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- GREAT NAVAL BATTLES
- *** ATTENTION ***
- Important Operating Instructions
-
- This Game requires 584,704 bytes of free RAM in order to run in its
- most basic mode (without sound effects and animations).
-
- An additional 714,000 byte of expanded memory is needed to run with
- full animation and sound effects.
-
- You must have a mouse connected and its driver loaded in order to run
- the program. The game will fail to run without it.
-
- Even if you have 16 megabytes of RAM memory installed on your
- machine, the game may not run properly if you machine is not
- configured properly.
-
- If you are unsure about your machines configuration, or are unable to
- run the game properly, please read on.
-
- If you have MS-DOS 4.0, you may need to use a memory manager to have
- enough free memory after loading your mouse driver.
-
- Common error messages:
-
- MEL Fatal Error #3 [ The program was unable to locate the sound
- card for which it was configured. Re-run
- SOUND.EXE from your Great Naval Battles
- directory and re-select your sound card. If
- you still receive the same message, run the
- configuration software that came with your
- sound card. For Soundblaster users, that would
- be TEST-SBC.EXE. Be sure to record the
- interrupt number and the base port address for
- use in the sound configuration.
-
- Init Count: GR FAIL [ This indicates that a mouse driver was not
- loaded. The game must have a mouse driver
- loaded in order to run. (Your mouse may run
- properly with other programs, though the
- driver may not be loaded.) This is usually
- done by typing MOUSE at the DOS prompt, but
- may be different for your mouse. Check your
- mouse documentation.
-
- Init Count: MX FAIL [ This most commonly indicates insufficient
- memory. The following paragraphs contain data
- specific to the configuration of your machines
- memory.
-
- Due to the size and depth of Great Naval Battles, and the amount
- of memory resident programs presently installed on most machines, you
- may not be able to run Great Naval Battles with your present
- configuration.
-
- To check your free memory, type MEM at the C:\ prompt and hit
- enter. This will give you detailed list of your present memory
- configuration. The line that displays the amount of free RAM memory
- is labeled "LARGEST EXECUTABLE PROGRAM SIZE". This amount will have
- to exceed 584,000 before the game will run properly. If you plan on
- using a sound card, you will also have to have 714,000 bytes of free
- EXPANDED memory. This amount is listed under "FREE EMS MEMORY". If
- you know that your have more than 1 megabyte of RAM and EMS is not
- listed, it most likely means that you just don't have an expanded
- memory driver loaded. This is explained on page one of the Great
- Naval Battles user guide.
-
- One easy way to temporarily eliminate the memory resident
- programs and free up enough RAM memory, is to create a bootable
- system disk, or "boot disk" as it is commonly called.
-
- A boot disk is created by placing a blank unformatted diskette in
- your A: drive (it must be the A: drive to work properly) and typing
- the following at the DOS prompt:
-
- FORMAT A: /S
-
- *** Note: All information that was on a disk prior to formatting it,
- will be permanently erased.
-
- Once the format is complete, type:
-
- DIR A:
-
- ...to be sure that the file COMMAND.COM was transferred to the
- diskette. If it is missing, you will have to manually copy it to the
- A: drive. After confirming the presence of COMMAND.COM, you will need
- to have the appropriate CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files copied to
- your boot disk. We have included some batch files and generic
- configurations to ease this process. In your Great Naval Battles
- directory are the following batch files:
-
- 640KBOOT.BAT [ For machines with 640k regardless of the operating
- system
- 1MEGDOS5.BAT [ For a 1 meg machine running MS-DOS 5.0
- 2MEGDOS5.BAT [ For a 2 meg or greater machine running MS-DOS 5.0
- DRDOS6.BAT [ For a 1 meg or greater machine running DR-DOS 6.0
- QEMM.BAT [ For a 2 meg or greater machine using QEMM
-
- In order to configure your boot disk to run with your machines
- settings, pick the most appropriate batch file and run it from your
- Great Naval Battles directory. For example, if you have MS-DOS 5.0
- and have at least 2 megabytes of RAM, type:
-
- 2MEGMS5
-
- ...and hit enter from within your Great Naval Battles directory.
-
- *** Remember, you must have your boot disk in the A: drive at this
- time for the files to be transferred properly.
-
- ****************************** IMPORTANT ****************************
- *********************************************************************
- These pre-configured files are generic, and may need modification
- if your DOS, mouse driver, and memory manager files are not located
- in their default directories. If the files do not load accordingly,
- use a text editor (such as DOS 5.0's EDIT) to open the boot disk's
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT in order to correct the paths. **** If
- you are using Stacker, Superstor or any other disk compression
- utility, you will also have to add their respective drivers to the
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the boot disk. Check your
- utilities documentation for the specific commands.
- *********************************************************************
-
- Now restart your machine with the boot disk in your A: drive. The
- boot process may take a little longer than normal, and you may not
- see all of the messages displayed on the screen that you are used to.
- This is normal. After the boot process is complete and you are left
- at the A: prompt, just type the drive letter that the game resides
- on. If it is on the C: drive, just type: C:
-
- ...and hit enter. Change to your Great Naval Battles directory and
- start the game by typing GNBNA and hit enter.
-
- From all of us at SSI, we wish you "Smooth Sailing" and
- congratulate you on your purchase of what we consider the most
- advanced battleship simulator the software market has to offer. If
- you have any comments or suggestions, we would be happy to hear from
- you. Please write us at:
-
- SSI
- Great Naval Battles
- 675 Almanor Ave. Ste 201
- Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086
-
- You may re-read this file by typing READ-ME while in your Great
- Naval Battles Directory. It may also be printed by typing:
-
- "TYPE TECH > PRN"
-
-