Complete Baseball 1994: README.TXT Contents
  
PSS ID Number: Q115278
Article last modified on 12-21-1998
 
1994
 
WINDOWS
 

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1994
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Complete Baseball Guide for Windows, 1994 edition
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a copy of the information in the README.TXT file
included with Microsoft Complete Baseball, 1994 edition.
 
NOTE: This Readme document refers to the Microsoft Download Service
(MSDL). As of 12/31/1998, the MSDL service is no longer available. To
download support files, visit one of the following Microsoft Internet
sites:
 
   http://support.microsoft.com/support
 
   ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles
 
MORE INFORMATION
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                                README.TXT
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This README file contains additional information
about Complete Baseball not included in the User's Guide.
 
To read this file on-screen, use the Page Down and Page Up keys.
You can also print the file by opening this file in any Windows
word processing program and choosing the Print command from
the File menu.
 
This file contains important information on the following
topics:
 
1) COMPLETE BASEBALL PERFORMANCE
 
2) CD-ROM PROBLEMS
 
3) PRINTING AND COPYING
 
4) COMPLETE BASEBALL DISPLAY
 
5) AUDIO PROBLEMS
 
6) RUNNING UNDER MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT
 
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1.  COMPLETE BASEBALL PERFORMANCE
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Complete Baseball uses your computer's system memory to display
information quickly.  If you find that Complete Baseball runs slowly,
or if you encounter out-of-memory errors, Complete Baseball probably
doesn't have enough memory.  Consider doing the following to
improve your computer's performance:
 
* Close all applications that you aren't using.
 
* Set up a permanent Windows swap file.
 
   Windows works best when hard disk space has been allocated for
   swapping a file into or out of your computer's memory.  To set up
   a permanent Windows swap file on your hard disk, open Windows
   Control Panel (usually in the "Main" program group of Program
   Manager), and double-click the "386 Enhanced" icon. Then click the
   "Virtual Memory" button to see whether your current swap file is
   temporary or permanent, to check the size of the current swap file,
   and to make changes. Windows usually creates a temporary swap
   file by default, but if your disk is full or fragmented, this temporary
   file can become unavailable.  If you can, make the size of the
   permanent swap file at least 4096K.
 
   Look at the Help menu in the Windows Control Panel or in your
   Windows documentation for more information.
 
* Defragment or optimize your hard disk by running a
   defragmentation program.
 
   For example, MS-DOS 6.0 includes a utility called Microsoft
   Defrag.   Some other popular utilities are PC Tools, Norton
Utilities,
   and Mace Utilities.
 
* Add more RAM (memory) to your computer.
 
   You can determine how much memory is available by starting
   MS-DOS, typing "mem", and pressing ENTER.  This starts a program
   that will tell you how much memory you have.  You need at least
   4 megabytes (sometimes listed as 4096 kilobytes, or KB) of RAM,
   and at least 4 megabytes in your hard disk's Windows swap file to
   run Complete Baseball.
 
For complete details on improving performance, consult your Windows
documentation.
 
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2.  CD-ROM PROBLEMS
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NOTE - Do not remove the Complete Baseball compact disc from
your CD-ROM drive while running Complete Baseball.  If this
occurs, in most cases you will need to restart your computer and
run Complete Baseball again.
 
If the Complete Baseball program cannot find the data files
that it needs from the Complete Baseball compact disc, you'll
see a message that asks you to select the drive containing the
files.  To find the source of the problem, do the following:
 
* Make sure the Complete Baseball compact disc is correctly
   inserted into the CD-ROM drive.
 
* Make sure the Complete Baseball program is looking for
   the compact disc on the correct drive.
 
   Check to see if the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive has
   changed.  You can use Windows File Manager to
   determine which drive letter is assigned to the CD-ROM drive.
   The Select Drive command in the Disk menu will say
   "CD-ROM" next to the CD-ROM drive letter. In your
   Windows directory, open the BASEBALL.INI file. The section
   called [BASEBALL] should have an entry called "CD."  The
   path should be set to the drive on which your CD-ROM drive
   appears.  For example, if you CD-ROM drive is drive D:\,
   the entry would appear as follows:
 
     [BASEBALL]
     cd=D:\
 
* If you have an external CD-ROM drive, make sure that the
   drive is connected to your computer, plugged in, and turned
   on.
 
If you still see an error message after checking the points above,
check the manuals that came with your CD-ROM drive for
information on how a CD-ROM is to be set up, or contact the
company that supplied the drive.
 
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3.  PRINTING AND COPYING
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Printing and copying are available from most screens in
Complete Baseball for images, text, and statistics.  Depending
on the type of printer you have, printing an image may take
several minutes.  Also, screen resolution and printer resolution
are often not the same, so the resulting printout may not match
the quality you see on the screen.
 
Because the pictures can be quite large, you may have difficulty
copying or printing in low-memory conditions.  In this case,
close all other running applications and try again.
 
Pictures copied from Complete Baseball and pasted into a
word processing program may look different if the word
processor is not set up to display 256 colors. The picture should
still print correctly on a color printer; only the display in the
word processing program is affected.
 
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4.  COMPLETE BASEBALL DISPLAY
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REQUIREMENTS
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Microsoft Complete Baseball requires a 256 color display to
run.  If your computer's display is less than 256 colors, you
need to install a 256 color driver, or obtain one from your
video card's manufacturer.
 
Complete Baseball also requires a 640 X 480 or higher display.  If
your monitor displays at less than a 640 X 480 resolution, and Complete
Baseball does not run, check to make sure that you have a 640 x 480 or
higher display driver installed.
 
To check which video driver is currently installed on your
computer:
 
        1. Run the Windows Setup application (this is usually
             found in your Main Program group).
 
        2. Locate the Display driver item in the application
             window.
 
For information on installing a different display driver, choose
Contents from the Help menu in the Windows Setup application
or consult your Windows documentation.
 
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DISPLAY PROBLEMS
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In some situations, Complete Baseball may encounter video
display problems when using high resolution video drivers
from various video card manufacturers. The problems include:
 
- Images and illustrations appearing grainy or having "glitches"
 
- Videos displaying garbled images or crashing Complete
   Baseball
 
Most problems can be fixed by obtaining new drivers from
your video card manufacturer.  Contact the manufacturer of
your video card to determine if there are newer versions available.
Their phone number should be in the manuals that came with
your video card or personal computer.  Another option for
obtaining updated drivers is the Microsoft Download service,
an electronic bulletin board that can be accessed via a modem
at (206) 936-MSDL (6735).
 
If you experience problems with the display of images and graphics in
Complete Baseball, such as multiple versions of a single button
or images drawn on the screen incorrectly, try the following:
 
1. In your Windows directory, open the BASEBALL.INI file
    using Notepad or any other word processing program.
 
2. In the [BASEBALL] section of  the BASEBALL.INI file, change the
    RLEFIX setting to 1, for example:
 
                 RLEFIX=1
 
Although this should fix display problems, changing the
RLEFIX setting will cause images to display more slowly.
 
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FONT DISPLAY PROBLEMS
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Complete Baseball uses two TrueType fonts for its display.  If
you receive a message stating that one of the fonts is unavailable,
make sure that TrueType fonts are enabled on your computer.
 
1.  From the Windows Control Panel, select Fonts and then
     click the TrueType button.
 
2.  In the True Type dialog, make sure the Enable True Type
     Fonts check box is selected (an X appears in the check box
     when it's selected).
 
3.  If the Enable True Type Fonts check box is selected, in the
     Fonts dialog, click Help for more information on adding fonts.
 
The fonts you need are installed with Windows and can be found in
the Windows system directory.  Make sure to add all the Arial and
Times
New Roman fonts to your computer.
 
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LARGE FONT DRIVERS
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If you are using a Large Font driver, some statistical columns in
the Team Rosters section may appear clipped and some statistics
in Baseball Daily may appear clipped or overlapped.  Switching
to the Small Font version of the driver will fix this problem.
For more information on installing or changing video drivers,
consult your Windows documentation.
 
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ATI DRIVERS
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If you are using an ATI video card and video driver, and you're having
display problems, make sure you reset the RLEFIX setting in Complete
Baseball's BASEBALL.INI file as described above.
 
Also, for Complete Baseball to run on the ATI driver, the "256
color palette" control in the "Advanced features" of the "ATI
Control Panel" needs to be set to ON.  See your video card
documentation for more information.
 
If you continue to have problems, try contacting ATI Technologies to
see if they have a newer version of the driver you're using.
 
For information about ATI video cards, contact ATI Technical Support
at (905) 882-2626. The ATI cards and driver products referenced here are
manufactured by ATI Technologies, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft;
we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products'
performance or reliability.
 
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CIRRUS LOGIC DRIVERS
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The 64k-color Cirrus Logic video driver, v1.32, that shipped with the
Compaq ProLinea and Presario (and presumably other systems having
these drivers) is incompatible with the VfW 1.1 drivers shipped with
Complete Baseball, 1994. As a result, during Complete Baseball Setup,
your system may crash when profiling your video display. This problem
does not occur with the latest versions of the 64K-color Cirrus Logic
video driver, v1.41 and v1.43.
 
To upgrade your Cirrus Logic video drivers, contact Cirrus Logic
product support at:
 
Cirrus Logic
3100 W. Warren Ave.
Freemont, CA  94538
(510) 623-8300
 
The Cirrus Logic driver products referenced here are manufactured by
Cirrus Logic, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty,
implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or
reliability.
 
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TOSHIBA DRIVERS
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If you are using the Toshiba t44v480c.DRV video driver, Complete
Baseball video may appear pink.  To fix this problem, go into your
WIN.INI [drawdib] section and change 1,0,0,0 to 5,0,0,0.  The
[drawdib] section should appear similarly to the example shown below:
 
[drawdib]
t44v480c.drv 640x480x8(5)=5,0,0,0
 
Save your WIN.INI file and then try playing video in Complete
Baseball again.
 
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64,000 COLOR DRIVERS
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If your machine has a 16 bit video card, and you are using a
64,000 color driver, some images in Complete Baseball may not
display. To fix this problem, switch to a 256 color driver.  For
more information on installing video drivers, consult your Windows
manual.
 
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5. AUDIO PROBLEMS
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Although you can install and run Complete Baseball without
a sound card, to hear the sounds that come with the product,
a sound card is required.  If you're sure you have a sound card,
read through the troubleshooting information listed below, or
consult the user manual that came with your sound card for
more information.
 
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GENERAL SOUND ISSUES
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Audio problems can have many causes. Other applications that
play sounds may interrupt sounds in Complete Baseball because
your computer cannot play two sounds simultaneously.  This is
generally a temporary clash that will resolve itself. However, a
few applications that play sounds, such as some screen savers,
may remove audio capability from all other Windows applications.
If you suspect you have such an application, turn it off or do
not run it while running Complete Baseball.
 
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SOUNDS PLAY, BUT NOT WELL
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Sound distortion is often caused by sending a higher volume
or amplitude of sound than the speakers are able to handle.
Also, if the volume control on your audio card is set too high
it may cause distortion from the amplifier on the audio card.
Sometimes speakers that are not of high quality will distort
at a lower volume than better speakers.
 
It is also possible that the software settings on your sound
board are causing distortion.  For example, if the sound card
volume or "WAVE file input" is set to near its maximum, it will
produce amplification distortion, just as it would on a stereo
system.  To find out how to change your sound board settings,
check the documentation that came with your sound board.
This is normally done with either a volume dial on the back
of your audio card (in the rear of your computer where the
speakers plug in) or with a program that is often called a
"mixer," which is usually installed in the Windows Control
Panel of the Main program group.  Some audio cards use both
types of controls, and they must both be adjusted.
 
Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum cards
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Audio clips may sound "scratchy" (that is, distorted) when played
from the Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum card. To correct this
problem, change the Media Vision driver DMA setting to 7.
 
To change the driver setting:
 
1. Choose the Drivers icon in the Windows Control Panel.
 
2. Select the Media Vision Wave/MIDI/Aux driver, and then
   choose Setup.
 
3. Under the DMA setting, set the selection to 7.
 
4. Choose OK, and then choose Restart Now.
 
Audio clips should now play correctly.
 
The Pro Audio Spectrum sound card and driver products referenced
here are manufactured by Media Vision, Inc., a vendor independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.  For more information,
call Media Vision, Inc. Technical Support at (800) 638-2807 or
(510) 770-9905. On CompuServe, Media Vision can be reached
by typing GO MEDIAVISION at any prompt.
 
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SOUND DOESN'T PLAY AT ALL
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If you don't hear anything when you play sounds in
Complete Baseball, be sure that:
 
*  A sound card is installed.
 
*  A speaker is connected to the jack on your sound
   card (not to the CD-ROM drive).
 
*  The volume is set to an audible level.
 
*  You have Sounds turned on in the Complete Baseball
    Sounds dialog box.  This can be accessed from the Options menu.
 
You can test sounds with the Sound option in the Windows
Control Panel.  If you hear no sound during the tests,
open the Drivers option to check the installed sound driver
files.  These drivers must be compatible with your sound board.
Be sure that a driver for WAVE audio and the entry "[MCI] Sound"
appears in the Drivers dialog box.  If  "[MCI] Sound" is missing,
click the Add button in the Drivers dialog box.  Then, select
"[MCI] Sound" in the list of drivers and click OK.  The Drivers
application will ask you to insert one of your Windows installation
disks that contains the driver, so be sure to have these disks on
hand.
 
If necessary, try setting up your sound board again.  If you still
can't hear sounds, contact the sound board manufacturer
to verify that you are using the correct drivers and that
no hardware conflicts exist.
 
Please note that Complete Baseball requires a sound board
to be installed and is not intended to run with
drivers which use the PC internal speaker, such as the
unsupported "PC Speaker" driver.  Such a driver will in most
cases not play any sounds, and if the driver setup option
"Enable Interrupts" is not checked, the system may crash.
Check the "Drivers" configuration in your Windows control panel.
If you have both a sound board and the PC Speaker driver installed,
it is preferable to un-install the PC Speaker driver.
 
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 and 16ASP sound cards
----------------------------------------------------
 
Compressed audio clips may fail to play if you are using a
Sound Blaster 16 or Sound Blaster 16 ASP sound card.
This problem occurs because some computers are unable to use
the 16-bit DMA (direct memory access) channel on the Sound
Blaster cards.
 
To correct this problem, switch the HDMA channel to use DMA
or 8-bit DMA. You must change this setting in the following
two places:
 
 - The Drivers dialog box in the Windows Control Panel
 
   -and-
 
 - The SBCONFIG.EXE configuration program included with the
   Sound Blaster cards
 
To change the settings, follow these steps:
 
1. Choose the Drivers icon in the Windows Control Panel.
 
2. Select the Sound Blaster 16 Wave/Midi driver and choose Setup.
 
3. Under the HDMA setting, set the selection to DMA.
 
4. Choose OK, and then choose Do Not Restart Now.
 
5. Exit Windows.
 
6. At the MS-DOS prompt, switch to the SB16 directory and run
   SBCONFIG.EXE.
 
7. Follow the instructions provided by this configuration program.
   It assists you in selecting and testing the following
   variables:
 
     Variable          Select
     ------------------------
 
     Base I/O port     Autoscan
     MidiPort address  Autoscan
     DMA interrupt     Current
     8-bit DMA         Current
     16-bit DMA        Use 8-bit DMA
 
After you have finished making these selections, the SBCONFIG
program will restart your computer.
 
8. Restart Windows.
 
All compressed audio should now play correctly.
 
For more information regarding Sound Blaster cards and about
this problem, contact Creative Labs technical support at
(405) 742-6622.
 
Sound Blaster is manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd., a
vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
 
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SOUND PLAYS, BUT HAS SKIPS
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If audio breaks up or skips periodically it is usually an indication
that your CD-ROM drive does not have a fast enough Data Transfer
Rate.  Complete Baseball requires that your CD be capable of
transferring data at a rate of 150 KB per second while utilizing
40 percent or less of the CPU.   You can continue to use your CD-ROM
drive to run Complete Baseball, but you will continue to experience
this choppiness in audio and animation clips.
 
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6.  RUNNING UNDER MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT
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The Windows NT 3.1 version of the Cinepak video decompressor from
SuperMac was not officially released and tested before Complete
Baseball was finished.  Therefore, only the standard Windows Cinepak
video decompressor is included. Although Complete Baseball will
run under Windows NT 3.1, its videos will not play.
 
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Version           : 1994
Platform          : WINDOWS
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