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- COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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- PROBLEMS USING COLOR SOFTWARE ON MONOCHROME COMPUTERS
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- Some shareware programs (usually games and a few others) require
- a color circuit within the computer called CGA, EGA or VGA
- color graphics. If you start the program on a monochrome (no
- color) computer you may see nothing on the screen!
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- Solutions: 1) Use an inexpensive software program (e.g., SIMCGA)
- which helps monochrome machine pretend (emulate) color 2) Buy a
- CGA, VGA or EGA circuit card 3) check the documents which come
- with the shareware package to see if it can be switched from color
- mode to monochrome.
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- Turn off your computer and restart it if you use a program such
- as SIMCGA or other software patch to help a monochrome computer
- emulate a color machine. You don't want the emulation program
- interfering with other software you may wish to run later.
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- Problem: Computer responds with "bad command or filename."
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- Solution: Make sure that what you typed at the DOS command line
- is EXACTLY the filename you intended to run. This is probably a
- simple typing mistake.
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- Problem: Program asks for a file which is not on the disk.
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- Solution: Do you have ALL of the disks required. Have you
- unpacked all archives? Have you run the configuration program
- which creates the missing file?
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- Problem: Screen goes blank and machine locks up.
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- Solution: Sounds like this is a color program trying to run on
- a monochrome system. See the notes above.
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- Problem: Incorrect DOS version message.
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- Solution: Many sophisticated programs cannot use older
- DOS versions such as 2.0 or 2.11. Check the documentation.
- There might be a way around this that the author suggests
- towards the end of the program instructions.
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- Problem: Only have one disk drive.
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- Solution: Refer to DOS manual or obtain separate standalone
- RAM disk software which can create a second drive in your
- computer's RAM memory area. This is still a severe limitation
- and you are advised to at least purchase a second floppy drive
- which is not terribly expensive, these days.
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- Problem: Author did not respond to my questions or send anything
- for my registration check.
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- Solution: Authors can move and change address. Contact a
- shareware disk vendor, obtain the latest version of the program
- and see if the address of the author has changed. Call or write
- again.
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