Microsoft KB Archive/231678

Links: Contents of the The Challenge of Golf Readme.txt File

PSS ID Number: Q231678 Article last modified on 05-17-1999

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 == Links: The Challenge of Golf == 

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This article contains the complete text of the Readme.txt file for Links: The Challenge of Golf.

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LINKS-The Challenge of Golf

INFORMATION ON HOW TO INCREASE FREE AVAILABLE MEMORY Last update 11-10-90 Dear LINKS owner,

We believe LINKS is the most realistic and most technically advanced golf simulator ever developed. In creating such a sophisticated program, er, we have had to push your computer to its limits. LINKS requires a large amount of memory to manipulate terrain data and to reproduce accurately all of the intricate details of the game. At least 530K bytes are needed to run the program. Player comments require another 8K bytes and wildlife sounds require an additional 17K bytes. Thus, 555K bytes are needed to see and hear all that LINKS has to offer.

To verify the amount of free memory on your computer, run the DOS utility called CHKDSK. The last number displayed is the amount of free memory. If the number is less than 555000, then some of LINKS’ digitized sounds will not be heard. If the number is less than 530000, you will not be able to run LINKS.

Your 640K machine actually has 655360 bytes available. When your computer boots, it loads DOS (which takes about 55,000 bytes) and then uses a file called CONFIG.SYS to automatically set aside memory for file buffers and other things. It also uses a file called AUTOEXEC.BAT to AUTOmatically EXECute user defined instructions. Both CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT can usually do) contain programs known as TSR’s. TSR stands for Terminate and Stay Resident. These programs install themselves and then stay in memory to be used when needed. A mouse driver, print spooler, keyboard enhancer, disk cacher, memory manager and DOS shell are all examples of such progams. THESE PROGRAMS USE MEMORY. If there are too many of them resident at one time, there won’t be room for LINKS or other large programs. TO INCREASE FREE AVAILABLE MEMORY, YOU MUST REMOVE OR DISABLE SOME OF YOUR TSR’S.

If you have more than 640K (1Meg, 2Meg, or more) this can be used as extra memory for preloading sound and graphics, but not for DOS. LINKS still requires at least 530K free of your first 640K.

LINKS AND WINDOWS

You must exit completely from Windows to run LINKS. Do not exit Windows by way of the DOS PROMPT icon.

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