The SelectWare System Hundreds of Demos, Easy to use! To Start: 1) Get to a DOS prompt (exiting Windows, not using the MS-DOS icon). 2) Load The SelectWare System CD. 3) Change to your CD-ROM drive. 4) Type: SWSTART, then press [Enter] and follow instructions. Typing x:SWSTART, where x is the CD-ROM drive letter, is not valid. If you have any questions, or need further information, contact: SelectWare Technologies, Inc. 29200 Vassar Street, Suite 200 Livonia, Michigan 48152 (810) 477-7340 (810) 477-6488 Fax (810) 477-1205 Tech Support NOTES ----- The SelectWare System is not designed to run under Windows. If you are running under Windows and experience any problems, exit Windows and follow the startup procedure. If the problem still exists, contact Technical Support. FREEING UP MORE CONVENTIONAL MEMORY: ------------------------------------ How to find out what your system's Conventional Memory is? At a DOS prompt type the following: mem [return] Read the third line from the bottom, Largest Executable Program Size. This is the amount of free Conventional Memory. For Links, the Conventional Memory requirement is 537K and for Jet Fighter it is 570K. Now that you know what the Conventional Memory requirements are and what you have, by simply subtracting the Required Memory from your System's Memory you will get the amount you need to run the Software JukeBox CD. It is strongly advised that before making any changes to your system, you read your DOS User Guide (Optimizing Your System), for a good under- standing of what is happening to your computer. If you have DOS 6.0 or better first try using MEMMAKER. This is a DOS program that will optimize your system and is very easy to use. To use MEMMAKER, at a DOS prompt type the following: memmaker [return] and follow the directions. If the memory needs are large (over 15-20K) your best bet is to create a system disk. This is a real good idea because it will not disturb your original system setup on your hard drive. To create a system disk use the format command with the /s switch. For example, the following command formats the disk in drive A and makes it a system disk: format a: /s Once this is done you can copy over the autoexec.bat and config.sys files from the hard drive to the floppy drive by typing the following: copy c:\autoexec.bat a: copy c:\config.sys a: These are the files that you need to edit to streamline your system. By editing these files you can customize your Configuration. To modify them, type the following: edit a:\autoexec.bat edit a:\config.sys The crucial lines that you want to leave are the drivers for the CD-ROM drive, the sound card, the mouse and the memory manager. Anything else is excess or fat and can be remarked out (rem). Go to the noncrucial lines of the autoexec.bat and\or config.sys and rem (short for Remark) them out. This will remove any of the "fat" from these files. See the Before and After examples below. NOTE: Changes in the after are marked with asterisks (*). Before Editing CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM HIGHSCAN BUFFERS=40,0 FILES=60 LASTDRIVE=Z FCBS=8,0 STACKS=9,256 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /E:512 /p REM ***** CD-ROM DRIVER ***** DEVICE=C:\CDROM\SBPCD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220 REM ***** SCANNER DRIVER ***** DEVICE=C:\MSCSI.SYS After Editing CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM HIGHSCAN * BUFFERS=20,0 * FILES=20 * DOS=HIGH,UMB * LASTDRIVE=E * rem FCBS=8,0 * rem STACKS=9,256 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\SYS\DOS /E:512 /p REM ***** CD-ROM DRIVER ***** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\SBPCD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220 REM ***** SCANNER DRIVER ***** driver is not needed * rem DEVICE=C:\MSCSI.SYS Change these files one line at a time and then warm boot your system (CTRL-ALT-DEL). If your computer cannot boot after the changes you have made, remove the diskette from the drive and warm boot your system again. When you return to a DOS prompt you can edit the files on the diskette and undo your last changes. If the computer can boot from the diskette, at the DOS prompt type MEM to check the Conventional Memory again. Continue to do this until you get the Conventional Memory needed.