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HOYLE CLASSIC CARD GAMES (WINDOWS VERSION)
Hoyle Classic must be installed on a hard drive with at
least 9 Meg free (or 3 Meg without audio). To do this,
run Windows and place the startup disk in a drive. Then,
from the program manager, select "File", then "Run". At
the command line type the letter of the drive with the
diskette, followed by :\setup. For example, if you used
drive b you would type b:\setup.
Minimum system requirements:
1) 386 based CPU running Windows 3.xx or better.
2) VGA graphics card.
3) 2MB RAM.
4) Internal Speaker.
Note: Performance will not be optimal on a minimum system.
Symptoms of overtaxed hardware include slow animation
and/or breakups in audio. If slow animation is a problem,
be sure to turn the Detail Level all the way down once you
are in the game. This will eliminate unnecessary animation.
System configuration for optimal performance:
1) 386/486 CPU running at 25MHz or better.
2) Over 600K (614,400 bytes) of DOS memory.
3) 1 Meg or more extended or expanded memory.
4) 256 color VGA video.
5) A music card
6) A DAC for sampled audio.
In order to hear game sounds through your music card it
must be configured for Windows. If this has not already
been done you may need to add drivers, patches and/or
change the Midi Mapper. Your Windows manual or the sound
card's doco may help you.
The Windows install will ask you if you want to install
for BASE or EXTENDED level sound.
BASE level sound runs on channels 13 thru 16 and is used
for sound cards like SoundBlaster, ProAudio, Adlib, or
any FM Yamaha 3812 type card.
EXTENDED level sound runs on channels 1 thru 10 and is
used for cards like the LAPC-I, MT-32, SCC-1, Sound
Canvas, Turtle Beach MultiSound, or any General MIDI
device.
DAC Note: If you do not have a DAC you may (if you wish)
delete the file "resource.aud". This file contains all
of the speech for the game and is quite large (over 3 Meg).
By deleting this file, you will free up over 3 Meg of your
valuable hard drive space. If, after deleting this file,
you acquire a DAC and wish to hear the audio, you will need
to reinstall Hoyle Classic.
Screen savers may interfere with an installation. You may
wish to turn them off if it causes interference.
Another Note: Occasionally you may get an error message
which says "out of handles". If you experience this error
regularly and you have the option to use XMS memory turned
on, you may wish to reinstall Hoyle with this option off.
This will usually solve the problem.
Yet Another Note: If you have a Pro Audio (8-bit) sound
card you may hear some clipping on the sampled audio
(speech and digitized sound effects). This clipping has not
been reported for the Pro Audio 16, nor has it been heard
when the game is run under DOS.