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- General Addendum and Correcting Notes for STELLAR EXPLORER
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- Copyright (c)1992 by Stephen J. Bigelow -- Dynamic Learning Systems
- P.O. Box 805, Marlboro, MA 01752
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- * *
- * Thanks to my Beta-Test Sites: *
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- * Mr. David Reader (Massachusetts) *
- * Mr. David Pais (Massachusetts) *
- * Mr. Russel Brown (Massachusetts) *
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- * And my special thanks to Mr. Steven Hodell (KA1RCI) *
- * (Rhode Island) *
- * *
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- PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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- STELLAR EXPLORER:The Drosi Encounter
- (c)1992 by Stephen J. Bigelow
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- A mysterious alien vessel is trapped in a decaying orbit. Your mission to
- rescue the crippled spacecraft becomes a desperate race to discover their
- sinister secret -- STELLAR EXPLORER is an intelligent, highly interactive
- science-fiction role-playing experience combining action, mystery, and
- adventure with a rich, intriguing plot that will keep you spellbound for
- many hours. Talk to alien crew members, pickup and use various items and
- equipment, review clues, buy and sell items, and so much more ! An intuitive
- keyboard user interface, high-quality, full-color graphics compatible with EGA/
- VGA systems. Hard drive required.
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- INSTALLING THE GAME
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- * If you have not yet registered this product and received a complete
- manual, these notes will help you to install the game on your computer.
- Please remember to register your product immediately !!
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- STELLAR EXPLORER must be installed on a hard drive. It requires 640
- k of RAM, EGA or VGA graphics, and will work with IBM or 100% IBM
- compatible machines using MS-DOS 3.2 or later.
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- STELLAR EXPLORER comes with a complete installation system called
- INSTALL.EXE which is located on the Environment Generator disk. This
- system checks your graphics hardware before installation, provides
- shareware credits and information, then performs a full installation
- from your specified floppy drive to your specified hard drive. You can
- even specify the desired game directory.
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- To install the adventure, be sure the Environment Generator disk
- is secured in floppy drive A, then type
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- A: then <ENTER>
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- If you are using floppy drive B, then type
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- B: then <ENTER>
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- After your floppy drive is selected, type
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- INSTALL then <ENTER>
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- The installation procedure should load and execute automatically.
- Read ALL information CAREFULLY, and follow the installation prompts to
- guide your way. When installation is complete, the game should be
- ready to play !
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- Environment Generator UPGRADE TO V.1.10:
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- The original software release for the Environment Generator (v.1.00)
- has been replaced with an updated revision (v.1.10) in January, 1992. This
- will now be the standard release issue of STELLAR EXPLORER.
- It was updated primarily to correct an oversite which caused very long text
- delays in the Main Overhead View Box, and the Text Que Box. This correction
- also gave us the opportunity to polish several other minor points (see the
- Index of Engineering Revisions below).
- Since the software has been revised so soon after initial release, all
- registered units currently in the field will be upgraded immediately
- instead of waiting for the release of a new adventure database. This disk
- set should contain the v.1.10 Environment Generator.
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- * If you know any non-registered players who have not been upgraded to v.1.10,
- they may return their old version disks with their registration fee to receive
- a new set of disks, and a complete, illustrated manual. This will register
- their software, and place them on the list for any such upgrades in the
- future.
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- Trademarks and Servicemarks:
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- IBM (R) is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
- Corporation.
- Microsoft (R) and MS-DOS (R) are registered trademarks of Microsoft
- Corporation.
- NEC (R) and PowerMate (R), are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation.
- MultiSync (R) is a registered trademark of NEC Technologies, Inc.
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- INDEX OF ENGINEERING REVISIONS:
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- v.1.00 -- original release version of STELLAR EXPLORER dated 11-91.
- Developed on an NEC PowerMate SX/20 386, 20 MHz system
- with MS-DOS 3.3, and using an NEC JC-1401P3A MultiSync Monitor.
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- v.1.10 -- upgraded release dated 1-2-92.
- a) The Environment Generator was adjusted to correct a terribly
- long delay in the text generator routines. This flaw surfaced
- on slower, non-NEC machines, and appeared as if the program had
- hung-up. Adjustments appeared to correct the problem nicely.
- b) A minor correction was made to the .TIL loading routine to skip
- an unused image block.
- c) Removed unused math.h include file.
- d) Revised version header text to reflect v.1.10.
- e) Added text to indicate program is loading...intended to guide
- owners of slow machines. Complete loading can still take up to
- 60 sec on an IBM XT running at 4.77 MHz.
- f) Added epilog text to thank player, remind registration, and
- provide an on-line address for Dynamic Learning Systems.
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