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- Running The XS Demo in Windows 95 + DOS
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- This text file contains information on running XS under DOS and
- Windows 95. Read it! (or else you won't know what it says)
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- System Requirements
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- Absolute Minimum:
- An IBM or 100% compatible Pentium with 8Mb RAM,
- an SVGA PCI 1Mb graphics card, 20Mb free hard disk space,
- sound card and mouse.
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- Seriously Recommended:
- A Pentium 133 with 16MB RAM, SVGA PCI graphics card,
- 20Mb free hard disk space,
- Soundblaster 16/awe32 sound card, mouse,
- and decent speakers with a sub-bass unit turned right up.
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- Supported Input Devices:
- Keyboard and Mouse.
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- Graphics:
- SVGA required and demanded (2Mb or above would be good).
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- Supported Sound Cards:
- Sound Blaster or 100% Compatible,
- Sound Blaster Pro, SoundBlaster 16 / Awe 32,
- Roland Rap-10, Pro Audio Spectrum, Gravis Ultrasound,
- New Media Corporation Wavejammer (TM) Digital Audio,
- Ensoniq Soundscape (TM) Digital Audio,
- Microsoft Windows (TM) Sound System or 100% Compatible,
- ESS Technology ES688 Digital Audio.
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- Installing the demo in DOS
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- Once the demo is unzipped, go into the directory you unzipped it to
- and type SETSOUND <RETURN> to set up your sound card. When this is
- correctly set up type XS <RETURN>
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- Installing the demo in Windows 95
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- Once unzipped, go to the directory you unzipped the demo to
- (either by Explorer or via the 'My computer' Icon) and double
- click on the SETSOUND.EXE file to set up the sound card, when
- this is done double click on the XS.EXE file.
- In the XS directory you will also find an XS Icon file which
- you can use if you want to create a shortcut.
- For information on creating and setting up a shortcut please
- consult your Windows 95 documentation.
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- Technical Problems
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- Windows 95 DOS box
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- In most cases the demo will run quite happily in a DOS box under
- Windows 95, i.e. select the MS-DOS icon within Windows 95, and
- then follow the instructions for running as a DOS game.
- Due to the DOS box only being an emulation of DOS, there can be problems
- with game speed as Windows 95 uses virtual memory to manage certain
- functions and some sound cards have difficulties due to interrupt
- emulation.
- If you experience sound problems or unexpected crashes, particularly
- when attempting to autodetect or select your soundcard during the
- install process then please use the 'Reboot As MS-DOS' instructions
- detailed below.
- Selecting your sound card configuration manually during the installation
- process may work correctly even if the autodetection failed.
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- Reboot As MS-DOS
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- If you cannot run reliably from a DOS box, you should use this mode.
- Select 'Reboot As MS-DOS' from the START->SHUTDOWN menu option.
- Your machine will reboot into DOS mode at this point. On some
- machines you may have difficulty in accessing your CD-ROM drive
- as by default the CD-ROM driver is not in your CONFIG.SYS, and MSCDEX
- is not loaded in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. Make sure these are present to
- enable XS to be run - the drivers required should have been packaged
- with your CD-ROM Drive/Computer from your CD-ROM supplier. If they
- were not, you must contact your hardware supplier!
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- If you experience and problems with the demo then try removing your
- memory manager (ie EMM386, QEMM386)from your CONFIG.SYS. If you are
- unsure how to do this then please consult the documentation for your
- Operating System.
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- Command line Options
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- For disabling the CD audio in the game type.....XS /D <Return>
- in the directory you installed the game to.
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- For disabling the sound in game type.....XS /S <Return> in the
- directory you installed the game to.
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- For further information on XS and other SCi products, visit our web site at:
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- http://www.sci.co.uk
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- 1996 SCi (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Unauthorized copying, rental, resale, public performance and
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