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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
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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:
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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.