===LATE-BREAKING NEWS====================================================== This "README" file has some additional information and late-breaking news that could not make the manual as well as some important pieces of technical information. MEMORY REQUIREMENTS. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE requires approximately 520KB of RAM in order to run. Even when there is adequate total RAM to run the program, there may be conflicts with other programs occupying memory. If you experience difficulty in running 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE under these circumstances, please remove other memory resident programs from memory. In MS-DOS versions 5.0 and above type "MEM /C | MORE" to see what programs and drivers are loaded in memory. To verify the RAM available, check the next screen for "Largest executable program size" parameter in K. In MS-DOS version 6.0 and above try running the MEMMAKER program to free more conventional RAM. For more information about conventional memory and memory management please consult your DOS manual. RUNNING FROM WINDOWS. To avoid possible complications under the Windows environment, clicking on the 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE icon will actually shut down Windows, run 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE, then re-start Windows on exit from 3-D DINOSUAR ADVENTURE. You may get a message saying, "Application still active. Quit the application before quitting Windows." Switch to any other running DOS applications and exit them normally, then click on the 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE icon again. If you have Windows applications already running, they will be shut down and you will be asked to save any unsaved data. UPGRADING YOUR SOUND DEVICE. The "Set Sound Volume" selection in the Knowledge Adventure Menu System is specifically designed for your Packard Bell system. This feature may not function with other sound devices. But, you may use the software that comes with your new sound device to control volume levels. ALT-S/ALT-M. These keys will toggle sound and music (respectively) off and on, this function may not be functional in all areas of the program. LAPTOP/NOTEBOOK COMPUTER DISPLAYS. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE requires a color VGA monitor to display its high-resolution images. It will not work on the internal plasma or LCD monitors on laptop PCs. Most laptops, however, have a connector for an external monitor, and 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE will work fine with your laptop hooked to an external VGA monitor. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE will run fine on certain laptop screens, such as the Toshiba 4400SXC, COMPAQ LTE's and the PC BRAND NB 486slc which have 256 shades of grey or color screens. The only problem will be that the right edge of the screen will be slightly cut off. This is due to the fact that 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE runs in the extra high resolution VGA video mode of 360 x 480 pixels with 256 colors and most of the internal laptop screens can only display 320 pixels in width. MONO, CGA, and EGA DISPLAYS. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE requires a VGA color monitor and therefore will not run on these monitors. MOUSE SUPPORT. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE takes great advantage of your mouse if you have one, but it does not require one. There are keyboard equivalents which will allow you to enjoy the product without a mouse. Refer to "Using 3-D DINOSAUR Adventure" for more information. DIGITIZING TABLETS. Digitizing tablets are not supported by 3-D BODY ADVENTURE. If you are using a digitizing tablet and it is not functioning properly, unplug the tablet, plug in a mouse, and restart 3-D BODY ADVENTURE. Your tablet manufacturer may be able to provide a software solution to any problems experienced. LOW VOLUME SOUND OR MUSIC. Sound cards that allow software volume control may have different volume levels for sound and music. If you hear a noticable difference, you should run the volume control program that came with you sound card to equal out the settings. WINMATE USERS. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE install program will not generate a Knowledge Adventure program group and icon if you run under Winmate - even if you said YES to the Windows question during install. Manually add the 3-D Dinosaur Icon to Winmate after installation is complete. COMPAQ PROLINEA. During INSTALL, press ENTER if you get a message stating that you do not have a VGA system. If you receive a similar message while executing DINO3D, please contact Compaq Technical Support for a patch program that will correct this problem with some early model Prolineas. GRAVIS ULTRASOUND. The Gravis Ultrasound requires a large driver to load its more realistic "wavetable" instruments to the sound card (about 20-25kb more than other sound cards requiring a total of 580 kb). Consequently, you may have to free up additional memory in order to perform properly. If you plan to run 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE from Windows please do NOT run your ULTRAMID or ULTRASND TSR program before entering Windows. 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE will load and unload this program itself. ROLAND SOUND CARDS. Roland sound cards have high quality music but no digital speech capability. You will not get digitized speech and sound effects without an additional sound board. If you have a second sound card, you will have to manually edit the SoundDriver and SoundDevParams section of the KA.CNF file. An example setup for a Sound Blaster card with a hardware configuration of base address 220, interrupt 5, and DMA channel 1 would be: soundDevParams : a220 i5 d1 soundDriver : D:\DINO3D\drivers\SBDIG.DRV (where D: is your CDROM drive) Other sound cards can be configured in a similar way, choose the correct Driver from the following list: ALGDIG.DRV - Ad Lib Gold ARIADIG.DRV - Aria GRAVISDG.DRV - Gravis Ultra Sound LANTSND.DRV - LANtastic Voice PASDIG.DRV - Pro AudioSpectrum/Studio 8/16 (DMA's 0 - 3, otherwise configure for Sound Blaster) SBPDIG.DRV - Sound Blaster Pro For further information on sound cards and editing the KA.CNF file, please see "About sound and sound devices." DIGISPEECH PORTABLE. If you are using the Digispeech PortAble Sound Plus, check the date of your BMASTER.* driver files. If the files are dated earlier than August, 1993, contact Digispeech or our BBS for an update. REVEAL SOUND FX MODEL SC600. If problems occur in Windows after returning from a DOS application, you may need to update your sound drivers for Windows. To obtain these drivers, please contact Reveal at (800) 4-REVEAL, fax (818) 340-2379, or BBS (818) 704-6321. PC SPEAKER. The PC Speaker is not supported in 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE CD-ROM. PC Speaker driver Copyright, 1988-1993 RealSound, Inc.