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>(Chris Brewster) 
>The guy from the
>publisher's tech support suggested using PS/2 VGA.  This works but looks like
>less than the resolution I should be getting.  

The problem is there is no standard for the high resolution modes so
every chipset uses a different scheme. Unless your software knows about
the scheme used with a particular chipset, you are out of luck. You can
use only the standard resolution.
 
>But when I had Shell and Desktop both loaded, I couldn't
>run another program; the message was "too many programs resident". But I have 4
>meg and a memory manager; shouldn't I be able to handle everything at once? I'm
>not even clear on what runs "under" what else.

Unless a program knows about your extended memory (everything above 1MB) it
cannot use it. Very few PC programs know about extended memory as they
were originally designed for the older PC that could not address more than
1MB. To make matters worst, only the lower 640KB is available as program
space. That is why you are running out of memory.

>Sound board: The game Sim City says that it gives great sound with a sound
>board, from someone called COVOX, which it describes as low-cost.  I can't find
>this in any vendor ads.  Does anyone know about this board?

Forget the Covox sound card. The sound card wars are over. Covox lost. The
standard cards that are now supported by everyone are Sound Blaster/Adlib
and Roland MT-32/LAPC-1. SimCity was written when the issue was undecided
and the company betted on one of the losers.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com