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CAPITALISM 1.0 Demo Version Version Read Me Document
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Published by: Interactive Magic
Developed by: Enlight Software
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Contact Information
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ORDER DIRECT: 1-800-789-1534
CUSTOMER SUPPORT NUMBER: (919) 461-0948 9:30AM - 5:00PM EST
On-line Support: CompuServe: 75162,1202
AOL: SSIMAGIC
PRODIGY: IMAGIC
GEnie: I-MAGIC
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System Requirements
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- IBM or 100% compatible computer, 386DX CPU or above
- 4MB RAM minimum
- 10MB hard disk space
- SVGA graphics card and monitor
- Mouse
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Trouble-shooting
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If you have any problems running Capitalism, please read the
following sections:
- The FILES parameter in CONFIG.SYS
- Graphics Cards
- Memory Requirement
- Creating a Boot Diskette
The FILES parameter in CONFIG.SYS
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Capitalism needs to open a number of files simultaneously during
its running. There is a parameter named "FILES" in the CONFIG.SYS
file which controls the number of files can be opened at the same
time. It should be set to at least 30 in order to run the game.
To edit the CONFIG.SYS file, you can use EDIT, the standard DOS
editing utility.
Graphics Cards
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Capitalism requires a graphics card and monitor that are capable
of running in 640 x 480 x 256 colors Super VGA mode. If
Capitalism fails to run because it cannot recognize the SVGA
feature of your graphics card but you are sure that it supports
SVGA graphics, you can try to load a VESA driver.
VESA is a standard for programming SVGA graphics cards. Loading a
VESA driver allows the SVGA feature of your graphics cards to be
recognized by most programs. Since each different SVGA card
requires a custom VESA driver, you must find the VESA driver of
your card first.
Unless your card is very old, you can probably find the VESA
driver in the diskette which came with your SVGA card. Copy the
driver from the diskette to your hard disk and run the driver
before running Capitalism. As a convenience, you could add the
VESA command to your "autoexec.bat" so that it would be
automatically loaded each time your system starts.
If the VESA driver did not come with your graphics card, contact
your card's manufacturer.
Memory Requirement
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Basically, Capitalism requires at least 4MB RAM to run. Though,
in the event that the memory available is less than the amount desired,
Capitalism is capable of using the harddisk space as the virtual memory.
However, you may notice a considerable reduction in the game
speed as a result of using virtual memory.
The game will refuse to run if there is not enough memory available
for the game to start up properly. If this occurs you should either
free up more memory or create a boot diskette.
In the early stages of a game, there is not much game data to store
in memory. However, as the game continues, more memory will be used
to store game information. At some points if there is not enough
physical memory, virtual memory will begin to be used. As a result,
the speed of the game may be slowed down.
Thus, to have the game run at the best possible performance, you
should provide more memory for the game. Generally 5MB-6MB of free
memory allows the game to run smoothly in most cases. If you have
8MB of physical memory, you can allocate 2MB memory to the Smart
Drive, for improving disk access performance, and leaving the
rest for the game.
Creating a Boot Diskette
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To create a boot diskette, you should first format the diskette
with the "FORMAT A: /S" command.
Next, create an AUTOEXEC.BAT and a CONFIG.SYS file on the boot
diskette by using EDIT, the standard DOS editing utility. The
content of the files should be as follows:
AUTOEXEC.BAT
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PROMPT $P$G
C:\MOUSE\MOUSE (type the path of your mouse driver here)
C:\DOS\SMARTDRV 2048 (only add this if you have 8MB of memory)
CONFIG.SYS
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FILES=30
BUFFERS=20