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- Comanche: Maximum Overkill DEMO
-
- GETTING THE DEMO TO RUN
-
- This Demo Requires a 386/486 computer with at least 4 megabytes
- of RAM. In general, 500K of conventional memory and 3 Megabytes
- of XMS memory. This Game will not work with EMS emulators such as
- 386MAX, QEMM386 and EMM386. These drivers must be removed from your
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, or you should re-boot from a normal
- boot disk. To make a boot disk, place a blank disk in drive a: and type
- FORMAT A:/S. Then type BOOTXMS from the CDEMO sub directory to copy
- standard boot files to the floppy.
-
- If you have QEMM386 installed, you may temporally disable it by
- pressing ALT during boot up. Try running the game with QEMM disabled.
- If the game does not run, you will need to install HIMEM.SYS.
-
- If the game runs out of memory, check your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
- for SMARTDRV. Try reducing the size of the SMARTDRV disk cache or
- removing it entirely. If you are using DOS 5 with HIMEM.SYS, make sure
- the CONFIG.SYS file contains DOS=HIGH.
-
- If the game will not work, verify that your CONFIG.SYS file
- contains the line DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS. The HIMEM.SYS file
- comes with both DOS 5 and WINDOWS.
-
- WARNING: Always have a working boot disk before modifying the
- CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files on your hard drive.
-
- HARDWARE PROBLEMS
-
- Comanche utilizes your computer hardware to the fullest, and may show
- hardware problems that standard DOS programs miss.
-
- HORIZONTAL LINES
- Comanche requires a 100% VGA hardware compatible video card. The
- Headland Video 7 VRAM cards will display horizontal lines during the
- game if it is not set to VGA PURE mode. Run the V7VGA program that
- came with the VRAM board and select VGA PURE. If you have a Radius
- VRAM card (which uses the Headland Chipset), you must run the RADIUS
- program and turn on PURE MODE.
-
- IMMEDIATE GAME LOCKUP
- Check for HIMEM.SYS in your startup config.sys file. Type MEM and
- verify that you have XMS memory and no EMS memory.
-
- DELAYED GAME LOCKUP WITH DIGITAL SOUND
- Check for a conflict between the sound card and another card. Run
- SOUNDSET and disable digital sounds. Consult the sound card manual for
- information on resolving IRQ, I/O, and DMA conflicts with other cards
- in your system.
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