TAKE A BREAK! CROSSWORDS v1.00
(c) 1992 by Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Thank you for purchasing Take A Break! Crosswords.  The
following contains some configuration that may prove useful
if you plan to use the sounds & music or have a 286 computer.

     ** ** ** NOTES FOR 286 USERS ** ** **

If you have a 286 computer with only 2 megabytes of RAM, a
Sound Card, and a S-VGA monitor running in 256 color mode,
you are likely to get an out-of-memory error ("Exec Format
Error"), when trying to load Crosswords.  You can fix this
problem by disabling the sound drivers (located in the 
"Drivers" section of the Control Panel); or by changing your
display to 16 color by selecting "VGA" from the "Windows
Setup" section located in the "Main" folder (NOTE: Your 
computer will run much faster in 16 color mode).

     ** ** ** NOTES ON MUSIC ** ** **

IMPORTANT NOTE!
Music & Sound effects are only available when running
Windows 3.1 or higher, or when using Windows 3.0 with
Multimedia extensions.



CUSTOMIZING WINDOWS TO PERFORM BETTER WHEN USING SOUND CARDS
After you have set up your system to accommodate music &
sound effects (as outlined in your Windows manual), you may
wish to tailor your system to perform better.  The following
paragraphs explain how to get the best quality music on the
two most popular sound cards (if you don't have one of these
two cards, the music will still play fine, it just won't
take advantage of specialized features indigenous to those
cards):



USING AN ADLIB COMPATIBLE SOUND CARD
(Adlib, Sound Blaster, Thunder Board, etc.)
In order to select the Enhanced Adlib Music, select "Adlib
General" option from the MIDI Mapper located in the "Control
Panel" section of the "Main" file folder.  Please note this
is different from the "Adlib" setting and gives
substantially better results.  NOTE:  Most software supports
this option, and you shouldn't have to switch it back.



USING A ROLAND MT-32 OR LAPC-1 SOUND CARD (OR COMPATIBLE)
Because Windows does not fully support all the extra
features and sounds of the Roland cards in the default
Windows settings, we have included two different versions of
music for Roland users.  The first one (which is default on
Crosswords), will play fine in conjunction with the default
Windows setting.  However, if you want to hear the Enhanced
Roland Music you must reconfigure Windows as outlined below.



CONFIGURING THE MIDI MAPPER FOR ENHANCED ROLAND MUSIC
The following represents the steps needed to configure
Windows to play Enhanced Roland Music.  Please be aware that
this is an advanced option and should only be attempted by
those that are comfortable with Windows configuration.
Additionally, please note that when using other software not
supporting this feature, you must select the "LAPC-1" or
"MT-32" option from the MIDI Mapper for the other music to
play correctly (you won't, however, have to reconfigure the
Enhanced Roland, you will only have to re-select it from the
MIDI Mapper).

     IMPORTANT: Never play Roland Enhanced Music without
first configuring the MIDI Mapper accordingly.

1) Enter the MIDI Mapper from the Program Manager (located
in the "Control Panel" section of the "Main" file folder.

2) Select "New" and type in the name "Enhanced Roland" (you
can ignore the description), and click on "OK".

3) The "MIDI Setup" screen will be shown, and you must then
reassign the destination channels (Dest Chan) as follows:

     Src Chan       Dest Chan
     1              2
     2              3
     3              4
     4              5
     5              6
     6              7
     7              8
     8              9
     
     IMPORTANT!  Do not configure any other channels!


4) Then you must configure the "Port Name" to "Roland MPU-
401" (by selecting the pull-down menu by clicking on the
down-arrow button located on the right side of the active
"Port Name"). The source channels that must be configured
are:

     Src Chan
     1
     2
     3
     4
     5
     6
     7
     8
     10

     IMPORTANT!  Do not configure any other channels!

5)  Then click on "OK" indicating you are finished with the
setup.  Click again on "OK" when Windows asks if you want to
save the new setup.

6)  Click on "Close" to exit from the MIDI Mapper (don't
double-click on the upper left-hand close icon, as it won't
save your configuration).

7)  Enter Take A Break Crosswords and select "Roland
Enhanced Music" from the "Sound" pull-down menu, and enjoy!