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- XATAX Version 1.00s - Information
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- OVERVIEW
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- This file contains information on trouble-shooting and system requirements.
- If you experience any problems with the software, please refer to this file
- first.
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- I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Xatax requires the following minimum configuration to function properly:
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- Required:
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- * MS-DOS version 4.0 or higher
- * 80486, or higher
- * 4 Meg RAM, or more
- * Color VGA
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- Optional:
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- * Adlib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro or Compatible
- * Joystick or GamePad
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- II. COMMAND LINE SWITCHES
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- Xatax has the following command line switches for your convenience:
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- /NOSOUND - Totally disables all sound
- /ADLIB - Forces XATAX to AdLib compatibility
- /SB - Forces XATAX to Sound Blaster compatibility
- /SBPRO - Forces XATAX to Sound Blaster Pro compatibility
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- WARNING - Forcing XATAX into one of the sound card compatible modes can lock
- up your system if your card is not compatible. Xatax will autodetect the
- sound card, and these should not be used unless absolutely neccessary. You
- may note that the /ADLIB mode is the safest of all to use and will work with
- almost all sound cards. If Xatax does not autodetect your sound card, this
- may be an indication that your sound card is not compatible, or is improperly
- configured.
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- III. ERRORS AND PROBLEMS
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- Should you experience any problems with Xatax, please contact us immediately.
- You may refer to the ORDER.DOC file on information on contacting Pixel
- Painters directly.
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- IV. COMMON PROBLEMS
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- Problem:
- I have enough RAM to run XATAX (at least 4 megs), but I get an out
- of memory error.
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- Question:
- How much _available_ RAM do you have?
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- Solution:
- Often a user has many programs loaded onto their system which eats
- up RAM. For instance, if you have 4 megabytes of RAM and load
- smart drive, smart drive will take an entire megabyte for disk
- caching! If you are using DOS 6.0 or higher, try booting the system
- "clean." You do this by rebooting your system and pressing the F5 key
- when you see the "Starting MS-DOS..." prompt. Then try running XATAX.
- If you are using an earlier version of MS-DOS, try commenting out any
- unneccessary programs (i.e. smart drive) in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and
- CONFIG.SYS files in your root directory. You should refer to your
- MS-DOS manuals for more information.
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- Problem:
- My joystick doesn't work right.
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- Question:
- Was it calibrated?
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- Solution:
- The joystick needs to be configured (actually, calibrated) in order
- for the game to use it. To do this, use the keyboard to select
- SETUP from the main menu. Then, select JOYSTICK from the SETUP
- menu. Then follow the on screen instructions.
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- Question:
- Was it plugged or unplugged while XATAX was running?
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- Solution:
- Unplugging the joystick after the game has begun can cause the game
- to respond irratically. If this happens accidentily, you should use
- the keyboard to exit the game and then restart the game. In some
- cases it may be neccessary to reboot the system in order to get the
- joystick to respond correctly.
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- V. WINDOWS
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- In short, do not run this program from Windows or any other multi-tasking
- environment. If you use Windows, you must exit completely out of Windows
- before running Xatax (note: You can not run this program from the DOS shell,
- this does not count as exiting from Windows).
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