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HEART OF DARKNESS - TEASER CD DEMO v1.3.1
Copyright 1992-1995 By AMAZING STUDIO / VIRGIN INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
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║ »»» INSTALLATION ««« ║
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║ This Demo can only be run from CD-ROM ║
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Insert the CD, go to the root directory of this drive and type INSTALL,
then follow on-screen instructions.
When you save the configuration in the SETUP program some other
files will also be copied to the selected directory on your hard disk .
If you change your hardware configuration, you can run SETUP again from
this directory. Ensure that the CD is in your CD-ROM drive in case any
files need updating.
To run this demo you will need a minimum of:
a 486 DX-33 Mhz with 4 Mb of RAM (at least 2,5 Mb of free RAM)
a double speed CD-ROM drive or better (SCSI, IDE or dedicated interface)
a Soundblaster compatible soundcard
The supported soundcards are:
- Adlib Gold
- Aria 16
- Compaq
- Crystal Clear
- Crystalizer
- Digital Sound Pro 16
- EnSoniq SoundScape
- ESS AudioDrive
- Gateway 2000 G2K
- Gravis UltraSound
- Gravis UltraSound MAX
- Microsoft Sound System
- Mozart Sound Card
- Orchid Sound Wave 32
- Pro Audio Spectrum
- Roland RAP-10
- Sound Blaster
- Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32
- Sound Blaster Pro
- Sound FX 16 cd
- Sound FX Classic 3000
- Sound Galaxy NX PRO
- Sound Master
- Tempo
- ThunderBoard
- Wave Jammer
These Audio Drivers are provided by:
Human Machine Interfaces, Inc.
(Sound Operating System)
30 E. Broadway , Suite 180
Eugene Oregon 97401, U.S.A
Tel: (503) 687-6509 / Fax: (503) 687-6479
Email: hmi@efn.org
If the demo hangs or stops suddenly, this is almost certainly due to
a slow machine (CPU or VIDEO) and / or a slow CD-ROM drive.
In this case, try this command line : TEASER /NS or choose NO SOUND in the
SETUP.
Other hardware considerations are addressed at the end of this file.
If you have some problems to install or run this demo, please write or
contact the Virgin's Customer Services at:
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
(Customer Service / Technical Support)
18061 Fitch Ave.
Irvine, CA 92714
HotLine: (714) 833 - 1999
(Monday through Thursday from 8:00am to 5:00pm)
Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd
(Customer Service / Technical Support)
338a Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5AH
HotLine: 0181 - 964 8242
(10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Friday)
Virgin Interactive E. Deutschland GmbH
(Customer Service / Technical Support)
Borselstr. 16b
22765 Hamburg
HotLine: 040 391113
(Monday through Thursday from 5:00pm to 8:00pm)
Virgin Interactive Entertainment France
(Service Consommateur)
233, rue de la Croix Nivert
75015 Paris (FRANCE)
HotLine: 53 - 68 - 10 - 00
(du Lundi au Vendredi de 13h30 à 17h30)
Your messages and comments will be welcomed (but NOT by phone !) at:
AMAZING STUDIO
9, rue d'Enghien
75010 Paris (FRANCE)
Fax : (33 1) 48 24 07 97
Email: teaser@masterd.fdn.org or teaser@masterd.fdn.fr
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║ GENERAL TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS ║
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│ Windows protected mode environment and OS/2 operating system │
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Please do not run the Heart Of Darkness Teaser in these environments,
as they do not always allow the program to take control of the necessary
hardware.
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║ SPEED CONSIDERATIONS ║
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To get the best out of your computer, please note the
following hints and tips:
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│ You don't need an extended memory manager like Quarterdeck's │
│ QEMM, Qualitas's 386^MAX, BlueMAX, or Microsoft's EMM386.EXE. │
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│ There's no need to use Smartdrv or another disk-cache program │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Even Smartdrv, which caches CD-ROM drives, won't speed-up Heart Of
Darkness's own CD-ROM manager.
SmartDrv and similar programs will eat your precious extended and DOS
memory without making Heart Of Darkness any faster.
Its best to use only the HIMEM.SYS memory manager and to free up at
least 520 K of conventional (base) memory.
This is particularly important if you have a computer with only 4MB of
RAM or if you have a slow machine (486 DX-33 Mhz).
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│ Make sure you use a fast video card │
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║ SOUND CARDS CONSIDERATIONS ║
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Sound Blaster compatibility is always a concern in the PC soundcard
world. Please check the following in your own configuration.
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│ So-called Sound Blaster compatibility │
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You may encounter problems with your particular sound card if it is not
found in the SETUP program menu. Generally it is better to use the
native card's driver than to rely on any Sound Blaster compatibility.
Even so, some cards may need further steps to make sure they work well.
- If you have a Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 card, make sure that you keep the
DIAGNOSE /S command line in AUTOEXEC.BAT, or it may not be configured
correctly. This line is very important with these cards.
- If you have a card which is not directly supported in our
SETUP program, try to configure for the previous compatible model. But
this will not always work : for instance a Sound Blaster 16 can *NOT* be
configured as a Sound Blaster Pro. If you are not sure, contact your
manufacturer's technical support to find out what kind of sound card
it is compatible with.
- As a last resort, try to configure your Sound card as a raw 8 bit mono
original Sound Blaster 1.x card, possibly with DMA 1 and IRQ 7 or 5 and
I/O Address 220h. This is by far the most frequently emulated sound card.
Of course it sounds rather poor by 16 bit standards but it is better than
no sound at all !
- Some cards are configured by jumpers on their board, others just
need to be programmed. In the first case, make sure you use the right
values for the jumpers. In the second case, make sure that you use free
I/O addresses, IRQ levels and DMA channels or you will have a hard time
with your computer.
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│ Test your sound card manual setup │
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Make sure that you can know your sound card configuration in case of
difficulties. The SETUP program Setup Sound Card main menu option
doesn't check the parameters you choose.
However, you can force a check by using the Play Sample option.
This will try to configure the sound card with your parameters before
playing a sample. If this doesn't work or locks the computer, you will
have to boot and run Setup again to try another configuration.
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║ CD-ROM DRIVES CONSIDERATIONS ║
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Heart Of Darkness and its companion programs have been carefully tested
and optimized for a minimum of a 486DX33 computer with a Double Speed
CD-ROM drive. Here are some remarks about it.
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│ CHOOSING YOUR CD-ROM DRIVE │
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If you own more than one CD-ROM drive, you may choose any one of them for
the Heart Of Darkness CD. Files will be found automatically on the drive
you use, without asking you what MS-DOS letter it is. In fact, you can
even change your configuration so that your CD-ROM drive letter changes
after you installed Heart Of Darkness. It is not important to run SETUP
again if you do that. But please try to choose the fastest drive available.
We recommend you to use the DMA option with your CD-ROM driver if you have
this option (eg MITSUMI drive).
If you install the Heart Of Darkness CD on one particular drive and then
run from another, be sure to run again the "Test CD-ROM speed" SETUP
command again before to do that. This will update the configuration file
for the CD-ROM drive you choose to use.
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N.B: The Dos extender used in this demo is PMODE/W from Charles Scheffold and
Thomas Pytel. If you are interested in drop an Email at rcramer1@osf1.gmu.edu.
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