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  In case this file does not help,
   Technical Support is available on our customer hotline (408) 296-8400.  
   Or, you can reach our BBS at (408) 296-8810.

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Additional information
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  For your convenience a gear indicator has been added within the 
   Rev Counter, this is only shown if the head up display option is on.

  Gear change light. This is used to indicate when you should change gear,
   it has four modes:
		    Green       Change down, RPM very low.
		    Dull        Normal state.
		    Red         Change up, Approaching the red line.
		    Flash RED   Over-revving!

  Only ANALOGUE joysticks are supported by Rally.

  When it is raining or snowing you may use F12 to toggle to weather
   effect on the windscreen.

  It is possible to change the release time of the opponent cars by typing

	RAL 25

   Where 25 is the number of seconds between cars being released,
   this is in the range of 5 to 120 seconds, The number is not actually
   necessary and if omitted, Rally will use it's default of 30 seconds.

  It is not actually possible to go directly to a stage, however if you
   save the game regularly this will not be a problem!

  To disable the menu and intro. music type either:

	RAL M   or   RALLY M

   on the command line, this will not affect sound whilst driving!


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Sound Support
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  Sound will not be available without Expanded memory (EMS).
   See below for further details.

  As documented in the manual, Rally supports ADLIB, SOUND-BLASTER,
   and SOUND SOURCE.  In addition it does support Media Vision's PAS 16.

  All of the sound types play 4 channels of sound, however this requires
   a considerable overhead for your PC's processor. It is therefore
   possible to select which channels you prefer, to ensure that Rally
   always performs as smoothly as possible with your system. The controls
   are documented below.

	CTRL + F1 Toggle Channel 1    Engine
	CTRL + F2 Toggle Channel 2    Turbo
	CTRL + F3 Toggle Channel 3    Speech+Sound effects
	CTRL + F4 Toggle Channel 4    More Sound effects

   This configuration will be saved when you quit Rally.
   The music on the main menu is not affected by your choice of channels.

 
 * Sound Blaster PRO users: 
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		   Both the music and in game sounds are in stereo, so for 
		   best results do not use mono headphones or speakers as
		   only two of the channels will be heard.

 
 * Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Users:
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		   If you are having problems hearing sound through your
		   Pro Audio 16 sound board you may have to turn up the
		   volume through Windows or change your Config.sys file.

		   For Windows users that have loaded their Pro Audio
		   software in Windows you simply can click on to the 
		   Pro Audio group and choose Pro Mixer. While in 
		   Pro Mixer you can turn your volume up by sliding the
		   volume contol under Master up.

		   If you are not using Windows, you will need to add this
		   line into your Config.sys file:
				   

    DEVICE=c:\proaudio\mvsound.sys d:3 q:5 j:0 v:100 s:1,220,1,7 m:0 j:0 


    NOTE: If other applications envoke louder noises than normal, 
    you can change the default setting to v:80 or go into Pro Mixer in
    Windows and turn down the volume.



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Memory considerations
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  RALLY REQUIRES AT LEAST 580Kb FREE MEMORY AT THE DOS PROMPT.
   
   If you have DOS 5.00 or above you can check your available memory
   using the DOS command "mem", see your operating system documentation
   for further details of this command.

  If available, Rally will take advantage of UMB's.

  Sound will not be available without Expanded memory (EMS).

  The ability to roll your car is not available without EMS.

  Here are some sample configurations for Rally to use. 
   These will give you UMB's and EMS.

      EMM386 Memory manager

	in CONFIG.SYS

	DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
	DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
	DOS=HIGH,UMB

      QEMM386 Memory manager

	in CONFIG.SYS

	DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM
	DOS=HIGH

	in AUTOEXEC.BAT

	C:\QEMM\LOADHI /LINK


   FOR DOS 5.0 USERS
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 * To create a clean floppy boot disk please follow these steps:


	    1)  Insert a blank floppy disk into your A: drive.
		NOTE: This disk must be in your A: drive, it will not work
		in the B: drive.
	       
	    2)  At your C:\ prompt type the command: FORMAT A:/S and hit the
		ENTER key. Then follow the on screen prompts until you get 
		back to the C:\ prompt.
	       
	    3)  At this point you will go to the A: drive and type the 
		command: COPY CON CONFIG.SYS and hit the ENTER key. 

	    4)  Then type these lines: (Hit the ENTER key after each line)
					DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
					DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE RAM
					DOS=HIGH,UMB
	       
	    5)  At this point hold down the CTRL key and hit Z, then press
		the ENTER key. You should get the message 1 FILE COPIED.

	    6)  You will now need to make an AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

	    7)  At the A: prompt type: COPY CON AUTOEXEC.BAT and hit the
		ENTER key.

	    8)  Then type these lines: (Hit the ENTER key after each line)
				       PROMPT $P$G
				       DEVICE=C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM

	    9)  Please keep this diskette in drive A: for the following step.

	    10) Now reboot your computer by hitting RESET or holding down
		the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys at the same time.

	    11) Go to the Directory where RALLY is installed and type RALLY.



   FOR DOS 6.0 or 6.2 USERS
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   To boot your system clean using DOS 6.0 or 6.2 follow these steps:

	    1)  Reboot your computer either by pressing the reset button
		or by holding down the CRTL, ALT and DEL keys at the
		same time.

	    2)  When you see the message, STARTING MS-DOS, hit the F8 key.

	    3)  You will be prompted to confirm each CONFIG.SYS line.

	    4)  Say yes to only the following:
					      DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
					      DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
					      DOS=HIGH,UMB

	    5)  Say no to the rest of the command lines. 
	      
	    6)  Change to your Mouse directory. This can be done by typing
		CD\MOUSE and pressing ENTER. 

	    7)  Then type MOUSE and press ENTER.

	    * NOTE: Some mouse drivers may be found in your Windows, DOS, 
	      or other directories.


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Game performance
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  Considerable degradation of game performance will be apparent
   if Rally is run with your PC's TURBO switched off (i.e. low speed).
   This degradation will be even more pronounced if you are running
   the game with one of the sound options on.


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Default game configuration
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  Many of the game options are stored in a configuration file, you
   may, however wish to revert to the default configuration. This is
   possible by simple deleting the RALLY.CFG file.

  Default configuration is:
	All game options ON
	Textured road    ON
	Textured ground  ON
	Beeper sound     ON


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Potential pitfalls
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  Disk cacheing programs.
   Whilst it is allright to use Rally with READ disk caches (Those
   that cache all disk reads), it is inadvisable to use WRITE BEHIND
   disk caching as the disk cache may not get an opportunity to write
   out it's data until Rally is finished. This only really affects the
   disk operations.

   SMARTDRV.EXE users.
   To find out what sort of disk cacheing you have type:

		     SMARTDRV /S

   This will give information about the current status of smartdrv.

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                  Disk Caching Status               
      drive   read cache   write cache   buffering  
      --------------------------------------------  
        A:       yes           no           no      
        B:       yes           no           no      
        C:       yes           yes          no      
                                                    
     

   If your status looks a bit like the one above, then type:

		     SMARTDRV C

   This will disable the write behind cacheing but enable the read cacheing.
   Your status would then look like this:

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                  Disk Caching Status               
      drive   read cache   write cache   buffering  
      --------------------------------------------  
        A:       yes           no           no      
        B:       yes           no           no      
        C:       yes           no           no      
                                                    
     


   For further information consult your operating system documentation.

   If you experience anything odd try deleting RALLY.CFG to restore the
    default configuration.

   If the introduction animation does not play correctly this may be due
    to a either selecting SOUND SOURCE or ADLIB without the relevant
    hardware.

   If the mouse pointer does not move in the menus, this is due to either
    SOUND SOURCE or ADLIB having been selected without the relevant
    hardware. Keyboard operation will still work so it is possible to
    deselect these.




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