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- Micro! Deluxe, version 1.0
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- This game requires:
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- * A 286 or faster IBM-compatible PC (386 or faster strongly recommended)
- * VGA graphics
- * Hard disk (approx 1.5 MB free)
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- This game also supports:
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- * Sound Blaster, Roland LAPC-I, Adlib, general MIDI
- * Joystick
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- == TO SETUP THE GAME ==
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- 1. Change to the drive where the game is installed (C:)
- 2. Change to the subdirectory where you installed the game (CD \MICRODLX)
- 3. Type MSETUP, then press ENTER.
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- == TO PLAY THE GAME ==
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- 1. Change to the drive where the game is installed (C:)
- 2. Change to the subdirectory where you installed the game (CD \MICRODLX)
- 3. Type MICRODLX, then press ENTER.
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- == WINDOWS USERS ==
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- * This game has tested fine under Windows on fast CPUs, however slower
- computers may experience problems. Play the game from DOS for best
- results.
- * The sound and/or music may not function properly. This is because the
- Windows sound drivers often conflict with DOS programs which also use
- music and sound. Try running the game from DOS.
- * If the graphics are jittery or flicker, run the program from DOS. The
- game is faster.
- NOTE: Running the game from the "DOS Shell" in Windows is NOT the same as
- running it straight from DOS. Exit Windows completely.
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- == NOT ENOUGH FREE MEMORY ==
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- * If you are running under Windows, exit completely and run the game from
- DOS.
- * If you are running the game from a menu program (like DOSSHELL), exit
- it. Then, run the game from the DOS prompt.
- * You need to free up more memory:
- 1. If you are using DOS 6.0 or later, reboot your computer. When
- the message "Starting MS-DOS..." appears, press the [F5] key.
- DOS will bypass all your TSR's, memory managers, and other
- programs which normally occupy conventional memory. Now try
- playing the game.
- 2. Versions earlier than DOS 6.0: you need a boot disk. Below
- are instructions to create one:
- (A) Put a blank disk in your A: drive (not your B: drive!).
- (B) Format the disk with the command: FORMAT A: /S
- (C) Label this disk and save it -- you'll need it everytime
- you want to play this game.
- Reboot your computer with your boot disk in drive A:.
- After a while, you'll see an "A>" prompt. Follow the first
- few instructions above which describe how to start the game.
- NOTE: If you are using "Stacker" or another hard disk compression
- program, this game must be installed on a different non-compressed
- drive in order for the boot disk to work.
- * If you don't want to go through the trouble of creating a boot disk, you
- can change the sound/music card options to one which requires less memory.
- MOST: Sound Blaster sound and music
- LESS: Sound Blaster sound and no music
- LESS: No Sound Blaster sound and music
- LEAST: No Sound Blaster sound and no music.
- NOTE: All other sound device configurations take the same memory.
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- == GRAPHICS ARE JITTERY, GAME IS SLOW ==
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- * If you are running from Windows, exit completely. This game runs faster
- when played from the DOS prompt.
- * If you own a Sound Blaster or compatible and have selected overlapping,
- digitized sound effects first try single channel sound effects instead.
- If that doesn't work, try FM synthesis or PC speaker sound effects.
- * Turn off the music.
- * Turn off both the music and the sound.
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- == AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, ANIMATION FLICKERS OR IS SHEARED ==
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- * Your computer can't update the screen fast enough between the VGA's
- vertical refresh periods.
- * Exit completely from Windows, then run the game from the DOS prompt.
- * Try turning off the sound and/or music.
- * Still flickers?!? Sorry, you'll need to find a faster computer to play
- the game on (a 386/33 works great).
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- == SOUND CARD OWNERS ==
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- The sound was written for the basic Sound Blaster sound card. It has been
- tested thoroughly at IRQ 7, ADDRESS 220, DMA 1. If your sound card is
- Sound Blaster compatible the sound should work fine. Be sure to load all
- software drivers necessary for Sound Blaster emulation (refer to your sound
- card's manual) before playing the game.
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- == HOW TO CONTACT ACUMEN SOFTWARE ==
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- U.S. Mail:
- Acumen Software
- 404 Stone Church Road
- Tiverton, RI 02878-2813
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- Internet E-mail:
- adrian@mit.edu
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- World-Wide-Web:
- http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/d/adrian/www/acumen.html
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