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Welcome!
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First, thank you for downloading B”lz!  We sincerely hope you'll enjoy 
playing B”lz! enough to consider purchasing the full game directly from us
for only $29.95 + shipping and handling.  Please, after installing the
full game, read the ORDER.DOC file or select Ordering Information from the
Main Menu of the game!!


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System Requirements
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   80486 or higher CPU.
   2 megabytes of RAM
   5 to 10 megabytes of free Hard Dive space
   VGA Graphic Card and Color Monitor


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Suggested Minimum System
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   486DX 33MHz CPU or faster
   4 megabytes of RAM available
   10 megabytes of Hard Drive space
   Local or PCI bus VGA prefered
   Gravis Gamepad/Joystick
   Sound Blaster, SBPro, SB16, Gravis Ultrasound, Pro Audio Spectrum, PAS 
      Plus, PAS 16.
   

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Installation Procedures
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Now, let's get you up and running!  B”lz! must have a certain directory
structure in order to run.  We have created BINSTALL.EXE to help you get
this game set up correctly on your hard drive.

From the DOS prompt in this directory, please type BINSTALL then press
ENTER.  Following the on-screen directions, the first thing you should do
is tell BINSTALL where you would like to put B”lz!  Simply pressing Enter
will accept the default of C:\BOLZ.  If you have another directory or drive
where you'd rather have B”lz! installed, please type the full pathname in
standard DOS format into this text field.

Let's say you wanted to put B”lz! on drive D: in the directory of 
\GAMES\BOLZ.  All you have to do is press the backspace key a few times to
clear out this text field then type:  D:\GAMES\BOLZ and press Enter.  You
will asked if you are sure this is where you want to put B”lz!  If you are
sure, then press Y for "Yes."  If not, or if you've changed your mind, press
N for "No."

Once you have confirmed where you want to install B”lz!, the installation
will begin automatically.  You will see the progress indicated on the screen,
and when this is done -- you're ready to play the game!!

BINSTALL will tell you what the command is to start B”lz!  Usually, a small
batch file will be created in the root directory of drive C: named BOLZ.BAT
which will take care of everything for you.  All you'll usually need to type
is C:\BOLZ.BAT then press Enter to enjoy the game.

If you ever change sound cards or would otherwise like to reconfigure the
options of B”lz!, simply run BSETUP in your B”lz! directory.  Follow the
on-screen prompts.


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Technical Notes
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B”lz! is a "Protected Mode" video game.  This means that we were able to
put _more_ game into a DOS-based video game.

If your system has at least 2 megabytes of free RAM when you run B”lz!, every-
thing will be just fine.  It doesn't matter if it's Extended RAM or Expanded
RAM or Conventional RAM -- don't worry about that.  If you have 2 megabytes
of RAM available _somewhere_, we'll find it!

Because of the sound system we used in this video game (fully digital sound
track, no FM synthesis used!), you will not be able to run B”lz! while
running Windows 3.x.  Windows 95 (maybe) promises that you'll be able to run
all of your DOS software, however, and this is not yet tested -- so we
can't comment on it.  If you are running Windows 4.0, Chicago, or whatever
the giant has decided to name it upon release, give B”lz! a try!  It might
work under this new operating system.

Generally, though, you'll want to exit Windows entirely until you see the
black DOS screen - usually with the prompt:

C:\

displayed on your screen.  It is _here_, at the DOS prompt, that you will
type "C:\BOLZ.BAT" (without the quotes) and press Enter to run B”lz!

Also, B”lz! has proven itself to be somewhat unstable under the Quarterdeck
QEMM program.  This program is a high-performance replacement for DOS's
EMM386.EXE Exanded Memory Driver.  If you are using QEMM to manage your
Expanded Memory, please boot your system "clean," without loading QEMM.  We
have not tested B”lz! under any other memory managers, but if it simply
"locks" or does not perform with stability, a good guess would be to remove
any non-DOS memory managers you may be using.

B”lz! will not, usually, run in an OS/2 or OS/2 Warp DOS box.  You will need
to boot your system using the alternate DOS boot in order to play B”lz!  We
apologize for this minor inconvenience.

If you have any further problems, please feel free to call our technical
support department between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time (East Coast, USA).  Someone will be more than happy to help
you get B”lz! up and running on your system!!
