VIRTUS PLAYER FOR WINDOWS 1.0 November 7, 1994 Welcome to Virtus Player! We hope you'll enjoy using this handy utility program. With Virtus Player, anyone can open and explore (but not modify) any file created with Virtus software on Windows and Macintosh/Power Macintosh platforms. To install Virtus Player for Windows: 1) Decompress the file VPLAYER.EXE into an empty directory on your hard drive. Copy all the files from this directory onto a 1.44 MB DOS-formatted floppy diskette. 2) Label the floppy disk "Virtus Player Program Disk" and lock it. 3) Insert the Virtus Player Program Disk in the disk drive. 4) Under the File menu in Program Manager, select Run. When the dialog box appears, type A:SETUP or B:SETUP and select OK. 5) Follow the instructions on the installation dialog boxes. 6) Please be sure to read the file PLAYREAD.WRI located in the VPLAYER directory on your hard drive. VIRTUS PLAYER LICENSE AND LEGAL INFORMATION The Virtus Player Software is owned by Virtus Corporation. Virtus grants to the user a nonexclusive license to use this Virtus Player Software freely in unmodified form and solely for the distribution of the user's own models. The user shall not commercially distribute, sublicense, resell, or otherwise transfer for any consideration, or reproduce for any such purposes, the Virtus Player Software or any modification or derivation thereof, either alone or in conjunction with any other product or program. Further, the user shall not modify the Virtus Player Software or any of its associated help files or Read Me files. The Virtus Player shall be distributed only in its original installer form. VIRTUS PLAYER IS PROVIDED TO THE USER ''AS IS.'' VIRTUS CORPORATION MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE VIRTUS PLAYER SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY -- VIRTUS CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. Limitations of License: Virtus Player is licensed freely to you, subject to the limitations of warranty and other notices appearing above and below. Associated software and content (such as independently designed Virtus models or textures) used with Virtus Player, but not developed by Virtus Corporation, may be subject to other copyright and licensing restrictions as specified by their developers. Disclaimer of Warranty: Virtus Corporation provides the Virtus Player Software on an "AS IS" basis and provides no warranties whatsoever. ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. Lack of Maintenance Services: Virtus Corporation is under no obligation to provide maintenance services, update services, notices of latent defects or correction of defects for the freeware Virtus Player Software.