North American Wild Birds

                                   Ver 1.0

                              Video Configuration


First run the program SETVIDEO.EXE

The top half of the screen gives information on the video card in your
computer. This should be verified with your video card manual. To view colour
images your video card must have at least 512K video memory and support a
screen resolution of 640 x 480 x 256 colours. The top window will tell you if
your video card supports this mode. The window will also tell you if a 100%
SOUND BLASTER compatible sound card was detected. Under the window you will
find three buttons: VIDEO MODE, SOUND TEST, and FORCE VIDEO.


Video Mode

The program will run in one of two modes:

(1) 16 colour VGA. This is the default mode. Colour images are not available.
(2) 256 colour Super VGA. With a compatible SVGA video card this mode will 
    show colour images.

The box at the bottom of the screen shows what mode the program is presently
configured for. After choosing one of these two modes the selection is saved
in a configuration file. Quit this program and run BIRDS.EXE. If the program
runs correctly you do not need to run SETVIDEO again. If the program does not
run in 16 colour VGA then the program is not compatible with your video card.

If you have a compatible SVGA card and the program does not run correctly,
see FORCE VIDEO below.


Force Video

In 256 colour SVGA mode the program attempts to autodetect the video chip and
memory. There may be times where the information detected does not match the
actual hardware. This routine lets you select the video chip and memory
manually. Here you can also select VESA if your video card comes with a VESA
driver. If you select the VESA chip be sure to run the VESA driver before
running BIRDS.EXE.


Sound Test

Press this button to check that the sound card will correctly play a bird
song.

Troubleshooting

- If the program will not load and you get a "Standard Heap Memory Error..."
  then you probably do not have enough free conventional memory available.
  You need at least 555K free memory. Use the DOS Mem command to determine
  how much free memory is in your computer. Consult your DOS manual for ways
  to free up more memory.

- If the program loads but there are problems with the colour or sound, 
  restart your computer with a boot disk containing only the minimum drivers
  necessary to run this program. This will eliminate potential conflicts with
  any memory resident programs or other device drivers. Consult your DOS 
  manual for creating a boot disk and editing the autoexec.bat and config.sys
  files.

- Use the Force Video command to manually select your card and memory if the 
  autodetect routine doesn't work. If you have a VESA compatible card, select
  VESA and the proper video memory. If required you must run the VESA driver 
  supplied with your card before running the program.

- This program has been tested on many different video cards and has worked 
  satisfactorily. If your card is not compatible please call and let me know.