README.TXT FOR MAELSTROM V1.1

	Thank you for purchasing Maelstrom, the premiere simulation-
        strategy game.

	Because of the processing and memory requirements of Maelstrom, we
	suggest that you run Maelstrom in a "clean environment".  This means
	that your machine should be configured free of "CPU-hogging" and
	"memory-grabbing" TSR's and other programs of the like.

	Maelstrom requires 589K of available "low DOS" memory to run
        successfully.  Most machines do not have this amount of memory
        available on ordinary start-up.

	If you encounter memory problems in running Maelstrom (such as the game
	refuses to run), you may need to create a "boot-disk" with which you
	can boot your system.  You will want to create a disk which can
	boot up your system, but will bypass and not start any of the normal
        TSR's that are part of your normal hard-drive auto-execution sequence.

	To help you do this, we have included on this disk (disk #1) two
        sets of	files that will aid you in making a bootable start-up disk.

	You will need to first format a MS-DOS 5.x system disk.  (Please see
        the Maelstrom Technical Reference Guide for detailed instructions.)
	
	To properly prepare your system disk you will want to do one of the
	following, depending on which seems most appropriate:

	1) For users of QEMM, you will want to copy the following files off
	   this Maelstrom Disk #1 onto a bootable system disk:

			copy config.000 a:config.sys
			copy autoexec.000 a:autoexec.bat

	   PLEASE NOTE: These start-up files do not load your mouse driver,
           so you will need to load that separately before beginning play.

	2) If you are not using QEMM, you will probably want to copy these
           files off the Maelstrom Disk #1 onto a bootable system disk:

			copy config.001 a:config.sys
			copy autoexec.001 a:autoexec.bat
			
	   PLEASE NOTE: These start-up files do not load your mouse driver,
           so you will need to load that separately before beginning play.

       
	Now reboot your system with your newly created boot disk and go to
	the harddrive partition and run Maelstrom as normal.  This disk that
        you will have created can be used with other programs that require a
        "Clean Enviroment" to operate.

        IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING WINDOWS SMART DRIVE

        If your system files automatically load the Windows Smart Drive disk
        cache driver (smartdrv.exe), you will not be able to run Maelstrom
        without first loading EMM '386, or a memory manager such as QEMM-386.
        If you need examples of startup files which load EMM '386, please refer
        to two files on this disk, autoexec.002 and config.002.  Use the MS-DOS
        Editor to modify the startup files on your hard drive, based on these
        examples.
        
	We hope you enjoy the experience of Maelstrom.
	Thank you from the folks at Bluth, Testing 123, P.A.S. and Merit!


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