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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.
-
-
- =======================
- 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.
-
-
- ==========================
- QUICKTIME REQUIREMENTS
- ==========================
-
- 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)
-
-
- =======================
- 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.
-
-
- ===================
- 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
-
-
- ==========================
- 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.
-