                                EARTHQUEST
                                Readme.doc
                            
                   

  This document includes information pertinent to EARTHQUEST that was
  not included in the Reference Manual.

  SPECIAL NOTE:  
  Using your Editor please modify your file buffer line	"BUFFERS" in
  your "CONFIG.SYS" file to 25, for example, "BUFFERS=25".	Make sure 
  your system has at least 568K RAM-memory	left to run the "EARTHQUEST" 
  program.

  The EARTHQUEST product is approximately 3.6 Megabytes plus 300 Kilobytes
  working space.
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  To install EARTHQUEST on a hard disk drive other than 'C', specify
  that drive letter instead of 'C'.
  For example, if you wish to install the product into the 'D'drive, 
  please type	"instaleq d:".
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  "CONFIG.SYS" issue:
  EARTHQUEST requires "FILES" line in your	"CONFIG.SYS" file to be set 
  30 or larger.
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  Using TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) Applications with EARTHQUEST:
  Most TSR applications, such as Borland's SideKick, do not function
  properly with the EARTHQUEST program, especially if they modify the screen.
  We do not recommend using TSR applications with the EARTHQUEST program.
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  Mouse

  The EARTHQUEST program requires a Mouse device. We recommend 
  using Microsoft compatible mouse driver, or Logitech mouse driver
  with the EARTHQUEST program. If your compatible mouse does not work
  appropriately, please try to update your mouse driver (software),
  or use a mouse driver (software) published by Microsoft.
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  Sound

  Please note:  if you do not have Sound Blaster installed in your computer
  you will not be able to hear the sounds in this program. You may see 
  some flashing buttons that appear to do nothing but actually are playing
  a sound you cannot hear.
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  Suggestions to improve the performance of EARTHQUEST product

  EARTHQUEST is a state-of-art data base, it requires intensive hard disk
  accessing. Any method to conform to MS-DOS disk interface can be used 
  to improve the product performance. Some tips are:

    1. If you have 1 megabyte or more of RAM-memory you can install
       "SMARTDRIVE" into your "CONFIG.SYS" to improve your hard disk
       performance.
    2. If you have extended memory up to 4 megabytes or more, you can
       install "ramdrive.sys" into your "CONFIG.SYS", and run 
       "EARTHQUEST" from "RAMDRIVE" for much faster speeds.

	 In both cases make sure your system has at least 568K RAM-memory
  left to run the "EARTHQUEST" program.

  Trouble-Shooting

  You will find solutions to problems you may encounter when installing 
  and using the "EARTHQUEST" program.

  1. Problem:
     With a sound blaster card installed, you are unable to hear the
     text to speech sound.
  What's probably wrong:
     1. The "sbtalker.exe" and "remove.exe" files have not been installed
        properly. Refer to your "SOUND BLASTER" software installation manual,
        to correctly install "sbtalker.exe" and "remove.exe" into 
        'C' drive.
     2. The volume is set too low.
     3. The headphone, external speaker or stereo system are incorretly
        connected.
     4. The Sound card may be defective.

  2. Problem:
     When you start running the program, you find that you exit automatically.
  What's probably wrong:

     1.	The mouse or mouse driver was not installed corectly.
     2. There is not enough memory to run the program. please
        reference "SPECIAL NOTE".
  
 
