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- ZOOP (tm) PC Demo
- Version: 1.0
- Date: August 13, 1995
-
- Viacom New Media Inc
-
-
- Table of Contents
-
- 1. System Requirements
- 2. Normal Installation
- 3. Starting the Game
- 4. Video Adapter Considerations
- 5. Sound Card Considerations
- 6. Windows 3.11 or 3.10 Configuration
-
-
- > 1. System Requirements
-
- The following is a list of minimum requirements
- for running ZOOP (tm) PC Demo-
-
- - DOS 5.0 or Higher (this requirement not relevant with
- Windows '95)
-
- - 486 or later system processor
-
- - 550 Kb (563,200 bytes) of available conventional RAM
-
- - 4 Mb (4,194,304 bytes) of total system RAM (see section 6.
- Windows Configuration if you have less that 8Mb
- system RAM)
-
- - SVGA Video Adapter
-
- - A sound card is required if sound effects and music are
- to be enabled, see section 5 for compatability
- information
-
-
- > 2. Normal Installation
-
- From Windows, use the Run Program feature from the Files
- menu of the Program Manager in Windows 3.10 or 3.11, or
- from the Start button in Windows '95.
-
- Select the Setup.exe file located in the directory that
- contains the ZOOP (tm) PC Demo install files.
-
- Follow the directions given in the Install Program.
-
- Note:
- The installation program used to install ZOOP (tm) PC
- Demo, INSTALL, is licensed software provided by
- Knowledge Dynamics Corp, P.O. Box 780068, San Antonio
- Texas 78278 (USA). INSTALL is Copyright (c) 1987-1994
- by Knowledge Dynamics Corp which reserves all
- copyright protection worldwide. Install is provided to
- you for the exclusive purpose of installing ZOOP (tm)
- Demo PC. Viacom New Media has modified the software as
- provided by Knowledge Dynamics Corp. and thus the
- performance and behavior of INSTALL as shipped with
- ZOOP (tm) Demo PC may not represent the performance and
- behavior of INSTALL as shipped by Knowledge Dynamics
- Corp. Viacom New Media is exclusively responsible for
- the support of ZOOP (tm) Demo PC, including support
- during the installation phase. In no event will
- Knowledge Dynamics Corp. provide any technical support
- for ZOOP (tm) Demo PC.
-
-
- > 3. Starting the Game
-
- Double click on the newly created "Zoop
- Demo" icon from the "ZOOP Demo Group" while
- in Windows. In the game, use cursor keys to
- navigate menus selecting with Ctrl (Fire) key.
-
-
- > 4. Video Adapter Considerations
-
- ZOOP (tm) PC Demo has been shipped with a
- configuration that will work for most PCs.
- Some video adapters do not implement the
- standard known as VESA exactly the same way
- in their hardware designs. For this reason,
- different software drivers are required to
- make some adapters work similarly to the
- others.
-
- We have included a utility that provides
- a library of drivers for many of the most
- popular adapters. The current version of
- the utility will not operate when run
- from Windows 3.11 or earlier. It will work
- when run from Windows '95. If you are using
- Windows 3.10 or 3.11 on your system, you
- must exit Windows to run the utility.
-
- To run the utility from DOS, change the
- working directory (using the CD command)
- to the directory where ZOOP (tm) PC Demo
- has been installed, I.E. "CD C:\ZOOPDEMO".
- Then execute UVCONFIG.EXE and follow the
- directions. After the new driver has been
- installed, run Windows again and you are
- ready to play the game.
-
- We know of some cards that may not work
- even after installing the drivers as
- described above.
-
- - Orchid Farenheit 1280 with S3 chipset
- number 924 with V3.0 Bios
-
- - Orchid Celcius
- Current VESA driver supplied with the
- adapter will not help. A new version of
- the driver is expected soon that may fix
- the problem.
-
- - Matrox MGA Ultima
- Can run with VESA driver supplied with
- the adapter. Use instructions supplied with
- the adapter instead of above instructions
- to install the driver.
-
- - Diamond Stealth Viper with Weitech 9000
- chipset does not run. Nearly all other
- Diamond adapters work without problems.
-
-
- > 5. Sound Card Considerations
-
- The following is a list of known problems
- encountered with some sound cards and any
- known remedies.
-
- - Aztec Labs SGNXPro 16
- select Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound program
-
- - Aztech Labs SG
- select Sound Blaster from Setsound program
-
- - Aztech Labs SGNXPro Extra
- select Sound Blaster from Setsound program
-
- - Aztech Labs SGPro16
- select Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound program
- (crashes if Sound Blaster selected)
-
- - Ensoniq SoundScape
- will not run with any supplied drivers from
- inside Windows
- run ZOOP.EXE from DOS after selecting Sound
- Blaster from Setsound program
-
- - ESS Audio Magician
- select Sound Blaster from Setsound program
- note: Setsound fails to detect this card
- make settings manually using those described
- in the Sound Card's documentation
-
- - Media Vision Pro Audio 3D
- select Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound
-
- - Gravis Ultra Sound
- run ZOOP.EXE from DOS after selecting Gravis
- Ultra Sound from Setsound
-
- There are many others that will work by trying
- Sound Blaster and/or Sound Blaster Pro from
- Setsound.
-
- Note: Be sure to select no Midi Sound and no
- Digital Sound from the Setsound program if you
- don't have a sound card installed.
-
-
- > 6. Windows 3.11 or 3.10 Configuration
-
- If you have less than 8 Mb of system RAM and
- you find that ZOOP (tm) PC Demo will not
- run because you are out of memory, you must
- ensure that no other applications are
- running and that you have at least a 4 Mb
- virtual memory swapfile enabled for Windows
- to take advantage of.
-
- To ensure that there is a swapfile and that
- it is big enough, the following steps are
- listed.
-
- - Double click on the Main group in the
- Program Manager Window.
-
- - Double click on the Control Panel icon
- in the Main Window.
-
- - Double click on the Enhanced icon in the
- Control Panel Window.
-
- - Click on the Virtual Memory... button.
-
- - If Swapfile Settings size is less than
- 4096 Kb or if Type = none, adjustments
- must be made. If these are both false, then
- Swapfile settings probably won't help.
-
- - Press the Change>> button if adjustments
- are required.
-
- - In New Swapfile Settings Type field select
- Temporary or Permanent.
-
- - Click in New Size field and enter a number
- not less than 4096.
-
- - Press OK button.
-
- - Allow Windows to automatically restart.
-
- - Presto! You have a swapfile.
-
-