
                       Welcome to 

           "Laura Bow in The Dagger of Amon Ra"


Thank you for purchasing this game. This file includes
information on memory requirements, recommendations, and
any changes made since the game manual went to print.

Also included are notes on TSN - the exciting new network
for your PC!


NOTE:

 You may play The Dagger of Amon Ra CD directly from the CD
 by typing RA [parameter] from your CD-ROM drive where
 [parameter] is one of the following configurations:


   SB  = SoundBlaster sound & audio
   MT  = MT-32 sound/SoundBlaster audio
   PRO = ProAudio sound & audio
   STD = Standard PC speaker sound/SoundBlaster audio
   THN = ThunderBoard sound & audio
   GEN = General MIDI sound/SoundBlaster audio


 This option will not write anything to your hard disk, but
 you may experience an increase in the frequency of audio 
 cutouts and a general slowdown due to the significant amount
 of CD ROM access. This will be more noticeable on slower CD ROM
 drives and on slower 386 based systems.


MEMORY REQUIREMENTS:

 The minimum amount of conventional memory needed to run
 The Dagger of Amon Ra is 586k or 600,064 bytes. If you do
 not have enough free memory, you may wish to select the
 "Make a Boot Disk" option from the INSTALL main menu.


RECOMMENDATIONS:

 If you experience audio cutouts during the game you might need
 to alter the audio buffer size of the MSCDEX driver located in
 your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. You can do this by adjusting the
 /m:AUDIOSIZE parameter. We recommend that this value (AUDIOSIZE) 
 be set to at least 10. If you experience slow movement or audio
 cutouts consistently, you may wish to lower the size of this buffer.

 If you have problems running this game at our minimal memory 
 requirements, try one of two things.  For Dos, in the file resource.cfg, 
 change the AudioSize = 32k to AudioSize = 20k.  For Windows, in the file
 sierra.ini, change the audiobuffs = 4 to audiobuffs = 3.  

INSTALLING OR UPGRADING TSN:

 For information on installing TSN see the READ.ME file in the
 TSN directory.








