===GETTING STARTED=========================================================

This section covers everything you need to know to set up and start
UNDERSEA ADVENTURE on your computer.

What do I need?

To run UNDERSEA ADVENTURE you will need the following:

An IBM(r) or compatible computer.

A color VGA or SVGA monitor.

A CD-ROM drive that supports ISO 9660.

A hard disk with at least 2.5 megabyte of available hard
disk space.

Approximately 520 kilobytes of available RAM.

A mouse is recommended; however, the software can be run using the
keyboard alone.

- A sound device is required so that you can hear high-quality digitized 
  sounds.  Supported sound cards include:

     -  Sound Blaster or compatible device
     -  Sound Blaster Pro
     -  Sound Blaster 16 
     -  Aria Synthesizer Sound Card
     -  Microsoft Sound 
     -  ATI Stereo FX
     -  Adlib Gold
     -  Pro AudioSpectrum 8
     -  Pro Audio 16
     -  Media Vision ThunderBoard
     -  DigiSpeech PORT-ABLE Sound Plus
     -  Reveal Sound FX Wave 32 SC600 GM
     -  Reveal Sound FX 16 SC400
     -  Gravis Ultrasound
     -  Logitech Soundman 16
     -  Roland Sound Canvas-General Midi

A printer (optional) so that you can print UNDERSEA ADVENTURE text files;
any printer that can accept ASCII text directly from your computer port
will work.

The original UNDERSEA ADVENTURE CD-ROM.

How do I install the files?

Follow these steps to install UNDERSEA ADVENTURE on your system:

Insert the UNDERSEA ADVENTURE compact disk into your CD-ROM drive and
log onto that drive. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is F: type:

      F: and press <Enter>

Type:

      INSTALL and press <Enter>

Follow the messages on the screen until the installation is complete.

The Install program will ask you where you'd like to store the appropriate
UNDERSEA ADVENTURE files on your hard drive, what sound device you have,
and whether or not you'd like to run under Microsoft Windows. You will
also be asked to decide how much disk space UNDERSEA ADVENTURE will take
up on your hard drive. The more UNDERSEA ADVENTURE files you store on your
hard drive, the faster the program will run.

NOTE: If you have difficulty installing UNDERSEA ADVENTURE see "Commonly
asked questions and answers" below.

Running under Windows

If you answered YES to the question about running under Microsoft Windows
when you installed UNDERSEA ADVENTURE, a new program group called
Knowledge Adventure has been created for your system. It contains Undersea
Adventure, Read Me and Undersea Adventure Config, icons. Double-click on
the UNDERSEA ADVENTURE icon to start the program. Double-click on the Read
Me icon to see the latest information about UNDERSEA ADVENTURE.
Double-click on the UNDERSEA ADVENTURE Config icon to edit the
configuration file. See About program defaults for more information about
the UNDERSEA ADVENTURE configuration.

NOTE: You'll find that the following statement has been added to the
[386ENH] section of your SYSTEM.INI file:

DMABUFFERSIZE=150

Your original SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files are saved to the files
SYSTEM.BKA and WIN.BKA. (If WIN.BKA already exists, the old WIN.BKA is
renamed to WIN.BKB.)

How do I begin?

To start UNDERSEA ADVENTURE, follow these steps:

Change to the directory where the program was installed. For example, to
switch to the C:\SEA directory, type:

      C: and press <Enter>
      CD\SEA and press <Enter>

Then, to start the program, type:

      SEA and press <Enter>

NOTE: If you have difficulty starting UNDERSEA ADVENTURE, please see
"APPENDIX B: Questions and Answers" below.

