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- SILVERBALL
- Starting and Troubleshooting notes
-
- Silverball requires:
- * A 386, 486, or faster IBM-compatible computer (Silverball will also work
- on a 286 with music and sound effects disabled, but performance will
- not be quite up to par)
- * A Hard disk
-
- Silverball also supports:
- * Sound Blaster, SB Pro, and compatible sound cards.
- * Gravis Ultrasound sound card.
-
- Instructions:
-
- From the DOS prompt, type SILVER to begin.
-
- We recommend running Silverball only from DOS. Running Silverball from
- Windows or OS/2 may cause the game to slow down, run unsmoothly, or even
- lock up.
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- TROUBLESHOOTING
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PROBLEM:
-
- Silverball won't let me begin (it says I don't have enough memory).
-
- SOLUTION:
-
- You need to free up more main memory. To do this, you need to
- restart your computer with DOS loaded high and as few TSR's as possible.
-
- From the DOS prompt, type MEM. The number shown on the screen by the words
- "Largest Executable Program Size" must be at least 555K. If the number is
- less than 555K, you need to free up more main memory. Here's how:
-
- 1. Remove TSR's and device drivers from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
- files. See your DOS manual for instructions on doing this.
-
- 2. If you're using DOS 6 or later, reboot your computer. When the message
- "Starting MS-DOS..." comes up, immediately press F5. This causes DOS
- to bypass your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Now, run Silverball.
-
- 3. If all else fails, see the instructions below on creating a boot disk.
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- PROBLEM:
-
- I have a Sound Blaster compatible sound board, but I can't get the
- music or sound effects to work.
-
- SOLUTION:
-
- 1. Run SETUP and make sure that all of your sound card settings are set
- properly. Most Sound Blaster cards are set at the factory for
- Interrupt 7, DMA 1, and Address 220.
-
- Only use the "Sound Blaster Pro" setting on a true Sound Blaster Pro
- card. If you have any other Sound Blaster-compatible card, specify
- "Sound Blaster" instead.
-
- 2. If you've followed step 1 and the music and sound still don't work, make
- sure that your Sound Blaster card does not have any address or interrupt
- conflicts. These conflicts occur when two or more cards in your computer
- are set for the same interrupt or address. This situation causes
- very hard-to-find, intermittent problems.
-
- You can resolve an address or interrupt conflict by either (1) changing
- the address or interrupt setting on your sound card or (2) changing the
- address or interrupt on the card it is conflicting.
-
- See your sound card manual for information on changing your sound card's
- Interrupt, DMA, and Address.
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- HOW TO CREATE A BOOT DISK AND RUN SILVERBALL FROM IT:
-
- 1. Create a "boot disk"
- 2. Start your computer up from the boot disk
- 3. Go into your SILVER directory and start Silverball
-
- Now here is a complete walk-through of how to begin.
-
- TO CREATE THE BOOT DISK
- =======================
-
- A. Put a blank disk in your A: drive.
- B. From the DOS prompt, type the following command:
-
- FORMAT A: /S
-
- C. Press ENTER.
- D. Wait while your computer formats the disk and turns it into a boot disk.
- E. Label the disk "Silverball Boot Disk" and keep it handy. You'll need this
- disk whenever you want to start Silverball.
-
- TO START YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE BOOT DISK
- =========================================
-
- A. Put the boot disk in your A: drive.
- B. Restart your computer, either by pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE, by
- hitting your reset button, or by turning it on.
- C. Wait while your computer "boots" from the boot disk.
- D. After a little while, your computer will stop and give you the A> prompt.
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- TO RUN SILVERBALL
- =================
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- A. Go onto the C: drive
- B. Go into the SILVER directory
- C. Type SILVER to begin
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