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- SimFarm DOS
- Last Minute Information
- September 1, 1993
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-
- COPY PROTECTION:
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- SimFarm is NOT copy protected. Please, please, oh pretty please do not give
- away copies of SimFarm to your friends. Heck, don't give copies to your
- enemies either. Illegal copies do terrible things to wholesome software
- companies like us, and will make us raise our prices. Besides, if we find out
- you gave away an illegal copy of SimFarm, we'll tell your mother. THEN you'll
- be in BIG trouble...
-
-
- SOUND CARDS:
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- SimFarm works with a whole bunch of sound cards. If you didn't see your sound
- card listed in the Install program, try selecting Sound Blaster 2.0. Most
- cards on the market these days are Sound Blaster compatible.
-
- To change the sound card settings easily, use the INSTALL.EXE program located
- in the SimFarm directory. If you're familiar with editing text files, you may
- edit the SIMFARM.CFG configuration file directly. Instructions are later in
- this file.
-
- SimFarm uses Miles Drivers for sound card compatibility. The Miles Drivers
- are external sound card drivers that give us versatile sound card support
- without having to change the SimFarm program itself. You can see the drivers
- listed in the SIMFARM\SOUND sub directory. They are the files with ".ADV"
- extensions. As more sound cards become available, we will try to provide
- Miles Drivers for them. Call our Tech Support Hotline or check our Tech
- Support BBS for information about the latest available drivers.
-
- If you are low on free memory (conventional RAM), use the INSTALL.EXE to
- reconfigure SimFarm to have "No Sound" and "No Music."
-
-
- MOUSE DRIVERS:
- -------------
- SimFarm requires a Microsoft Compatible Mouse. Older mouse drivers are not
- recommended. Please contact the manufacturer of your mouse to receive the
- latest driver.
-
-
- SIMFARM.CFG FILE FORMAT:
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- This is a standard ASCII text file that tells SimFarm what type of graphics,
- sound and music to use on your computer. Here's a sample SIMFARM.CFG file,
- with an explanation below.
-
- V
- .\SOUND\SBFM.ADV
- 220
- 7
- 1
- *
- NO_SOUND
- *
- *
- *
- *
-
- Line 1:
- Video Mode. Choose:
- E - EGA Hi-Res Color (640x350 16 Color)
- V - VGA Hi-Res Color (640x480 16 Color)
-
- Line 2:
- Miles Driver for MUSIC (MIDI). Choose:
- ADLIB.ADV - Original Ad Lib
- SBFM.ADV - Sound Blaster V1.5 or V2.0
- SBP1FM.ADV - Older Sound Blaster Pro
- SBP2FM.ADV - Newer Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster-16
- PASFM.ADV - Pro Audio Spectrum Plus
- PASOPL.ADV - Pro Audio Spectrum 16
- PCSPKR.ADV - Internal PC Speaker (Yuck!)
- TANDY.ADV - Tandy Built-in Sound
- GMT32MPU.ADV - Roland MT-32, LAPC-1
- MT32MPU - Roland MPU-401 General MIDI - Any sound card or MIDI sound
- source that emulates an MPU-401 and uses General MIDI instrument mapping can
- use this driver (ex: Roland Sound Canvas, SCC-1, Wave Blaster)
- NO_MUSIC - Disables all music
-
- (The Miles Drivers are located in the DATA sub directory, so be sure to enter
- the path. See the example SIMFARM.CFG above.)
-
- Line 3:
- Port Address for Sound Card. Must be in HEX (ex: Sound Blaster is usually
- 220). "*" means default.
-
- Line 4:
- Interrupt (INT) for Sound Card. Must be in Decimal (ex: Sound Blaster is
- usually 7). "*" means default.
-
- Line 5:
- DMA Channel for Sound Card. Must be in Decimal (ex: Sound Blaster is usually
- 1). "*" means default.
-
- Line 6:
- DRQ for Sound Card. Must be in Decimal. "*" means default.
-
- Line 7:
- Miles Driver for SOUND EFFECTS (Digital Audio). Choose:
- SBDIG.ADV - Sound Blaster V1.5 or V2.0
- SBPDIG.ADV - Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster-16
- PASDIG.ADV - Pro Audio Spectrum
- ALGDIG - Ad Lib Gold
- NO_SOUND - Disables all sound effects.
-
- Lines 8, 9, 10 and 11 have the same properties as lines 3, 4, 5 and 6, but for
- the sound effects card. (Usually the same as the music card, unless you have a
- real fancy-shmancy setup.)
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