1830 July 1995 README file

This is an updated version correcting a minor bug from the
2nd print run.  Owners of any previous version can install
these files into their 1830 directory.  The files are
MAIN.EXE, HELP.LBX, HLPENTRY.LBX and this readme file.

Type:

1830 v

at your dos prompt to see what date your version of 1830 is from.

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Copy protection:

The first time you play the game after installation, you will
be prompted to look up a word in the manual during the first
operating round.  Once this has been verified, you will never
need to worry about copy protection again unless you copy the
program to another machine or reinstall it.

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EMS:

1830 should not need more than 2700k of EMS; however, if you can
allocate more EMS than 2700k, do so.  It should help the program run
faster since any additional EMS is used for overlaying program code,
saving you from more accesses to the hard disk.

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Sound cards:

If you wish sound to work, be sure to configure the sound in
the SOUND.EXE program (which is automatically run at the end of
installation procedure, or you can run it yourself later to
change sound configuration).

By default, 1830 will be configured to not use sound.  You
should explicitly set which sound card you are using.

The utility program SOUND.EXE does not do hardware autodetection.
It will look for a BLASTER environment variable having been
defined (by your AUTOEXEC.BAT typically), e.g.

set blaster=a220 i5 d1 t3

and derive address, IRQ, DMA values from that for the sound blaster.

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Changing your mind about which Baron to play:

Hit ESCAPE if you decide you want to undo your click selecting
a baron in a new game.

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Quitting a game:

During a stock round, type 'Q' to quit.

During an operating round, you can click the 'QUIT' button on
the INFO popup.

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Tech support:

You can reach Avalon Hill at:
1-410-426-9600 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm EST)

1830 is sometimes discussed on the internet newsgroups
rec.games.board and comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic.

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Saving hard disk space:

You may delete the file OPENING.LBX if you wish; this is
the opening animation of the train coming at you.  Deleting
this animation will free up about 4.5 MB of disk space.

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Regenerating the same random map:

Whenever a random map is generated (by starting a game with the
random map option on), a file called LASTSEED is created in your
1830 directory.  If you like a random map and would like to
play it again, execute the DOS command:

  COPY LASTSEED READSEED

and then rerun 1830.  The program will read the random seed from
the file READSEED if it exists, thus repeating the same map again
for you instead of making a new random map.  You may save several
seed files with whatever other name you like, or write down the
seeds (you can TYPE LASTSEED; it's a plain text file) and create
READSEED yourself with a text editor.  Deleting the READSEED
file will let 1830 generate new random maps again.

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QEMM note:
Some machines using QEMM with the stealth option won't be able
to run 1830.  If you have trouble running 1830 with QEMM, try
disabling stealth, or just use DOS's EMM386.EXE.

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CD-ROM version only:

When you install, you have 2 options:

(1) Install entire game on hard disk:
PROS: Faster to start program, doesn't require CD-ROM in drive to play
CONS: Takes up more hard disk space

(2) Install minimal files needed on hard disk:
PROS: Takes up less hard disk space
CONS: A little slower to start program, requires CD-ROM in drive to play

If you later decide to change your installation, you should delete
the 1830 files from your hard disk and rerun INSTALL from the
CD-ROM.  Don't attempt to simply copy or delete files yourself; it's
subtler than that.  (Save the file FAME if you wish to preserve your
Hall of Fame scores, and put it into the newly installed version
yourself if you wish.)

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May 17 95 version changes:

Fixes an EMS problem users with 4-meg machines had.

Fixes a copy protection problem OS/2 users had.

Clicking "Buy Train" when neither the bank nor your railroads own any
trains doesn't crash now.

A rare circumstance letting more than 5 shares of a railroad's stock
to go into the bank is fixed.

V & G hotkey toggles for map displays were added to toggle hex values
and hex grid.  On a map display, typing "V" toggles the city revenue
values and track upgrade costs on/off, and typing "G" toggles the
hex grid on/off.

User errors don't cause beeps if sound is turned off.

game10.sav, ..., game18.sav files no longer being created.

July Changes:

Fixed bug where using the C&SL special ability with a railroad
with no trains caused 2 leftward moves on the stock market.

Cosmetic glitch: the 10 town northeast of C&O base on
standard map should not be yellow!  (This had no impact on play.)

The train buying AI is significantly faster now.
