hear the solution in the FAQ category.
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- Our customer/technical support staff can also be reached by e-mail at:
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- support@cdrpub.com
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- You can also write us at this address:
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- CDR Publishing, Inc.
- P.O Box 40480
- St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
-