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MORPHICS
MORPHICS COPYRIGHT 1994 THORWARE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
morphic (mor' fik) adj. Pertaining to form; morphological.
MORPHICS is a full screen 3-D screen saver which plays any 320 x 200
or 640 x 480 FLI animation files in either a random or routine order.
MORPHICS can be run both from the CONTROL PANEL / DESKTOP window AND
the MORPHICS icon in Windows. MORPHICS also allows you to display
still pictures in a RLE, DIB, or BMP format.
MORPHICS also makes a nice FLI/FLC (or RLE, DIB, or BMP) viewer
because of it's PREVIEW option as well as it's ability to be ran
directly from Program Manager.
T H O R W A R E recommends that MORPHICS is ran on a 386 or better
processor with at least 2Mb of RAM.
LOADING MORPHICS:
Decompress mrphss.zip, run setup.exe, and respond to the prompt for the
appropriate source directory! (Morphics MUST be copied to the \windows
directory in order to run correctly.)
All needed files are copied to the appropriate \windows and
\windows\system directories!
NOTE: Animations will not run in full screen mode until Windows has been
rebooted. This will allow Windows to configure itself according to the new
information Morphics placed in the Windows' *.ini files.
If you are getting the message "Unable to copy 'THREED.VBX' to the \windows
or \windows\system directories" or similar message...try closing all other
applications that are running. The other applications may be trying to
use one of the files Morphics is updating.
Closing all applications may not resolve the problem. If this is the case
then you should rename the file that is experiencing the conflict to
something like "<filename>.BAK" (i.e. THREED.BAK) and then try running
setup again. This should resolve the problem with Morphics.
RUNNING MORPHICS:
Morphics can most easily be ran from the Morphics icon within the Morphics
window in Program Manager. Once ran AND <OK> is pressed, the application
automatically configures Windows to use Morphics as the default screen saver.
HOWEVER, to remove Morphics or to replace it with another screen saver,
you must use the Control Panel's Desktop function to assign Windows another
screen saver.
(If you experience problems running Morphics...please see "TROUBLESHOOTING
MORPHICS:" below!)
ORDERING INFORMATION:
If this copy of Morphics was passed on to you by a friend or through a BBS
or other network, please register your version by sending $12.00 + $2.00
S&H to T H O R W A R E. This registration fee entitles you to the Morphics
screen saver as well as any FLI animations created by T H O R W A R E and
posted to CompuServe or the Internet.
Other animations by T H O R W A R E you might enjoy include:
TWRUN.ZIP Raytraced muscular man of steel running.
TWGYRO.ZIP Gyroscope spinning in a courtyard with marble
pillars.
TWPLAS.ZIP Plasma Globe. Very realistic 'lightening' bolts.
Downloading all of those FLI's can be time consuming and spendy though! If
you register Morphics, T H O R W A R E will send you two 3.5" 1.44Mb
diskettes packed with full screen animations and a coupon for an upcoming
release of a two 3.5" 1.44 Mb diskettes containing all new full screen
animations.
To order Morphics or additional animations, T H O R W A R E can be
reached at the following addresses:
T H O R W A R E
PO Box 563
Gresham OR 97030
Internet: thorware@teleport.com
CompuServe: 74641,1313
TROUBLESHOOTING MORPHICS:
If you are having any problems at all with Morphics, first verify the
following files have been copied to your \WINDOWS directory:
morphics.scr
logo.fli
morphics.txt
and these files have been copied to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:
aaplay.dll
aavga.dll
vbplay.vbx
threed.vbx
vbrun300.dll
If any of the above files are missing, please contact T H O R W A R E
for a complete version of Morphics.
If you are having problems displaying the animation files full screen,
first verify that the line "FullScreen=AAVGA.DLL" has been written to
section [AAPlay Animation] in the win.ini file.
Next, verify that you are not running a multimedia device, such as
CD-Player or AVI-Player. There are inherent conflicts while running
these multimedia players with Morphics.
Some systems require the full screen animations to use interrupt 2f
to switch between Windows and full screen mode. In order to have
Morphics use this interrupt, add the following line to section
[AAPlay Animation] of the \windows\win.ini file: Int2fSwitch=yes
(The default setting is "no".)
The above notes should solve most any problems you may be experiencing
with Morphics. If you are still having problems, please report them
to T H O R W A R E.
T H O R W A R E can be reached at the following addresses:
T H O R W A R E
PO Box 563
Gresham OR 97030
Internet: thorware@teleport.com
CompuServe: 74641,1313
LEGAL INFORMATION:
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND
WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER
WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE
AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY
OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
ENTIRE RISK OF USING MORPHICS. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE
LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.
THE ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THAT IS MADE BY THORWARE, ON THIS
THORWARE PRODUCT. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY
THORWARE, ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A
WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY AND YOU MAY NOT
RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH
VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
NEITHER THORWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT,
PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS
OFF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION,
AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN
IF THORWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH DAMAGES.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
BY USING THIS VERSION OF MORPHICS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS' TERMS
AND CONDITIONS. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT THE LIMITED WARRANTY IS THE
COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND
SUPERSEDE ALL PROPOSALS OR PRIOR AGREEMENTS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY.