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R I i\ I> i\I I I I R S I 1 THE ONLINE MANUAL WINDOWS 95 SERS To INSTALL THE OLINE MA UAL: I. Left-click ·start on the taskbar. 2. Select Run. 3. Type d: \docs et up and click 'OK. ' (Substitute the name of your CD drive if other than 'd:'.) 4. Follow the prompts to install. To ACCESS THE ONLINE MA UAL: I. Left-click ·start on the taskbar. 2. Select Programs from the ~ Start menu. 3. Select Modern Age Books from the Programs menu. 4. Select from the Modern Age Books menu. The manual appears. 5. Select Print from the File menu if you wish to print the manual. WINDOWS 3.X USERS To INSTALL THE 0 LINE MA UAL: I. From the Program Manager, select Run from the File menu. 2. Type d: \docs etup and click 'OK '. (Substitute the nan1e of your CD drive if otherthan d: .) 3. Follow the prompts to install. To ACCESS THE 0 LINE MA UAL: I. From the Program Manager. open the Modern Age Books program group. 2. Double-click the icon. The manual appears. 3. Select Print from the File menu if you wish to print the document. 1 R I A D M I· I· I R S I ' R I ;\ () 1\1 l F I R s I I This product has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. For information abou1 1he ESRB rating, or to comment about the appropriateness of the rating, INSTALLATION please contact the ESRB at 1-800-77 1-3772. DISK PREPARATIO Before you install any so ftware , it is critical that your hard drive be in proper working order. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS We recommend running SCANDJSK or DEFRAG (DOS 6.2 or higher). SCANDlSK searches your hard drive for any lost allocation units as well as any cross-linked files and directories. DEFRAG ensures that your data is MI IMUM CONFIGUR ATION sorted properl y. Failure to verify this may result in corrupt data. O 386DX/40 MHz processor with 8 MB RAM or 486SX/33 MHz processor with 4 MB RAM Steps for running these preventative applications are given below for DOS and Windows® 95. 0 13 MB free hard drive space W INDOWS 95 P REPARATION O 256-color VESA-compatible SVGA (640x480). VESA driver required The procedure for scanning and defragmenting your disk from Windows 95 is essentially the same as from 0 Single-speed CD-ROM drive D05--0nly the method for starting the programs is different. 0 MS-DOS 5.0 or higher l. F1RST, RUN SCANDISK. To start SCANDISK, left-click on the ·s tart button from the Taskbar. The Start menu opens. 0 Sound Blaster® or 100% compatible sound card From the Start menu, highlight ~rograms , and then select Accessories from the menu that appears. Another menu appears. Select System Tools. Finally, highlight ScanDisk, and the program starts. RECOMMENDED o Once activated, make sure there is a check mark in the Automatically fix Errors box and select the hard o 486DX2-66 or higher drive you are installing the game to (e.g., C:). Once everything is set up con-ectly, click Start to have the o Double-speed CD-ROM drive program scan the drive and correct any errors. o Mouse 2. NEXT, RUN DEFRAG. To start DEFRAG, go to Sy tern Tools (as in the previous step) and highlight Disk Defragmenter. As with SCAN DISK, select the drive you are installing the game to and click OK. DOS PREPARATION l. Type ver ~ from the DOS prompt. Your DOS version is displayed on the screen. Jf it says ·MS-DOS VERSION 6.21' or any version later than 6.2, follow the steps below. If you are using DOS version 5.0, you may need to use other utilitie~ (such as Norton Utilities or Central Point Tools) to check your drive 's condition. 2. Type scandisk c: ~ from the DOS prompt. This will determine if your drive is in good repair. If any damage is found, you should repair it before continuing. following the instruction s in your DOS manual. 2 3 R I ,\ ll :\I I I I R \ I ' R I A ll ,\( I I I R S I ' 3. Type defrag c: if !mTW from the DOS prompt. This runs a complete defragmentation on your hard disk to CREATING AN MS-DOS MODE ICO ensure all your data is sorted properly. It also optimizes your hard disk for faster load and access ttmes. Although your CD-ROM drive. sound card. mouse. and other peripherals may work perfectly with Windows 95, they may need to be configured manuall y to work in MS-DOS mode. If you are having problem> running this INSTALLATION game from Window!<i 95 that the previou~ insLructions didn ·1 ~olve, we recommend that you create a new MS DOS mode icon that can be used to create a proper MS-DOS environment for this and other DOS programs. l. Insert the CD in your CD drive. Before you start. you'll need to gather a few details from your system. Please follow the imtructions below 2. At the DOS prompt, typed: ~ to change to your CD dnve. (Substitute the correct leuer of your CD according to your !,ystem. It 's imponant to note that the instruction~ should be u'ied in addition to your PC drive if other than ' D:') manufacturer\ \Upponing documentation. 3. When you see the ·D:\:>' prompt, type install rm'ITT' to stan the installation. The ln>tall screen appears. STEP 1: DETERMINt G YO R CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVER 4. If other than C:\ type the directory where you want to install. and press S. "Installation successful" appears. EJti l MS-DOS mode. (Your computer may restart automatically.) If you purchased a PC "ith Windo"s 95 already installed: Before you create an icon, you need to gather details of your DOS CD-ROM device driver and its locauon (or path) on your hard drive. This depends on where your PC retailer or manufacturer has placed them on your system. You may find the name of your CD-ROM device driver in your CD-ROM documentation. Typically, thi s STARTING THE GAME FROM WINDOWS 95 is 4-8 characters in length and end s in .SYS (e.g .. SBCD.SYS. SLCD.SYS. CDMKE.SYS, MTMCDAl.SYS, ATAPl_CD.SYS, etc.). You can also find this by going into DOS and listing the contents of your CONFIG.SYS SWITCHING TO MS-DOS MODE file. To do this. type type config.sys fmTm at the "C:\>" prompt. If it is in this file it looks something like thi s: DEVICE=C:\[pnthNCD device driver].SYS /D:xxxxx. This line varies according to your PC, but it wi ll We recommend switching to MS-DOS mode to play thi s game. definitely start with DEVICE or DEVICEHIGH. and should contain a "/D:xxxx" in the line-<!.g .. I. Left-click on the "Start button on the Taskbar. The Start menu opens. DEVICE=C:\SBI6\DRV\SBCD.SYS /D:MSCDOOO. If you have done the above and cannot locate the name of 2. From the Start menu , click on Shut Down .... your CD driver. you need to speak to your PC retailer/manufacturer. If you have found the line, copy it down exactly as 11 appears onto a piece of paper. Proceed to step 2. 3. From the Shut Down Windows dialog box that appears, click on Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode, then click );'.es. The computer restarts in MS-DOS mode. If you installed Windows 95 onto a PC previously running another version of Windows and DOS: 4. When you return to the Command Prompt, type cd I~. (If you installed to a different directory. Before you can create an icon, you need to have details of your DOS CD-ROM driver and its location (or path) substitute the appropriate directory.) on your hard drive. Typically. the driver is 4-8 characters in length and ends in .S YS (e.g .. SBCD.SYS, S. To start the game, type SLCD.SYS, CDMKE.SYS. MTMCDAI.SYS, ATAPI_CD.SYS. etc.). You can find tnis ~g into DOS and 6. To return to Windows 95 after you exit from the game. type exit at the DOS prompt. listing the contents of your original CONFIG.SYS file. To do this, type type config.dos LENTER . at the "C:\>" prompt. It looks something like this: DEVICE--C:\[pathNCD device driver].SYS /D:xxxxx. This line varies according to your PC, but it wi ll definitely stan with DEVICE or DEVICEHIGH, and should contain a "/D:" in the line-e.g.. DEVICE=C:\SB 16\DRV\SBCD.SYS /D:MSCDOOO. When you have found the line. copy it down exactly as it appears onto a piece of paper. Proceed to step 2. 4 5 R I A D i\I I I I R S I ' R E A I> i\I I I I R S I ' STEP 2: CREATING THE ICON AND SPECIFYING CONFIG.SYS AND AUTOEXEC.BAT CORRECTING SOUND PROBLEMS PARAMETERS If you experience problems with your sound card you need to en.sure tha1 you have all correct device drivers I. S1an lhe Windows 95 operating syslem. (If you are in DOS, 1ype exit ~-l loaded in the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT ftles. Using lhe same procedure as you did to locate your CD-ROM device driver, find Lhe sections Lhat refer to your sound card and copy them down onto a piece of 2.