SIMHEALTH (TM) v1.1 Last Minute Info - !!PLEASE READ ME!! (4/14/94)

I.   INSTALLATION
       Sound Selection
II.  MOUSE DRIVERS
       Microsoft Compatible Mouse Required
III. SOUND CARDS
       What Are Miles Design Drivers And How Do I Use Them?
       SoundBlaster Installation
       Pro Audio Spectrum
       Gravis Ultrasound
IV.  MISCELLANEOUS
       Memory Issues
       Running with QEMM, EMM386 And Other Memory Managers
       Creating A Boot Disk With Stacker/DoubleSpace
V.   TROUBLESHOOTING
       SimHealth Locks Up
       SimHealth Install Program Crashes
       I Get A "Microsoft Compatible Mouse Not Found" Message

Please read ALL of this document! This stuff is important!
It covers a lot about memory, installation and various sound cards.

I. INSTALLATION

Sound Selection
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SimHealth cannot automatically detect what kind of sound card you
have in your machine. You will need to pick your sound card(s)
out of the lists provided. The installer will then try to verify the
presence of that sound card in your machine. Certain hardware settings
on your card may be different from what SimHealth is expecting. To
change these settings, select the Change Settings option from the sound
card verification window (where it says "OK" or "Failed!"). For more
information on these hardware settings, see the manual that came with
your sound card. If your sound card is not shown and is 100 percent
SoundBlaster compatible, you should be able to install for SoundBlaster
and hear sound and music. See the section on Miles Design Drivers below
for information on what to do if your sound card is not supported.
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II. MOUSE DRIVERS

Microsoft Compatible Mouse Required
-----------------------------------
SimHealth requires a Microsoft-compatible mouse to run. Most
mice today (including Logitech, Mouse Systems, and Kensington) are
Microsoft-compatible. In order for the mouse to work properly in
SimHealth, a mouse driver must be loaded before running
SimHealth. The mouse driver must also be fairly current. Contact
the manufacturer of your mouse or the dealer who sold the mouse
to you to see if your driver is the most current available.

III. SOUND CARDS

What Are Miles Design Drivers And How Do I Use Them?
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SimHealth sound support is accomplished through the use of the
John Miles Design AIL audio driver libraries. These help
software companies support many different sound cards without
having to know how each card works. The Miles Design Drivers are
automatically installed when you select which sound card you wish
to use for sound and music in SimHealth. If your sound card is
not mentioned specifically in the installer, you may be able to get
drivers from the manufacturer for full SimHealth sound.
SimHealth requires "286 protected mode" Miles Design drivers.
Non-286 protected mode drivers will not work.

SoundBlaster Installation
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The SimHealth Installer expects to find the SoundBlaster at IRQ 7.
Many SoundBlasters are shipped with the default IRQ set to 5. If you
have a SoundBlaster and the installer says "Sound Card Detection:
FAILED!", click on the Change Settings button and enter 5 in the IRQ
entry. The DMA and ADDR settings should be fine.
[CLS]
Pro Audio Spectrum
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MUSIC: The Music Driver for the Pro Audio Spectrum requires the Media
Vision driver MVSOUND.SYS to be loaded in memory as a driver in
your CONFIG.SYS file. If this driver is not loaded, you will receive a
verification failure during installation, and you will NOT hear music
during the game. For more information about MVSOUND.SYS, please
refer to your Pro Audio Spectrum user's manual, or call Media Vision
Technical Support.

SOUND EFFECTS: If you choose Pro Audio Spectrum as your Sound
Effects sound card, you may experience some sound effects "dropouts,"
or even no sound at all. This will only happen on some Pro Audio
Spectrum sound cards. If this does happen, you can re-run the INSTALL
program and choose SoundBlaster for the Sound Effects Card, instead
of Pro Audio Spectrum.

CAUTION:  This may or may not work depending on your Pro Audio
Spectrum. Please call Media Vision Technical Support if you have more
problems.

Gravis Ultrasound
-----------------
SimHealth is compatible with the SBOS SoundBlaster Emulation TSR
for the GUS. However, most memory managers (such as EMM386) will cause
problems if they are loaded at the same time as SimHealth and SBOS.
DO NOT attempt to run or even install SimHealth with both SBOS and
a memory manager present. Bad things may happen.

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IV. MISCELLANEOUS

Memory Issues
-------------
SimHealth requires a lot of memory to run--3 MB total. On some
machines, even if you have the required 3 MB, SimHealth may report
that you do not have enough free memory. If this is the case,
your best alternative is to create a boot disk as outlined
on page 6 of the SimHealth DOS Addendum/Quick Start Guide.

Running With QEMM, EMM386 And Other Memory Managers
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If you are using MS-DOS 5 and load EMM386.EXE, you must not use
the 'noems' switch.  An alternative to is to use 'frame=none'.
This prevents page frames from being allocated while leaving
EMS and VCPI interfaces active.  See your DOS manual for
information on how to do this.
[CLS]
Creating A Boot Disk With Stacker/DoubleSpace
---------------------------------------------
Stacker version 3.0 and earlier require certain drivers to be loaded in
the CONFIG.SYS file in order to mount the compressed hard drive.  When
creating a boot disk with Stacker 3.0 and earlier you must include two
lines in the CONFIG.SYS file.  The exact path is dependent upon where
you installed Stacker on your hard disk, but here we will provide the
path for the default installation of Stacker.  The two lines needed in
your CONFIG.SYS file are:

DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK

These lines will load Stacker and mount your compressed drive when
booting from the boot disk.
[CLS]
DoubleSpace and Stacker 3.1 do not require that lines be added in the
CONFIG.SYS file as they copy hidden files to the boot disk when using
the "SYS A:" or "FORMAT A: /S" command.  Make a boot disk according to
the normal instructions regarding creating a boot disk in your SimHealth
addeundum. If you do not feel comfortable creating a boot disk under
Stacker or DoubleSpace, contact STAC Electronics or Microsoft
for technical support.

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V. TROUBLESHOOTING

SimHealth Locks Up
------------------
This is more than likely the result of a conflict between SimHealth
and a memory-resident program that is being loaded in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
or CONFIG.SYS files. The best solution to this is to create a boot disk
as outlined in the addendum. If this does not help, try running the
INSTALL program in the SimHealth directory and selecting No Sound
Effects. If this doesn't help, call Maxis Technical Support at the
number listed on the SimHealth System/Reference card included in
your SimHealth box.

SimHealth Install Program Crashes
---------------------------------
This is also probably a conflict with a loaded memory resident program.
Try making a boot disk as per the addendum. Ignore the "Bad Command or
Filename" message that appears when using the boot disk for
installation. Also try running the INSTALL program with no mouse driver
loaded. See your mouse manual for information on disabling the mouse.
[CLS]
I Get A "Microsoft Compatible Mouse Not Found" Message
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This message is usually the result of one of two problems. Most likely,
a mouse driver has not been loaded. SimHealth needs a DOS mouse
driver to run (as opposed to a Microsoft Windows mouse driver). This
driver along with instructions on how to load it should have come with
your mouse. The less likely problem is that the mouse driver is being
correctly loaded, but it is an older version that is not supported. You
should contact the manufacturer (or dealer) of your mouse to get a more
up-to-date mouse driver.
[CLS]

A text file, GLOSSARY.TXT, containing a glossary of health care terms
has been placed in your SimHealth directory.


Thanks for buying SimHealth.
We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
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