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NHL Hockey '95 Demo System Requirements: - 386-33 MHz or greater - MS-DOS 5.0 or greater - 4MB ram or greater (Minimum 3.5MB free) - Single Speed CD drive - SVGA (640*480) Video Card 512K ram Recommended: - Double Speed CD drive - Gravis JoyPad - DOS boot disk Supported: - Mouse, joystick - Adlib, Roland MT32, Gravis Ultrasound, SoundBlaster 1.5 and higher Instaling NHL Hockey '95 Demo: No installation required to run this demo. Simply type DEMO.EXE from the CD DOS prompt. Selecting a Sound card: If you have one of the following sound cards please enter the appropriate switch on the command line when running the demo. /s Sound Blaster /g Gravis /m MT-32 /a Adlib [no switch] no sound example: demo /s (this will run the demo with Sound Blaster) If you have trouble displaying hockey Hires graphics on your video card, try typing VSADMO50, rather than DEMO in the game directory. This product comes with a universal VESA Driver that emulates most popular video card Vesa Drivers. Same sound card switches can be used. (eg. vsadmo50 /s) If you still find that there are problems with your Video card displaying this product, or you get some graphic garbage on your screen, reset your computer and try typing VSADMO43, rather than DEMO or VSADMO50 in the game directory. Same sound card switches can be used. To get a copy of the product: In the U.S. please call EA Direct Sales 1-800-245-4525 or (415) 571-7171 ext:7555 In Germany please call: 011 49 524 124 307 In France please call: 011 33 72 17 07 83 In U.K please call: 011-81-3-5410-3110 PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SOFTWARE? If you are having a problem using your software, we want to help. NOTE: Before attempting any of the following suggestions, please make sure you are familiar with the DOS commands being used. Consult your DOS manual for more information. 1. Some systems experience problems with CD ROM Read Caching, especially triple and quad speed CD drives It may be necessary to disable CD-ROM read Caching if you experience problems. 2. If you have a double joystick port, but only one joystick, that one joystick has to be plugged into the first joystick port. If not, you will receive bogus sound. 3. If you are running DOS 5 and EMM386, there may be some problems with the program. If you run into problems, boot without EMM386 and try the game again. 4. On some systems, the memory configurations are different. If you experience shortage of memory problems, disable any memory managers that might be installed (EMM386, QEMM, 386MAX etc.) and restart your system and rerun the game. 5. On your MSCDEX driver, be sure that the /E option is not enabled. This switch is usually in the Autoexec.bat file. 6. You can't select the MT32 card if you don't have one installed. This is because the test to determine if the MT32 card is installed can cause potential conflicts with owners of SCSI drives. TSRs/Device Drivers/DOS Shells TSR stands for Terminate and Stay Resident. A TSR is a program that automatically starts up when you start up your computer from a hard drive. These programs are usually installed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (found in your root directory, usually C:\). Device Drivers and DOS shells are also loaded automatically. These are usually installed in your CONFIG.SYS file (also found in your root directory, usually C:\). These TSRs or Device Drivers sometimes interfere with our software, or take up valuable memory our software may need. We recommend that you not run any such programs, device drivers, or shells when attempting to use our software. CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MEMORY: Many problems occur when your machine doesn't have enough available Conventional (or Base) Memory. Although almost all machines have 640K of Conventional Memory, TSRs, Device Drivers, and other types of Memory Resident programs will reduce the amount of available base memory. - To check the amount of available base memory, type CHKDSK (this stands for Check Disk), and press ENTER. The last set of numbers, "Bytes Free", is the amount of available base memory. (Note that this number is in thousands of bytes and that 1024 bytes make up one kilobyte [K]). Check the System Requirements specified above; if your machine's available base memory is less than the program requires, then the problems that you are experiencing are probably related to a memory conflict. You should remove any memory resident programs to free up the memory needed. One way to accomplish this is to boot up your computer with a DOS boot disk. DOS BOOT DISK If you are having trouble installing your program, experiencing lockups, or other problems, we suggest you try starting up your system with a DOS Boot disk. Here are the steps for creating a DOS boot disk. Please follow these steps exactly. IMPORTANT: To create a DOS boot disk you will need a blank disk the same size as your A: drive. 1. Type c: and press ENTER. 2. Place the blank disk into drive A:. 3. Type format a:/s and press ENTER. Be sure to include the spaces. Note: If you are formatting low density disks on a high density drive, use the following commands in place of step 3: 5.25" low density disk: Type format a:/s /n:9 /t:40 and press ENTER. 3.5" low density disk: Type format a:/s /n:9 /t:80 and press ENTER. You will be prompted to insert a blank disk into drive A:. Do so if you haven't already, and press ENTER. 5. Once the disk is finished formatting, you will be asked to label (name) the disk. Type in a label or press ENTER for no label. 6. You will now be asked whether you wish to format another disk. Type N and press ENTER. This boot disk completely bypasses the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS on your hard drive and starts up your computer in as clean a DOS environment as possible. FREEING UP ADDITIONAL MEMORY USING THE DOS BOOT DISK: Users WITHOUT a memory manager: It is not possible to free up much more base memory without using a memory manager, which allows one to access Expanded Memory (EMS) or Extended Memory (XMS). Most memory ambitious programs require Expanded Memory (EMS) while Windows usually uses Extended Memory (XMS). After completing the procedure below, use the MEM command to verify that "largest executable program size," and "bytes free EMS memory," meet the requirements in the System Requirements specified above. To start up your machine using the DOS boot disk: 1. Insert the DOS boot disk into drive A:, then restart your machine. Your computer will boot up to the A> prompt. 2. Type prompt $p$g and press ENTER. The prompt now displays the current directory (A:\>). 3. Type c: and press ENTER to return to your hard drive. Users with MS DOS 5.0 or greater: Rather than change your permanent system software configuration, you can use the DOS boot disk and the HIMEM and EMM386 memory manager software included with MS DOS 5.0 (or greater) to temporarily free up available base memory and set up Extended (XMS) and Expanded Memory (EMS). To do so, follow the instructions below. NOTE: If you are NOT using the EMM386 memory manager, consult your manufacturer's manual for more information on the proper way to load the program through the CONFIG.SYS file. READ THIS SECTION COMPLETELY BEFORE YOU BEGIN. NOTE: The following section assumes that your root directory is C:\. If your root directory is other than C:\, substitute the correct drive letter in the following commands. To configure the DOS boot disk to free up additional base memory and to set up Expanded Memory (EMS): 1. Back up your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files before editing them so that you can return to the originals if you have any problems: i. At the C:\ prompt, type copy c:\config.sys c:\config.bak and press ENTER. ii. Type copy c:\autoexec.bat c:\autoexec.bak and press ENTER. 2. Copy the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files from the root directory on your hard drive (C:\) to the root directory on the Boot Disk that you have just created (A:\): i. At the C:\> prompt, type copy c:\config.sys a:\ and press ENTER. ii. Type copy c:\autoexec.bat a:\ and press ENTER. 3. Open the boot disk copy of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (on A:) using the EDIT program from MS DOS 5.0 or greater: To open the file from the C:\ prompt: i. Type cd\dos and then press ENTER. ii. Type edit a:\autoexec.bat and press ENTER. 4. From the boot disk copy of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, delete all lines except the following: Path= ... [your path] PROMPT $P$G C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM LHC:\PATH\MSCDEX.EXE (Parameters regarding your CD-ROM hardware set-up.) (Parameters regarding individual CD-ROM hardware set-up should appear exactly as they do in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your C: drive. All lines referring to your sound card should also remain in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. For additional information please consult your CD-ROM documentation.) C:\MOUSE represents the directory in which your mouse driver is located, but it may also be C:\, C:\DOS or C:\WINDOWS, etc. Example: C:\DOS\MOUSE.COM NOTE: If your mouse line looks different from the examples above, you may not be using the MOUSE.COM mouse driver. Do not change this line if it looks different from the examples above. Drivers with a .SYS extension will be loaded through the CONFIG.SYS file and should be left in place when you are editing that file. If you have other questions about loading your particular mouse driver, consult your mouse or DOS manuals. 5. Save the edited AUTOEXEC.BAT file and open the Boot Disk copy of the CONFIG.SYS file from within EDIT. - To save, press ALT-F to bring down the File menu, then type S. - To open, press ALT-F, type O, then type a:\config.sys and press ENTER. 6. While still in EDIT, delete all lines from the Boot Disk copy of the CONFIG.SYS file EXCEPT the following: DEVICE =C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE =C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE DOS=HIGH,UMB FILES=30 BUFFERS=30 DEVICE=C:\ (Your CD-ROM driver.) (Your CD-ROM driver will vary depending on your particular CD-ROM player. This line should read exactly as it does in the CONFIG.SYS file on your C: drive.) MS-DOS 6.0 USERS: If you are using the Doublespace utility provided with DOS 6.0, you will need to load the DBLSPACE.SYS device driver into high memory in order to free up additional base memory. This can be done by adding an additional line to the CONFIG.SYS file you have just created on your boot disk. The CONFIG.SYS file should contain the following lines: DEVICE =C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE =C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE DOS=HIGH,UMB FILES=30 BUFFERS=30 DEVICE=C:\ (Your CD-ROM driver.) (Your CD-ROM driver will vary depending on your particular CD-ROM player. This line should read exactly as it does in the CONFIG.SYS file on your C: drive.) DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DBLSPACE /M 7. If the lines above are not present in the file, enter them now. Otherwise, skip to step 8. 8. If the HIMEM.SYS and memory manager file are not located in the DOS directory, substitute the correct directory name in place of DOS in the first two lines of the above example. (If you have not moved these files, then they will be located in the DOS directory and you can skip this step.) Your file should now look identical to the example in step 6. 9. Save the edited CONFIG.SYS file and exit the EDIT program. - To save, press ALT-F, then type S. - To Exit the Edit program, press ALT-F, then type X. You now have a boot disk which should free up enough base memory and set up enough Extended (XMS) and Expanded Memory (EMS) to run the program. This boot disk bypasses the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files on your hard drive and starts up your computer in as clean a DOS environment as possible. If you were having trouble installing your software, you can now try reinstalling. If you were having trouble loading your game, try starting the software from the directory you installed to. To start up your machine using the DOS boot disk: 1. Insert the DOS boot disk into drive A:, then restart your machine. Your computer will boot up to the A:> prompt. 2. Type C: and press ENTER to return to your hard drive. For more information on editing your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, or on changing your startup configuration, consult your DOS manual.