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INSTALLING ECON'S ARENA (SHAREWARE EDITION)
Econ's Arena is designed to run in Windows 3.1 and may not work properly in
Windows 3.0.
To run Econ's Arena, select File Run from the Program Manager. Then type:
x:ECON
where x is the letter of the drive and path indicating where Econ's Arena is
stored.
Online instructions will explain how the game is played. Select Help Contents
for more information.
KNOWN BUGS
We have spent a lot of time trying to remove all of the bugs from Econ's Arena
but we know of at least one bug that has escaped our detection. After many
moves, the game mysteriously runs out of memory, despite the amount of RAM of
the size of your swap file. Despite our best debugging techniques, we have
been unable to completely eliminate the error.
However, there is a surefire method around this problem. Save your game
periodically. Then, if the error should occur, you can restart Econ's Arena
and reload the saved game. (The mysterious error does not damage saved game
information, so you can continue from where you left off.)
WHEN MIDI FILES WON'T PLAY
Windows is peculiar about playing MIDI files. If you receive a message that
says it cannot play the MIDI files (and you have a sound card which can play
MIDI files), then you need to alter your Windows configuration slightly. (I am
VERY reluctant to have the program change the settings for you.)
From the Control Panel, select the MIDI Mapper. Edit or make a new setup.
Then change the Port Name to Adlib. (We have found this to work with Sound
Blaster cards and Pro Audio Spectrum cards.)
If you find a combination that works with your particular setup, please let us
know so we can inform other users of your discoveries. (I don't have a degree
in Windows sound, so I really appreciate any help you can give.)
If you can't get it to work, run Econ's Arena. Select Game Options. Check the
box marked "Do not play MIDI sounds" (this is the default). This will prevent
Windows from issuing the error message every time the sound would play.
(Obviously, this is also the best configuration for computers without sound
cards.)
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
We look forward to your comments and suggestions on how this product could be
improved.
Glen DeBiasa
Econ's Arena
R.R. 1 Box 410 Apt 1M
Hamburg, NJ 07419
America Online : GlenDB
CompuServe : 70602,3257