------------------------------ Taking Care of Business V1.0 (C) 1994 Moonlite Software ------------------------------ Taking Care of Business (TCB) is a game of pure fun and logic. Guide our hero, Demolisher Dirk, through mind stomping puzzles in search of his long awaited vacation. --------------------- System Requirements --------------------- - IBM PC compatible with 480K free memory - VESA compatible Super VGA graphics card with 1 megabyte of RAM - Sound Blaster supported but not required ------------------------------- What To Do If Things Go Wrong ------------------------------- If the game returns an error message, locks up, or just plain appears strange there are several causes and remedies described below. Problem: - Returns ERROR 1 - VESA driver not found - Returns ERROR 2 - VESA mode 0x101 not supported - Returns ERROR 3 - Hardware mode 0x101 not supported - Game locks up, strange video output, etc. Possible Causes & Solutions: - No Super VGA card. This game requires a Super VGA card. - Less than 1 megabyte on the Super VGA card. This game requires a Super VGA card with at least 1 megabyte of video RAM. - Your monitor cannot display the required resolution. A Super VGA monitor is required. - No VESA driver installed or VESA driver installed does not support all the functions that this game requires. The Solution is to run UNIVBE.EXE (see section "Using UNIVBE" below.) Problem: - Game locks up. - No SoundBlaster sounds or PC speaker sounds when SoundBlaster compatible card is present. Possible Causes & Solutions: - Interrupt number for SoundBlaster compatible card is not set correctly. The interrupt defaults to 7. To run the game with a different interrupt number type: TCB # (where # is the interrupt you want) For example, TCB 5 (ENTER) will start the game with the SoundBlaster interrupt set to 5. - This game has been tested with the Gravis UltraSound. Run SBOS.EXE before running TCB. --------------------------------------------- Using UNIVBE (C) 1993-1994 SciTech Software --------------------------------------------- Included with this software is a program called UNIVBE.EXE that will install the proper VESA BIOS extension required for this game. UNIVBE is an amazing shareware utility written by SciTech Software. It determines what type of video card you have installed and loads the proper VESA driver for it. The complete UNIVBE shareware package is included as a PKZIP archive named UNIVBE43.ZIP. ------------------- Ordering More Fun ------------------- Taking Care of Business is a game of 60 puzzles. The shareware version offers the first 15 puzzles. You may freely copy this first episode and pass it along for others to enjoy. Your registration will bag you all 60 puzzles PLUS all of the solutions. Look for ordering information in the game. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> PRESS P NOW TO PRINT AN ORDER FORM ON YOUR PRINTER << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ---------------------------------- Where to Find the Latest Version ---------------------------------- Get the latest releases from Software Creations BBS 1200/2400 V.42/MNP Lines : (508) 365-2359 2400-14.4k HST US Robotics Lines : (508) 368-7036 2400-16.8k V.32/V.42bis US Robotics lines : (508) 368-7139 14.4-28.8k V.32/V.42bis/V.fc Hayes Optima lines: (508) 365-9352 14.4-28.8k V.32/V.42bis/V.32terbo/V.fc US Robotics lines: (508) 368-3424 "Home of the Authors" * Software Creations Voted #1 BBS for 1993 & 1994 * -------------------- Vendor Information -------------------- The shareware version of TCB may be freely copied and given away. Please apply the following conditions to distribution: - Distribute the complete package as described in PACKING.LST - Please forward to Moonlite Software, a copy of any article, catalog, etc. in which any Moonlite Software product is featured. We will add your company to our distribution list to ensure that you get the latest releases and updates. This includes CD compilations.