Railroad Tycoon Manual

® E N T E R T A I N M E N T S O F T W A R E RRT Deluxe manual cover 1 8/19/97, 2:55 PM For IBM PC & compatible computers Sid Meier’s ◆ RAILROAD TYCOON DELUXE ◆ TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT Computer: IBM, or fully compatible, 80386 16MHz Minimum System Hard Drive: with at least 5 million bytes (5 meg) available Requirements Conventional Memory: a system with a base minimum of 640K of RAM Graphics: VGA graphics card and VGA monitor DOS: MS-DOS 5.0 or higher Controls: The simulation can be run entirely from the keyboard, or with a mouse and a keyboard. A mouse is recommended as the interface has been designed to take advantage of the mouse. Railroad Tycoon Deluxe does not support a joystick. The installation program checks your system for a number of conditions, and INSTALLATION advises you if your system does not meet the conditions. The installation program decompresses and copies numerous files from the distri- bution disks onto your hard drive. The install program also auto-detects your computer’s configuration and provides recommendations for sound, speech, and control device (keyboard, mouse). The entire installation procedure can take a variable amount of time depending on the speed of your computer and hard drive. Technical Notes: This install program creates a sub directory on your hard disk titled “C:\MPS\RAILSDX” and copies all files into that sub directory. It then copies a runtime batch file into your root directory titled “RDX.BAT”, for your convenience. If you’re an experienced DOS user, feel free to modify or move “RDX.BAT”. i RRT Deluxe tech supp 1 8/19/97, 3:56 PM This assumes your machine runs under DOS 5.0 when it boots, which is true of most LOADING IBM and compatible machines with hard disks. …