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- | |
- | STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION |
- | "A Final Unity" |
- | |
- | CD-ROM Preview |
- | |
- | Version 1.0 |
- | November 16, 1994 |
- | |
- +-----------------------------------+
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- Thank you for purchasing this preview of STAR TREK: THE
- NEXT GENERATION "A Final Unity." The preview
- provides an overview of this exciting adventure with
- all your favorite characters from the TV series. You'll
- see cinematic animations, beam down to exotic worlds,
- and view an orientation of the ship and its systems
- (including Tactical for dealing with hostile
- encounters). Energize!
-
- Installing the Preview
- ----------------------
- Before installing the preview, be sure you have the
- proper CD-ROM software and VESA drivers installed on
- your machine. Consult your CD-ROM and video card
- owner's manual for more information.
-
- 1. Insert the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
- "A Final Unity" Preview CD-ROM into your CD-ROM
- drive.
-
- 2. Type "D:" and <ENTER> at the DOS prompt. (If
- your CD-ROM drive is a letter other than "D,"
- type that letter instead.)
-
- 3. Type "INSTALL" and hit <ENTER> at the DOS
- prompt.
-
- 4. After the installer loads, you have three
- options: "View Preview Instructions," "Install
- Preview" and "Exit Preview Installation."
-
- View Preview Instructions displays an on-screen
- version of these instructions (with technical
- information) and Exit Preview Installation
- returns you to DOS.
-
- 5. Select "Install Preview." First, the installer
- checks your computer's hardware and software to
- see if they are capable of running the preview.
- Items highlighted in yellow indicate that you
- are able to install the preview, but may have
- difficulty running it. If a category is
- highlighted in red, you cannot install the
- preview. Click on "Suggest Fix" for possible
- solutions to the problem.
-
- 6. Select the drive letter where you want the
- preview files installed. (The default is C:.)
- Be sure that you have 6MB of hard drive space.
-
- 7. Type in a directory name for the preview. (The
- default is \STPREVU.)
-
- 8. The install program then begins copying files
- to your hard drive. Once this is done, you are
- presented with sound card options.
-
- 9. Choose a sound card from the list or accept the
- default. (The highlighted selection is the
- install program's best guess at what sound card
- you have in your machine.)
-
- If you are unsure what kind of sound card you
- own, select "Auto Detect." The install program
- will try to determine what kind of sound card
- you own and automatically select your port
- address, IRQ and DMA.
-
- If "Auto Detect" does not detect your 100%
- Sound Blaster compatible sound card, you will
- need to manually select one of the options.
-
- 10. If you choose a card from the list (rather than
- selecting "Auto Detect"), the install program
- asks you for your port address, IRQ and DMA.
- These numbers can be found in your sound card's
- manual.
-
- 11. Once the sound card is set up, the install
- program proceeds to the video mode selection.
-
- 12. Choose a video mode from the list or accept
- the default. (The highlighted selection is the
- install program's best guess at what video mode
- is appropriate for your machine.)
-
- If you're not sure which video mode to use,
- select "Auto Detect." As with the sound card
- selection, the "Auto Detect" option makes the
- installer choose an appropriate video mode.
-
- Note: If the animations that take place in
- space don't display properly, you may be in the
- wrong video mode. Run the setup program (by
- typing "SETUP" and <ENTER>) and then change the
- video mode to "VGA 320x200." This may solve
- your problems.
-
- 13. Once the sound and video modes have been set
- up, the Configuration Main Screen appears. If
- you are unsatisfied with either your sound card
- or video mode selection, select the
- appropriate option from the menu to change it.
-
- If you make any changes on either the sound or
- video options, you must select "Save
- Configuration" from the Main Screen to retain
- those changes.
-
- 14. To exit the configuration, select "Exit
- Configuration."
-
- If, in the future, you need to adjust the sound
- card or video mode, change to the STPREVU
- directory. Then type "SETUP" and <ENTER>. This
- will run the setup program.
-
- Loading the Preview
- -------------------
- Before running the preview, please first exit Windows,
- Navigator or any other DOS shells. You can run the
- preview in three different ways: as an interactive
- demonstration, as a movie player once, or as a movie
- player in a continuous loop.
-
- 1. Change to the directory on your hard drive
- where you stored the preview files (usually
- C:\STPREVU).
-
- 2. Next, type one of the following commands at the
- DOS prompt to run the preview:
-
- "STPREVU DEMO" (run as an interactive
- demonstration)
- "STPREVU DEMOONCE" (run as a movie player
- once)
- "STPREVU DEMOCONT" (run as a movie player
- in a continuous loop)
-
- 3. To bypass an animation sequence during this
- preview, press <ESC>.
-
- To exit the continuous loop preview, press
- <CTRL>-C or <CTRL>-<BREAK>.
-
- Troubleshooting
- ---------------
- * If you are having problems with divide overflow
- errors, choppy sound or other crash problems,
- there may be a compatibility problem with the
- preview and EMM386. To temporarily disable
- EMM386, edit your CONFIG.SYS file (with a text
- editor) and locate a line that looks like the
- following:
-
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
-
- Add the word "REM" to the beginning of the
- line. (Example: "REM DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE")
- This will disable the memory manager. When you
- are finished running the preview, simply remove
- the word "REM" from your CONFIG.SYS.
-
- * If the preview gives you an error message
- saying that there is no VESA driver loaded
- and you have loaded your VESA driver, the
- Stealth feature of QEMM may be the problem. To
- temporarily disable QEMM, edit your CONFIG.SYS
- file (with a text editor) and locate a line
- that looks like the following:
-
- DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM.SYS ST:M
-
- Add the word "REM" to the start of the line.
- (Example: "REM DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM.SYS ST:M")
- This will disable the memory manager. When you
- are finished running the preview, simply remove
- the word "REM" from your CONFIG.SYS.
-
- Customer Support
- ----------------
- If you have any questions about this preview, please
- contact Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support:
-
- Spectrum HoloByte (510)522-1164
- 2490 Mariner Square Loop 9 am to 5 pm Pacific Time
- Alameda, CA 94501 Monday through Friday
- Attn: Customer Support Fax (510)522-9357
-
- Changing the STPREVU.INI File
- -----------------------------
- If you're having problems with sound or video, you can
- make manual adjustments to the STPREVU.INI file.
- Parameters for this file are set during installation
- or by the setup program. If you wish to adjust any
- variables for sound or video display, you can do so by
- editing this file with a text editor.
-
- EXAMPLE: DESCRIPTION:
-
- Audio=SB8 Sound card selection.
- Can be one of the following:
-
- NONE (disables all sound card
- parameters--no sound)
- SB8 (Sound Blaster)
- SBPRO (Sound Blaster Pro)
- SB16 (Sound Blaster 16)
- PAS8 (Pro Audio Spectrum)
- PAS16 (Pro Audio Spectrum 16)
-
- Port=0x220 Sound card port address. Usually
- defaults to 220h.
-
- IRQ=7 Sound card IRQ. Defaults to 5 (for
- Sound Blaster 16) and 7 (for Sound
- Blaster).
-
- DMA=1 Sound card DMA (Direct Memory Address)
- channel. Defaults to 1 for most cards.
-
- Video=HI8 Video mode (for some animations)
- Can be one of the following:
-
- LO8 320x200 (256 colors)
- HI8 640x480 (256 colors)
- HI15 640x480 (32,000 colors)
- HI16 640x480 (64,000 colors)
-
- DPixel=OFF Movie screen size.
- Can be one of the following:
-
- ON Shows movies at full screen
- (double pixel mode).
- OFF Shows movies in a smaller mode.
-
- Path=d:\demo Path to the CD-ROM (which includes
- most of the data to run the program).
- This path can be changed to reflect
- the data's new location if all the
- CD-ROM files are copied to the hard
- drive.
-
- ==========
- Registered Trademark and Copyright 1994 Paramount
- Pictures. All rights reserved. Spectrum HoloByte is a
- registered trademark of Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. All
- other trademarks are the property of their respective
- holders.
-