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- README file for SimCity CD-ROM, Copyright (C) 1993-1994 Interplay Productions
-
- Updated: September 21, 1994
-
- System Requirements:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * VESA-compatible Super-VGA card, capable of 640x480 256-color display
- * 4mb total system RAM
- * 2mb available EMS RAM
- * Approximately 560K free conventional RAM (RAM below 640K)
-
- VESA Requirement:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- SimCity CD-ROM requires a VESA standard driver to be installed. If your video
- card has VESA built into ROM, and it is a fully-implemented VESA, SimCity
- should function perfectly. If you do not have a fully conformant VESA BIOS,
- you may run the program UNIVESA.EXE (in your SimCity directory) before running
- SimCity, and this will take care of any incompatibilities. UNIVESA.EXE is a
- TSR that loads itself into memory and allows most systems to support the VESA
- BIOS extension. To run it, from the Dos prompt within the SimCity directory,
- type UNIVESA and press <Enter>.
-
- Note To Cirrus Logic Video Chipset Users:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Certain versions of video cards manufactured using the Cirrus Logic
- chipsets do not fully implement the VESA specification, although they
- erroneously report to SimCity that they are 100% compliant.
-
- If you encounter a problem (the contents of the movie smeared across
- the screen) while playing videos in "windowed" (non-full-screen) mode,
- it is recommended that you first run the UNIVESA program before
- running SimCity. Please refer to the above paragraph for notes on
- loading and running UNIVESA.
-
- If this does not solve the problem, then select Full Screen Videos
- and the problem will go away.
-
- Troubleshooting:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * If you have any difficulty with SimCity CD-ROM, or receive some type of
- error while running the program, please write down any information that
- the program displays, such that we may be of greater assistance to you.
- * See the VESA requirement above for information on the VESA standard.
- * If the scrolling in the main (Edit) window is too slow, try downsizing the
- window (using the Resize Icon in the lower right corner of the window).
- A smaller window is able to scroll faster than a large window.
-
- Online Manual:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The entire SimCity manual is available on the disc. You may view this manual
- at during most parts of the game by pressing F1.
-
- Additional Credits:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Additional Quality Assurance personnel who gave their all for SimCity CD-ROM:
-
- Jason Taylor (Lead Tester)
- Scott McKelvey
- Jim Boone
- Nina Levitin
- Todd Loenhorst
- Ryan Rucinski