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                HOW TO MAKE A BOOT DISK FOR FALCON 3.0

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     Falcon 3.0 is unlike any other simulator ever created for a personal
computer.  Because of all of its extensive features, it demands more free
memory than an ordinary simulation.  This is a tutorial on how to optimize
your system to run Falcon 3.0 in all its glory.

     If you can't free up enough memory on your computer, you will want to
make a boot disk.  The purpose of a boot disk is to temporarily reconfigure
your computer so Falcon 3.0 can run on it.  Most users have their CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on their hard disk arranged to their liking.  Unfor-
tunately, those files often load device drivers and TSRs that eat up memory
which interferes with Falcon 3.0.  By creating a boot disk with a separate
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS, you can run Falcon 3.0 without changing your
system's current setup.

     First, insert a blank, unformatted 1.2MB 5.25" or 1.44MB 3.5" disk into
drive A and type this command at the DOS prompt:

		FORMAT A: /S

Be sure that the disk is empty because the DOS Format commmand will wipe
out any information on it.

     When the disk is finished formatting, change your directory to the
one where Falcon 3.0 is stored on your hard disk and type:

		DIR *.BAT

You should see a list of five files, all with the .BAT extension.  These are
called batch files.  These batch files will create brand-new CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the disk you've just formatted.  In order for these
files to work properly, you must have DOS 5.0 or later installed on your
hard disk at C:\DOS.  To activate the batch file, type:

		BOOT		 or
		BOOTEMM		 or
		BOOTMICE	 or
		BOOTNET		 or
		BOOTQEMM


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BOOT.BAT     - simply configures your system to the most memory possible. If
               your system has only 1MB of RAM, you should run this batch
               file.

BOOTEMM.BAT  - will activate EMM386.EXE and allocate 1MB of expanded
	       memory.  This gives you slightly less conventional memory to
	       run Falcon 3.0.  However, Falcon 3.0 will now take advantage
	       of the extra 1MB of expanded memory.  You will need 2MB
	       or more of RAM to use this batch file.

BOOTMICE.BAT - is similar to BOOTEMM.BAT.  The main difference is a mouse
	       driver will be loaded as well.  The mouse driver will be
	       installed into high memory and will not interfere with
               Falcon 3.0.  You will be asked to copy the mouse driver
               that is on your hard drive to the boot disk.  Find where
	       your mouse driver is on your hard disk and change your 
               directory to there.  Now type:

			COPY MOUSE.COM A:

	       MOUSE.COM is the name of most mouse drivers.  If your mouse
	       driver is not named MOUSE.COM, then replace it with the name
               of your mouse driver on your boot disk's AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
	       If you use MOUSE.SYS instead of MOUSE.COM, then you will need
               to manually edit the CONFIG.SYS file to load the mouse.

BOOTNET.BAT  - will load IPX.COM and NET5.COM into high memory and provide
	       1MB of expanded memory.  This will allow Falcon 3.0 to 
	       work with a Novell network in communications mode.  You need
               to copy both IPX.COM and NET5.COM from your hard drive to the
               boot disk.  Find where your network drivers are on your hard
               disk and change your directory to there.  Now type:

			COPY IPX.COM A:
			COPY NET5.COM A:

	       If you want to run a mouse driver along with your network
               driver, you will need to modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file that
               was created on your boot disk.  First copy your MOUSE.COM to
	       your boot disk as described in th paragraph above.  Next, use
	       a text editor and remove the three letters "REM" from line
               five of the file.  The AUTOEXEC.BAT file will now try to load
	       the two network drivers and a mouse driver into high memory.
               However, this setup varies from machine to machine and may eat
               up too much memory to run Falcon 3.0.  If this is the case, go
               back and reinsert the letters "REM" in line five of the
               AUTOEXEC.BAT.

BOOTQEMM.BAT - is provided for owners of Quarterdeck's QEMM386 memory
	       manager.	 QEMM does an excellent job of installing itself
	       onto a hard disk, but this batch file is provided for
	       your convenience.  BOOTQEMM.BAT requires QEMM to be
	       on your hard disk at C:\QEMM.  To load mouse and network
	       drivers high, add the appropriate lines to the CONFIG.SYS
               and AUTOEXEC.BAT that load the drivers. Now run OPTIMIZE
               which comes with QEMM386.  OPTIMIZE will configure your
               system to load everything it can find into high memory.


USING A BOOT DISK
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After the boot disk is created, insert this disk into drive A and restart
your computer.  (The boot disk will only work if your computer will boot 
from a floppy disk in drive A.)  Now change to the Falcon 3.0 directory on
your hard drive.  Type "FALCON3" to run the program.  To run your normal
computer setup, remove the boot disk and boot your hard drive.

If you use a real-time software compression driver on your hard disk such
as STACKER and DOUBLE DISK, you must make modifications after using these
batch files.  Edit the CONFIG.SYS file on the boot disk to include the
device driver.  If possible, load that driver high with the DEVICEHIGH
command so it will not interfere with Falcon 3.0.

To increase the amount of EMS you are using, you can use a text editor to
modify the CONFIG.SYS file on the boot disk.  Simply increase the number
"1024" in the CONFIG.SYS file to the amount of EMS desired.  One unit will
equal 1K of expanded memory, so replacing 1024 with 2048 provides
2MB of EMS, 3072 provides 3MB, etc.  Remember, in order to get more
than 1MB of EMS, you will need over 2MB of total RAM.
