                        GREAT NAVAL BATTLES
                        ***  ATTENTION  ***
                  Important Operating Instructions

This Game requires 584,704 bytes of free RAM in order to run in its
most basic mode (without sound effects and animations).

An additional 714,000 byte of expanded memory is needed to run with
full animation and sound effects.

You must have a mouse connected and its driver loaded in order to run
the program. The game will fail to run without it.

Even if you have 16 megabytes of RAM memory installed on your
machine, the game may not run properly if you machine is not
configured properly.

If you are unsure about your machines configuration, or are unable to
run the game properly, please read on.

If you have MS-DOS 4.0, you may need to use a memory manager to have
enough free memory after loading your mouse driver.

Common error messages:

MEL Fatal Error #3  [  The program was unable to locate the sound
                       card for which it was configured. Re-run
                       SOUND.EXE from your Great Naval Battles
                       directory and re-select your sound card. If
                       you still receive the same message, run the
                       configuration software that came with your
                       sound card. For Soundblaster users, that would
                       be TEST-SBC.EXE. Be sure to record the
                       interrupt number and the base port address for
                       use in the sound configuration.

 Init Count: GR FAIL [ This indicates that a mouse driver was not
                       loaded.  The game must have a mouse driver
                       loaded in order to run. (Your mouse may run
                       properly with other programs, though the
                       driver may not be loaded.) This is usually
                       done by typing MOUSE at the DOS prompt, but
                       may be different for your mouse.  Check your
                       mouse documentation.

 Init Count: MX FAIL [ This most commonly indicates insufficient
                       memory.  The following paragraphs contain data
                       specific to the configuration of your machines
                       memory.

    Due to the size and depth of Great Naval Battles, and the amount
of memory resident programs presently installed on most machines, you
may not be able to run Great Naval Battles with your present
configuration.

    To check your free memory, type MEM at the C:\ prompt and hit
enter.  This will give you detailed list of your present memory
configuration. The line that displays the amount of free RAM memory
is labeled "LARGEST EXECUTABLE PROGRAM SIZE". This amount will have
to exceed 584,000 before the game will run properly. If you plan on
using a sound card, you will also have to have 714,000 bytes of free
EXPANDED memory. This amount is listed under "FREE EMS MEMORY". If
you know that your have more than 1 megabyte of RAM and EMS is not
listed, it most likely means that you just don't have an expanded
memory driver loaded. This is explained on page one of the Great
Naval Battles user guide.

    One easy way to temporarily eliminate the memory resident
programs and free up enough RAM memory, is to create a bootable
system disk, or "boot disk" as it is commonly called.

    A boot disk is created by placing a blank unformatted diskette in
your A:  drive (it must be the A: drive to work properly) and typing
the following at the DOS prompt:

                        FORMAT A: /S

*** Note: All information that was on a disk prior to formatting it,
          will be permanently erased.

Once the format is complete, type:

                        DIR A:

...to be sure that the file COMMAND.COM was transferred to the
diskette. If it is missing, you will have to manually copy it to the
A: drive. After confirming the presence of COMMAND.COM, you will need
to have the appropriate CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files copied to
your boot disk. We have included some batch files and generic
configurations to ease this process. In your Great Naval Battles
directory are the following batch files:

640KBOOT.BAT  [ For machines with 640k regardless of the operating
                system
1MEGDOS5.BAT  [ For a 1 meg machine running MS-DOS 5.0
2MEGDOS5.BAT  [ For a 2 meg or greater machine running MS-DOS 5.0
DRDOS6.BAT    [ For a 1 meg or greater machine running DR-DOS 6.0
QEMM.BAT      [ For a 2 meg or greater machine using QEMM

    In order to configure your boot disk to run with your machines
settings, pick the most appropriate batch file and run it from your
Great Naval Battles directory. For example, if you have MS-DOS 5.0
and have at least 2 megabytes of RAM, type:

                        2MEGMS5

...and hit enter from within your Great Naval Battles directory.

*** Remember, you must have your boot disk in the A: drive at this
time for the files to be transferred properly.

****************************** IMPORTANT ****************************
*********************************************************************
    These pre-configured files are generic, and may need modification
if your DOS, mouse driver, and memory manager files are not located
in their default directories. If the files do not load accordingly,
use a text editor (such as DOS 5.0's EDIT) to open the boot disk's
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT in order to correct the paths.  **** If
 you are using Stacker, Superstor or any other disk compression
 utility, you will also have to add their respective drivers to the
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the boot disk. Check your
utilities documentation for the specific commands.
*********************************************************************

    Now restart your machine with the boot disk in your A: drive. The
boot process may take a little longer than normal, and you may not
see all of the messages displayed on the screen that you are used to.
This is normal.  After the boot process is complete and you are left
at the A: prompt, just type the drive letter that the game resides
on. If it is on the C: drive, just type:  C:

...and hit enter. Change to your Great Naval Battles directory and
start the game by typing GNBNA and hit enter.

    From all of us at SSI, we wish you "Smooth Sailing" and
congratulate you on your purchase of what we consider the most
advanced battleship simulator the software market has to offer. If
you have any comments or suggestions, we would be happy to hear from
you. Please write us at:

                               SSI
                       Great Naval Battles
                     675 Almanor Ave. Ste 201
                       Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086

    You may re-read this file by typing READ-ME while in your Great
Naval Battles Directory. It may also be printed by typing:

                     "TYPE TECH > PRN"

