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- BACKLASH
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- 24NOV95 - MJT - Full/Shareware Release 1.20
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- What's New In Version 1.20
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- o Altered difficulty levels. Added ROGUE ( Hard ) difficulty level. The
- ROOKIE and REBEL levels are now easier.
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- o Improved sound card support. Support for interrupts 10, 11, 12. Improved
- default configuration of the sound card.
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- o Added BACKLASH.BAT to start the game.
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- o Improved conventional memory check. Added /OM command line option to
- override memory errors.
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- o Added BACKLASH.ICO, icon file for Windows 95 users.
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- o Added to the online instructions and added a hint section.
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- o Added help screen in the game.
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- o Improved Abort Mission code to notify user that an abort is in progress.
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- Problems?
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- If you encounter program termination with an error code ( i.e. Exception
- 0001 ), you have one of the following problems:
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- 0001 : Memory Allocation Error : There is not enough available memory to
- run BACKLASH. BACKLASH requires 500k free conventional memory and
- 750k available extended or expanded memory. Refer to the MS-DOS manual
- for information on making more memory available.
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- 0002 : Missing Resource File : A file required by the program is missing.
- Re-install the software to fix the problem. If that does not fix the
- problem, get a new copy of the release.
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- 0010 : Corrupted Resource File : The contents of one of the files has
- been corrupted. Re-install the software to fix the problem. If that
- does not fix the problem, get a new copy of the release.
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- Other error numbers indicate an internal problem that can only be fixed
- by updating the software.
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- Configuring a Sound Card
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- BACKLASH only supports 100% SoundBlaster compatible sound cards. Some cards
- require special configuration in order to set up "SoundBlaster Compatibility
- Mode". Refer to the sound card documentation for more details.
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- An improperly configured sound card can cause a variety of problems.
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- Problem : No sound, no music.
- Fix : Make sure that the software is set up to use a sound card.
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- Problem : No sound, music works.
- Fix : Make sure that the software is set up to use the sound card as
- a sound effects device. Verify that the base address configured
- for the sound card is correct.
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- Problem : Sound plays then stops, music works
- Fix : The interrupt channel for the sound card is not correct.
- Determine the proper interrupt channel for the sound card
- configuration and reconfigure the sound card using the set up
- program.
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- Problem : No sound, no music, program "locks"
- Fix : The DMA channel for the sound card is not correct. Determine
- the proper DMA channel for the sound card configuration and
- reconfigure the sound card using the set up program.
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- Other Problems
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- The file BL.OUT is generated when BACKLASH is run. The contents of the file
- may be useful in determining the conflicts with the machine configuration.
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