CHINESE CHECKERS Version 2.3 April 1, 1995 Copyright (c) 1995, ImagiSOFT, Inc. All rights reserved. ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS QUESTION: How do I install Chinese Checkers to my hard drive? ANSWER: Chinese Checkers comes with a simple installation utility. 1. Insert the diskette into the floppy drive you want to install from. 2. At the DOS prompt type A:INSTALL (or B:INSTALL) then press [Enter]. 3. Follow the instructions as they appear on your screen. QUESTION: How do I run Chinese Checkers under Microsoft Windows? ANSWER: Although Chinese Checkers is not a true Windows product, our installation utility will install it for you: 1. In the Program Manager press the ALT-F for the "Files Menu". 2. Press R for "Run". 3. Enter A:INSTALL (or B:INSTALL) 4. Follow the directions as they appear on your screen. QUESTION: My mouse works in Microsoft Windows, why doesn't it work in Chinese Checkers? ANSWER: Windows has special built-in drivers to support mice. Our software looks for a Microsoft compatible mouse driver which is loaded when you turn on your computer. A diskette should have come with your mouse which contains MOUSE.SYS, MOUSE.COM or similar files. Try placing the command MOUSE.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file or the command MOUSE.COM in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. These are the files that DOS executes when you turn on your computer, and if your mouse is Microsoft compatible, your mouse should now work. QUESTION: I get the message "VGA Monitor required." when I try to run Chinese Checkers. What I do? ANSWER: Your IBM compatible PC doesn't have a VGA monitor. If you want to run Chinese Checkers, you will have to go to a computer store to see it run. Maybe you'll decide that it's time to get a new computer! Some VGA monitors fail our VGA monitor test. If you know that you have a VGA monitor try running this command: CHINESE /M. QUESTION: Can I run Chinese Checkers from a floppy drive? ANSWER: Yes, by entering the command CHINESE, but if you have less than 1 megabyte of memory, the game will run MUCH slower than it would on a hard drive. On most 386 computers Chinese Checkers runs just fine from a floppy disk. QUESTION: I get the message "Not Enough Conventional memory" and my program doesn't run. Running the program from Windows gives me a message which says "Decrease the .PIF memory requirement." What can I do? ANSWER: DOS 6.0 and DOS 6.2 provides a utility called MEMMAKER which is designed to free up as much conventional memory as possible. If you have DOS 5.0 run the MEM /C command from the DOS prompt. If your computer has less than 550000 bytes free conventional memory, CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT is loading up a memory resident program which is taking up memory. Locate a knowledgeable person and ask him/her to help you load these programs into upper memory instead. See the information in the file MEMORY.TXT for a detailed explanation. QUESTION: I don't understand what "shareware" is. Why do I have to order Chinese Checkers if I already have a copy of it? ANSWER: Because you haven't paid for it. If you "bought" Chinese Checkers from a shareware vendor, you only paid for the disk, not the actual program. At the opening screen of Chinese Checkers press the F1 key. A detailed explanation about the shareware concept will appear for you there. To reward those who actually register Chinese Checkers we have included extra "bonus" features which are not in the shareware version. See the order form for details. QUESTION: What is the name of the cute Chinese character who acts as "host" for Chinese Checkers? ANSWER: Wai Fu Kan. We don't actually know who named him that, but one day we mysteriously started getting "junk" mail under that name. After checking with an authority on the Chinese language, the name stuck. Thank you for playing Chinese Checkers! We hope you get hours of enjoyment from our program. If you have any further questions or problems, please contact us: ImagiSOFT, Inc. Toll Free: (800) 767-1978 Computer Games Division Outside USA/Canada: (505) 275-1920 P.O. Box 13208 CompuServe: 70632,1177 Albuquerque, NM 87192-3208 Prodigy: FSWM11A AOL: ImagiSOFT FAX: (505) 275-9697