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\ / Primordial Life -- Shareware v3.21 / \

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/\ Copyright (C) 1996-2003 Jason Spofford \ /
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Thanks for trying Primordial Life! Your screen is transformed
into a artificial world where living biots can survive and multiply.
The course of evolution can take many paths, resulting in thousands
of biot shapes. Watch biots battle for survival. Don't be surprised
if you end up spending hours watching the dynamics of evolution!
>>> Please Note: Primordial Life 3.21 will not connect to, or <<<<
>>> accept network connections from Primordial Life 3.16 or earlier. <<<<
*** What is Primordial Life? ***
Primordial Life is actually two programs. One program
runs Primordial Life as a screen saver and the other runs
Primordial Life inside a window on your Windows computer.
A help file included with Primordial Life which explains the
simulation in depth. Just run Primordial Life and select help.

*** What is new in Primordial 3.21? ***

Primordial Life 3.21 fixed a few bugs found in Primordial Life 3.2 and before.
It also lets you use the mouse in the screen saver mode for Windows XP and
Windows 2000.
Primordial Life 3.2 improves networking by providing a Primordial Life server
to automatically coordinate connections between biot ecosystems. At least
25% of you will need to accept connections on port 2088. If you have a firewall
,
don't forget to open the port. If you are using NAT (network address translatio
n),
Primordial Life will support it as well but only one of your computers can be
configured to listen. There is no limit to the number of worlds you can intercon
nect!
Watch as the diversity of life increases as you expand the known biot universe.
If you are a dial up user, I don't recommend using the network feature
in the screen saver. Run the windowed program instead. When the
screen saver starts, it might envoke the dialup dialog which will
cause the screen saver to terminate immediately. If you dial up prior
to using the screen saver, it should work for you.

*** Primordial Life Installation Instructions ***

Prim32.exe is a self extracting file. Chances are you already
have installed this program since you are reading this file.
Prim32.exe will install the Windows program and related files
into the directory of your choice. It will also install the
screen saver (Primordial Life 3,2.scr or PrimLife32.scr) into
the \Windows\System for Win95 and into \Winnt\System32 directory
for WinNT.
 *** Shareware Notice ***
Primordial Life is shareware. If you like it, please register. If you
decide to register, press the "I want to buy it!" button found by pressing
the "Register!" button on the Primordial Life settings dialog. It will start
register.exe which will provide details on how to purchase Primordial Life.
Primordial Life is now registered to you and not to a specific machine.
That means you will be able to move Primordial Life from one computer to
another or upgrade your computer without worrying if your Primordial Life
registration will still work.

*** Disclaimer of Warranty ***

To use this software, you are must agree with the following terms.
THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES 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 the software
may be put into and because it is possible that software itself
contains software defects, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE IS OFFERED. Should any problem with the software be found,
the seller is not required to inform the purchaser, even if it the
problem is damaging. The user assumes the entire risk of using
this program. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED
EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.

*** Registration ***

If you'd like Primordial Life to continue to evolve, please register.
There are several ways to pay for Primordial Life. Through an
Internet based shareware collection company, I can accept credit cards,
as well as other forms of payment. Included in this distribution is a
program called "register.exe". Run that program for more details and
see http://www.kagi.com to learn about the shareware fee collection company.
You can order on-line by going to my web site at
http://www.io.com/life
Primordial Life is just $12.00 for a single user, single computer license.
If you own or operate more than one computer, you can get a license for
2-4 computers for $18. Please note that you must be the primary
user of each of these computers or the computer must reside in your primary
residence. The next version I produce will be yours free.
To upgrade to a single user, 2-4 computer license from Primordial Life 2.0,
3.0 or 3.1 costs $8.
A site license lets multiple people run Primordial Life that belong to a
particular organization at a specific site (~50 mile radius). That license
costs $60.

*** If you have any questions or comments ***

email: spofford@io.com
You can visit my web page at:
http://www.io.com/life