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WELCOME TO SPEED!
Thank you for purchasing SPEED. We hope you enjoy the first
interactive IMAX movie . . .
This "README" file has some additional information and late-breaking
news that could not make it into the User's Guide as well as some
important pieces of technical information that bear repeating here.
MEMORY REQUIREMENTS. SPEED requires approximately 490KB of RAM in
order to run. Even when there is adequate total RAM to run the
program, there may be conflicts with other programs occupying memory.
If you experience difficulty in running SPEED under these circumstances,
please remove other memory resident programs from memory.
LAPTOP/NOTEBOOK COMPUTER DISPLAYS. SPEED requires a color VGA monitor
to display its high-resolution images. It will not work on the
internal plasma or LCD monitors on laptop PCs. Most laptops, however,
have a connector for an external monitor, and SPEED will work fine with
your laptop hooked to an external VGA monitor. SPEED will run fine on
certain laptop screens, such as the Toshiba 4400SXC, COMPAQ LTE's and
the PC BRAND NB 486slx which have 256 shades of grey or color screens.
The only problem will be that the right edge of the screen will be
slightly cut off. This is due to the fact that SPEED runs in the extra
high resolution VGA video mode of 360 x 480 pixels with 256 colors and
most of the internal laptop screens can only show 320 pixels in width.
EGA DISPLAYS. SPEED requires a VGA color monitor and therefore will not
run on EGA monitors.
MOUSE SUPPORT. SPEED takes great advantage of your mouse if you have
one, but it does not require one. There are keyboard equivalents spelled
out in the User's Guide which will allow you to enjoy SPEED without a
mouse.
NEW FEATURES. Some new and undocumented features are:
- Music volume. You can change the level of music while sounds
are being played in the program. The default level is 70. The
recommended range is 50 to 80; the lower the number the softer
the music volume. NOTE: this does not change the overall music
volume; it is lowered only while digitized sound is being played.
To turn music or sound off completely, Music and Sound must be
set to OFF.*
- Mouse sensitivity. The sensitivity of your mouse can be increased
or decreased. The default sensitivity is 50. The recommended
range is 25 to 100; the higher the number, the more sensitive
and responsive your mouse movements.*
* These settings are in the SPEED configuration text file,
KA.CNF. Use a text editor or click on the SPEED Config
icon in Windows to modify these settings. For further
information about KA.CNF, see Appendix B, "Commonly Asked
Questions", in your SPEED user's manual.
WINDOWS "SOUND DEVICE IN USE" MESSAGE. While using a Sound Blaster
card and attempting to launch SPEED in Windows, you may
get a message stating that your sound device is already in use. To
remedy this, upgrade your SoundBlaster drivers for Windows. If you
have a modem you can download the new drivers by either calling the
Creative Labs' BBS directly or by calling the Knowledge Adventure BBS
@(818) 248-0166 (N,8,1). If you do not have a modem, call our
Technical Support Department at (818) 249-0212.
TANDY SENSATION. The SPEED install program will not generate a
Knowledge Adventure program group and icon if you run under Winmate
- even if you said YES to the Windows question during install.
Manually add the SPEED Icon to Winmate after installation is complete.
Note: In order to hear sound during the movie, you must have
a sound card, such as a Sound Blaster.
COMPAQ PROLINEA. During INSTALL, press ENTER if you get a message
stating that you do not have a VGA System.
DIGISPEECH PORTABLE. If you are using the Digispeech PortAble Sound
Plus, check the date of your BMASTER.* driver files. Conatct Digispeech
or our BBS if dated earlier than August, 1993.
GRAVIS ULTRASOUND. In your UltraSnd directory, type SBOS and then
press <enter> to activate Sound Blaster compatibility and duirng
Sound Setup, choose "Sound Blaster and Compatibles."
SOUND SETUP. If you have difficulty successfully running sound
setup, you may have selected the wrong sound card or you may have
an I/O conflict with other cards in your computer. See Appendix B,
"Commonly Asked Questions", in your User's Guide for information about
troubleshooting and reconfiguring your system.
PROAUDIO 16 BIT SOUND CARDS. If you have set the DMA channel to
5, 6 or 7 on the Proaudio side of your sound card, and the DMA
channel on the Sound Blaster side to 0, 2 or 3: Install might not
successfully run the digitized sound test and sound will be missing
from the program. Choose "Change Sound Settings" and select the
correct Sound Blaster side DMA channel (DMA 0, 2 or 3).
PC Speaker driver Copyright, 1988-1993 RealSound, Inc.