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Ultima IV with MockingBoard on the IIgs
Shareware: $3.00
This collection of files is named "U4Mock". It includes U4SETUP, a program which lets you play Ultima IV with MockingBoard music on a IIgs equipped with one or two MockingBoards. You can, also, set Speed to Normal and set the screen Border Color. None of this requires changing Control Panel settings.
You will have two major setup options:
New Boot Disk- Copy the files on Ultima IV's copy-protected boot disk (Side A: Program Disk) to a diskette initialized under a fast DOS (e.g. David-DOS) and place the U4SETUP program on the Copy. This 'open' Copy becomes your "New Ultima IV Boot" disk. It will get you into the game with the desired MockingBoard Slot, Speed, and Border Color setup with no need to boot a separate disk.
Separate Startup Disk- Place the U4SETUP program on a separate disk. The program will, as above, let you set MockingBoard Slot(s), Speed, and Border Color settings. It will boot your original Ultima IV boot disk and start the game with the settings you've selected.
When you unpack U4MOCK.SHK you will get two .SDK files: U4MB.INST.SDK and U4DD.SDK. These are shrinked 5.25" disks which must be unpacked to 5.25" disks using 8-bit ShrinkIt.
U4MB.INST is the "Install Disk". It is the one with all of the U4Mock files. It boots a DOS 3.3-compatible DOS and starts a program selector.
U4DD is an 'empty' disk initialized via David-DOS. It expects the Hello program to be named "U4SETUP". David-DOS does not include an INIT command-- it requires a separate utility. The U4DD diskette can be copied to another diskette using Disk.Muncher (included on U4MB.INST).
Complete details are included in the README text file on the U4MB.INST disk.
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