----------------------------------------------------------------------- Slob Zone 3D Readme File 9/22/94 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This file contains the following topics about Slob Zone 3D: 1) Requirements 2) Installation Instructions 3) Trouble Shooting ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) REQUIREMENTS 386/33 or greater IBM PC compatible VGA graphics card 500K free base memory 4 Mb of free memory ( will not work with Emm386 loaded ) CD-ROM drive Sound Card ( optional ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Remove Emm386 or Qemm386 from your CONFIG.SYS file before running Slob Zone 3D. Type the letter of your cd drive. d: Type install to run the installation program. install You will be asked to select and test a sound card and music device. After this your configuration has been saved to your C: drive for future use by the game. To run the game type slob. slob ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) TROUBLE SHOOTING NOT ENOUGHT MEMORY! While you mave have the 4Mb needed to run the game is it actually free? Some programs like SMARTDRV.EXE can take 2Mb or more. Remove it from you config.sys and reboot. MS DOS 6.0 contains MEMMAKER which can help you configure your system better. HEY, IT CRASHED! Did you remember to remove Emm386 or Qemm386 from your CONFIG.SYS file before running Slob Zone 3D? Boot with a minimum configuration that does not include Emm386. Your config file should look something like this: FILES=20 BUFFERS=20 DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH THE SOUND DOESN'T WORK! If you have a SoundBlaster compatable card select the SoundBlaster clone driver and try again. Otherwise you can run Slob Zone without sound by starting it as follows: slob -s