Welcome to the Myst 1.0.1 README file

Thank you for purchasing Myst, "The Surrealistic Adventure 
That Will Become Your World."

This file contains technical information regarding sound cards, 
video cards, display drivers, memory, and any known hardware 
incompatibilities.  Please read this file and the Myst Trouble 
Shooting Guide in their entireties before contacting 
Broderbund Technical Support.    

SOUND CARDS
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Myst takes full advantage of the software volume control features 
available on MPC sound cards.  Consequently, it is essential that
you review the following information to see if your sound device is 
affected: 

Sound Blaster 16 Owners 
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Myst utilizes sound features in the most recent drivers available from 
Creative Labs for the  Sound Blaster 16.  We have provided an installer 
from Creative Labs that will update your drivers.  FOR MYST TO FUNCTION 
PROPERLY IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS BY RUNNING THE 
INSTALLER.  This updater is only for owners of Creative Labs 
Sound Blaster 16 cards.
 
To update Sound Blaster 16 drivers, follow these steps: 
 
1)  Before running the installer it is important that you view the 
    README.TXT file that comes with the installer.  This file contains 
    detailed information regarding the program.  To view the file begin
    at the DOS prompt and type "edit x:\SB16\README.TXT" where x is the 
    letter that designates your CD-ROM drive.

2)  To run the program that will update your Sound Blaster 16 drivers
    begin at the DOS prompt.  Type "x:\SB16\INSTALL.EXE" where x is the
    letter that designated your CD-ROM drive.

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Pro Audio Spectrum 16 owners 
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Make sure that the "MVSound.sys" line in your config.sys file 
includes these arguments in addition to any others: 
 
T:1 W:0 
 
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Pro Audio Spectrum + owners 
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In the directory on your hard drive where you installed Myst,
you'll find a file called "Myst.ini".  Open it up using a 
plain-text editor such as "Notepad" (provided with Windows) and
add the line:  
 
VolCurve=4Bit 
 
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All sound cards with software volume control 
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If volume output is set very low in your autoexec.bat file or in  
your mixer application, Myst might be quite loud in comparison to  
other applications.  This is because Myst takes full advantage of  
software volume control within the game.  You may want to adjust 
your speaker output to accommodate this increased volume.
 
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MEMORY
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Myst is designed to use the full capabilities of your computer.  
It is highly recommended that you do not use other programs (or keep 
other program windows open) while playing Myst.  In addition, the 
performance of Myst may vary according to the capabilities of your 
CD-ROM drive (as well as your other hardware).

For Myst to function properly we recommend that  Windows  have a total 
of 10,000 KB of free memory.  This amount may be a combination of 
physical and virtual memory.  To check the amount of free memory
currently available to Windows, begin at the Windows Program Manager.  
Select "About Program Manager" from the "Help" menu.  At the bottom of 
the information box will be a line titled "Memory" which will show 
the amount free memory (in KB) available to Windows.  

If the total memory available to Windows is less than 10,000 KB try 
increasing the size of the Windows swap file (virtual memory).  
To increase the size of the Windows swap file follow these steps:

     1.  Begin at the Windows Program Manager.  Open the "Control Panel" 
         icon, located in the "Main" program group.

     2.  Double click on the icon named "386 Enhanced."  

     3.  Click on the button labeled "Virtual Memory . . ."  

     4.  Click on the button labeled "Change."  A "New Settings" dialog 
         box will open.

     5.  Increase the size of your swap file in the "New Size" dialog box. 
         Click OK.

     6.  A dialog box will appear asking if you would like to restart 
         Windows.  Click "Restart Windows."


VIDEO CARDS AND DISPLAY DRIVERS
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If you are experiencing video problems while playing Myst then try 
updating to a more recent version of your display driver.  For more 
information on obtaining and changing display drivers please see the 
Myst MPC Trouble Shooting Guide. 

Microsoft SVGA driver 
---------------------

If you are using the Microsoft SVGA driver and the menu bar does not
completely hide then try using the driver that came with your video card.
Please see the Myst MPC Trouble Shooting Guide for information on how 
to contact the manufacturer of your video card.  

HeadLand SVGA Card
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If you are using the HeadLand SVGA local bus video card and are 
experiencing problems with QuickTime movies not being placed correctly
on the screen try updating to the most recent version of your display 
driver.  Please see the documentation that came with your video card for
more information on contacting HeadLand.

If updating to the most recent version of display drivers does not help 
then try making the following modifications to the QTW.INI file 
(the QTW.INI file should be located in your \WINDOWS directory.)  

1.  Open the QTW.INI file using Notepad or another plain text editor.

2.  If there is a line labeled:
 
       optimize=hardware
 
    then change it to read:

       optimize=driver
    
    If neither of these lines exist then add the following two lines:

       [Video]
       optimize=driver

    These adjustments may degrade the performance of QuickTime 
    for Windows, so only attempt them if you are experiencing 
    problems with the placement of movies on the screen.

  
ATI Mach 32 Driver
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Users of the ATI Mach 32 driver should update to the newest version 
of the driver.  Broderbund has successfully tested Myst with version 2.2.  
Refer to the Myst MPC Trouble Shooting Guide for information on how to 
obtain the latest driver from ATI Technologies, Inc.


MISCELLANEOUS
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COREL SCSI!
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If you are encountering problems installing or running Myst while using
COREL SCSI! try updating to the most recent drivers.  Refer to the Myst
MPC Trouble Shooting Guide for information on contacting Corel.


BRODERBUND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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To contact Broderbund Technical Support call (415) 382-4700 between the
hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), Monday through Friday.
 
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