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Here are a few late-breaking news items that didn't make the 
game manual:

1)  Dragonsphere should run fine with 800k 
(819,200 bytes) of free EMS memory.  We have found 
that 1.8 MB of free EMS will deliver the best performance.  
For conventional memory, 575K should do just fine.  
Crashes may occur due to low conventional or EMS memory.  
You should be good-to-go if you have these minimums.


2)  During the install, if you select any Roland, SoundBlaster,
or Midi, be sure to select the music card address that is
highlighted (or the one that makes sense for your machine.)
Cal knows why It highlights the address but does not put a
'.' next to it.  If you fail to do this, you may not like the 
results.


3)  During game play, you can Alt-Q, Alt-X, Ctrl-Q, or Ctrl-X
to DOS.  This is a fairly quick way to get to DOS, but you 
should not rely on the resume feature of the game when you do 
this at a bad time.  If you choose this route, make sure that
you are at a point in the game where you could have 
double-clicked the mouse to bring up the game menu as the 
resume feature will only work correctly at these 
'player-has-control' points.  In other words, don't try to
quit this way when you see the 'dragon' cursor.


4)  We have found that a couple of not-so-Microsoft-compatible 
mouse drivers can cause some problems with Dragonsphere.  
The symptom is the mouse cursor only operating on the 
left-hand half of the screen.  To cure this, run Dragonsphere with 
the -U command line option (Type DRAGON -U [ENTER]).


5)  Our sound card detection routines will not detect a Sound 
Blaster, Covox, or compatible if the factory default hardware 
settings have been changed.  If you have one of these cards and 
have changed the factory settings, then the installation menu will 
list your card as a 'greyed-out' option.  You will need to select 
your sound card even though it is greyed-out, after which you 
will be asked for the proper address, IRQ, and DRQ settings.


6) The install program is designed to detect automatically what 
type of sound system you are using.  We have found through 
painful experience that certain machines become irritated when 
we try to figure out what kind of sound card they contain.  These 
machines express their displeasure by locking up when you 
select "Reconfigure Hardware Options" from the installation 
menu.  If yours is such a machine, run INSTALL with the "-s" 
option (i.e., Type "INSTALL -s [ENTER]"), and the install program 
will not even attempt to figure out what sound cards you have--
This will be left up to you.


7)  Dragonsphere is not compatible with Quarterdeck 
QEMM386's STEALTH mode.  If you are experiencing choppy 
digital speech, or rooms that should be scrolling are breaking up, 
and you are using QEMM386, be sure you are not using STEALTH 
mode.


8)  If you have a modem, you can call MicroProse's 24-hour 
bulletin board at (410) 785-1841 for demos, new product 
information, or product updates.


8)  The MicroProse 900 hint line is now in operation.  Hints and 
tips are available for Return of the Phantom, Dragonsphere, 
Rex Nebular, Civilization, Darklands, and many other 
MicroProse titles.  The 24-hour number is:
           1-900-933-PLAY (7529)
Calls cost $0.95 per minute and the caller must be 18 years or 
older, or have their parent's permission to call.


  We hope you enjoy Dragonsphere!
         - The Dragonsphere Development Team