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- Gunship for IBM PC & Compatibles - Ver. 5
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- The following enhancements have been made in this revision:
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- 1) Support has been added for the Hercules monochrome graphics adapter.
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- 2) Missile flight animation and cockpit instrument animation are now much
- smoother on fast machines (AT & 386).
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- 3) Install/De-install has been removed in favor of a "key disk" system for
- use on hard disks. This allows for multiple installs and simpler media
- transfers (5.25" to 3.5", etc.). This also allows for running from a
- backup floppy that you make yourself.
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- The following problems have been addressed by this revision:
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- 1) Roster corruption when greater than 25,000 points are scored will no
- longer occur.
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- 2) Joystick routines have been improved. Previous problems with certain
- multi-io cards and clone systems have been eliminated.
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- 3) Hangs and screen garbage when switching disks on single-floppy systems
- should no longer occur.
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- 4) EGA and Tandy graphics modes no longer use the vertical blank interrupt.
- For Tandy users, this means you can now use Zucker-brand hard drives.
- Also, owners of certain EGA cards (and VGA cards) that do not support this
- interrupt will now be able to run correctly in EGA mode.
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- 5) Users of extremely fast (e.g. Compaq 386/20 w/VGA) machines will no longer
- see flicker in view-window area.
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- 6) The Hind is no longer difficult to lock on to in CGA versions.
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- 7) The flare and chaff symbols are no longer backwards in the cockpit
- display on EGA and TANDY.
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- The following problems have been addressed by previous revisions:
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- 1) Program lock-up when running in CGA mode on some machines has been fixed.
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- 2) Support now exists for certain joystick/computer combinations that did
- not function correctly before.
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- 3) The program will now work properly on a TANDY 1000-TX with the 768K
- memory option installed.
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- 4) All versions of TANDY DOS (up to 3.2) are now supported.
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- Other Issues
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- 1) Hercules monochrome mode will work with real Hercules brand cards and
- also those that are 100% compatible down to the register level. Certain
- multiple display mode cards that offer Hercules emulation along with
- CGA and EGA modes are not truly compatible and will not work with
- Gunship in monochrome mode. The Quadram UltraVGA and the ATI Wonder
- card are two that we know of that have this problem. For owners of
- these cards we recommend using them in their color modes (CGA or EGA).
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- 2) If you are experiencing a flashing display in the out-the-cockpit window
- display area and you are using a multi-sync type monitor on an EGA or VGA
- card, try configuring the card for an EGA monitor. Some of these cards
- do not properly support flipping of the visible display page when
- configured for a multi-sync monitor. Merely reconfiguring the card for
- an EGA monitor will usually cure the problem.
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- If you should have any troubles, please call:
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- MicroProse Customer Service (301) 771-1151
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