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README file for "Surfin' Sam"
Copyright 1995, Spice Interactive
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// //
// Welcome to Surfin' Sam! //
// //
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INSTALLATION
================
To install, use File Manager to run the setup.exe program in the
root directory on the CD-ROM.
Or from Program Manager, type:
ALT-F (for File)
ALT-R (for Run)
D:\setup (Assuming your CD-ROM drive is D:)
The setup program will create a program group called "Surfin'
Sam," along with two program items: "Surfin' Sam" and "Surfin'
Sam Readme."
If you do not already have QuickTime 2.01, the setup program will
also copy the QuickTime files (approx 2 MB) to your hard drive.
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RUNNING THE PROGRAM
=======================
To start "Surfin' Sam," simply double-click the "Surfin' Sam"
program group, then double-click the "Surfin' Sam" icon.
Once running the program, if you need help at any time, click
on the "?" help button.
For optimal performance, we recommend disabling any screensavers
before running the program. We also highly recommend setting
your color depth to 16-bit (64,000 colors).
Running the program with only 256 colors is likely to produce
odd color changes effects during screen transitions. However,
these color changes will not affect actual gameplay.
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QUICKTIME REQUIREMENTS
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You should have a 386 or better CPU with 8-bit (256 colors),
16-bit (64,000 colors), or 24-bit (millions) graphics, a sound
card, Microsoft Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0 or 6.x, and a mouse.
Some high-resolution video cards require updated driver software
for operation of QuickTime for Windows. If you experience color
display problems, please contact your video board manufacturer to
see if newer driver software is available.
Make sure you are using the most recent versions of HIMEM.SYS,
EMM386.EXE, and SMARTDRV.EXE. The copies that came with DOS 6.x
are the most recent, and Windows 3.1 files are better than DOS 5.0
files. Your config.sys should have something like the following:
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM NOEMS
Your autoexec.bat should have something like:
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 1024 (for 8 MB or more memory)
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 512 (if you have less memory)
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DISK CACHE SOFTWARE
=======================
Some disk cache software will cache the CD-ROM drive. For optimal
playback of video, we suggest that you turn this feature off. If
you are using SMARTDRV, add a /U to the command line in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example:
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 512 /U
Optionally you can keep the cache active. On some machines this
will cause the video to pause, then play great, then pause. The
pause happens while the cache software loads the next series of
frames from the CD-ROM. Some people like this effect.
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MEMORY PROBLEMS
===================
QuickTime for Windows and Windows 3.1 is very memory hungry. The
best way to speed up video quality and display is to have at least
8 MB RAM. If you have less, make sure you do not have EMM386
allocating any expanded memory. Also, you should have SMARTDRV
using as little memory as possible (512K cache). The biggest
performance improvement other than upgrading to a 486 is to have
more memory.
You can also use the 386 enhanced Virtual Memory settings to create a permanent swap file. This seems to improve performance
slightly, but more RAM is better.
==================
VIDEO PROBLEMS
==================
Some high-resolution video cards require updated driver software
for operation of QuickTime for Windows. If you experience color
display problems, please contact your video board manufacturer to
see if newer driver software is available.
If the video display is slow, you may not have enough memory. You can also try adjusting the colors to 64K colors rather than
truecolor (16.7 million). This results in faster video display
and doesn't affect picture quality.
Ahead Systems Inc. Main- (510) 623-0961
Appian T.S.- (408) 730-5400
ATI Technologies Inc. T.S.- (905) 882-2626
Boca Research Inc. T.S.- (407) 241-8088
Cardinal T.S.- (717) 293-3124
Creative Labs T.S.- (408) 742-6622
Diamond Computer Systems Inc. Main- (408) 736-2000
IBM T.S.- (800) 517-0001
Media Vision T.S.- (800) 638-2807
Microsoft T.S.- (800) 772-2227
Orchid Technology Inc. T.S.- (510) 683-0327
Roland Main- (213) 685-5141
Sigma T.S.- (510) 770-0100
Trident Microsystems inc. Main- (415) 691-9211
Tseng Labs Main- (215) 968-0502
Turtle Beach Systems Main- (717) 767-0200
Western Digital T.S.- (717) 932-4900
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
==========================
As with any product, you may need to tweak your system to get
optimal performance. The most important considerations are
improper configuration of EMM386 giving too much Expanded memory
(Windows doesn't need any, but DOS apps do), and simply not enough memory. If you are running Windows with 4 MB RAM, you
will see a REAL performance boost by upgrading.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CREDITS and COPYRIGHT NOTICES:
"Surfin' Sam" is copyrighted by Spice Interactive, 1995.
QuickTime and QuickTime for Windows are copyrighted by Apple
Computer, Inc.