Comanche-CD Q&A
Common tech support questions and answers...

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Running Comanche results in the following message "EMM386: 
unrecoverable privileged operation error, enter to reboot".

When Comanche exits before showing the NovaLogic logo with a 
message similar to the one above, it is because your computer is 
probably loading a protected mode memory manager (EMM386, 
QEMM, 386MAX, etc.) Follow the installation instructions in the 
manual on making a boot disk.

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Comanche is running without music and/or digital sounds!

This symptom is almost always traced to misconfigured sound 
settings.  Run SOUNDSET in the Comanche directory and choose 
the correct settings for your machine.  SOUNDSET does not attempt 
to detect the default or correct settings.  Often the AUTOEXEC.BAT 
file will have a line which notes the correct settings for your sound 
card.  Look for a line like "SET BLASTER = A220 I5 D1".  In this 
example, your card would be configured with port address of 220, 
IRQ of 5 and DMA as channel 1.

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Comanche runs, but the joystick does not work correctly.

Comanche must be informed that you are using a joystick.  Choose 
the correct joystick in the Comanche drop-down menu.  You can get 
to the menus by pressing the ESCAPE key.  You must save your menu 
selections (found in the first menu) for Comanche to remember your 
settings.  Do this after you calibrate your joystick.

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You don't want to make a boot disk!

Not only is this an ongoing concern for us, but for other developers as 
well.  Microsoft has recognized the need in their DOS to allow the 
user to easily change the machine's configuration for various 
programs.  Starting with MS-DOS 6.0, DOS has built-in 
capabilities to allow you to easily choose different configurations 
at boot time.  We recommend this setup to users who want to explore 
this option.  You can read about DOS 6.x's boot options in your DOS 
manual.  We have also placed a self-extracting file on our BBS , 
called MAKEMENU.EXE, which will create a multiple boot 
configuration on hard disk for you to start with.

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If you have further questions, you can reach our staff at (818) 774-
0812.  Our BBS number is (818) 774-9528.
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