WELCOME TO ANIMAL QUEST 1.00 ( SHAREWARE VERSION ) 01-DEC-1991 This README file answers some common questions and contains important, last minute information in addition to documentation file AQ.DOC, order form ORDER.DOC and ALIVE's catalog ALIVE.DOC ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------- A) SETUP: Before you start the game, run the installation program SETUPAQ To make a selection, use the Up or Down keys to move and press . The SETUPAQ will create a batch file, QUEST.BAT, containing your preferences. From then on, simply type QUEST to start the game. Please note that ANIMAL QUEST requires a minimum 512K of System memory. B) GRAPHICS: To use ANIMAL QUEST, an EGA or VGA adapter is required. Optional Super VGA graphics support for: ATI TECHNOLOGIES: VGA WONDER & WONDER PLUS, VGA INTEGRA, VGA CHARGER GENOA: SUPERVGA 5300 & 5400, MICRO LABS: VGA SOLUTION, ULTIMATE VGA ORCHID TECHNOLOGY: PRO DESIGNER PLUS VGA, PRO DESIGNER IIs TSENG LABS: ET-3000, ET-4000 VGA, VIDEO SEVEN: V-RAM VGA; VRAM II; WESTERN DIGITAL (PARADISE): 1024, VGA PROFESSIONAL, VGA PLUS 16 Also any SuperVGA card compatible with any of the above should work as well. To use Super VGA graphics, your card must have at least 512K video memory on board and your monitor must be able support 800X600 . We plan to add support for new SuperVGA boards as we go along. For example the new VESA and TRIDENT Super VGA chipsets will be supported in the next release of ANIMAL QUEST. C) OCEAN and JUNGLE animals are only available in the Registered version, available through Alive Software. The Registered version is Enhanced with over 1 Megabyte of graphics and sound effects data files. D) MOUSE support is available in the Registered version. A Microsoft compatible mouse is required. The mouse driver must be loaded before running the program. The driver must be a recent one, 1989 or later. E) DIGITIZED SOUND support is available in the Registered version. You can hear the voices of the animals clearly, either through the IBM PC speaker with no extra hardware, or through one of the following sound card options: ADLIB, COVOX, MEDIA SOURCE, SOUND BLASTER, SOUND COMMANDER and the Tandy SL/TL internal sound chip. Also any sound board compatible with any of the above should work as well. UPDATE HISTORY --------------------------------------------------------------- Ver 1.0 01-DEC-1991 First publication of ANIMAL QUEST --------------------------------------------------------------- ALIVE SOFTWARE, P.O. BOX 4004, SANTA CLARA, CA , 95056 U.S.A. Information: 408-982-0109 Toll Free Orders: 1-800-GET-ALIV FAX: 408-982-0780 Free Access BBS : 408-982-9345