The Moon Viewer 3.0 Windows Moon Background 1.0 Shareware The Best Moon Shareware Package Copright (C) 1996 By Lorenzo Pasqualis All rights reserved This is a free trial version. You may try this program for free for 21 days, then you may purchase the complete registered version. If you want the most updated version of this software you can find it at: http://saatel.it/users/lore/moon.html The package ------------- Please, apologize for my english. You will probably find many english errors in .TXT files. My first language is Italian. I'm sure that the quality of this software is more important and will satisfy you more than my english! If you wish to help me to translate in a correct english these files, just contact me. I will be VERY happy if you help me! :) This package contain: MOON.EXE ........ The binary file of the Moon Viewer. MOON.TXT ........ A short guide to Moon Viewer. BLUEMOON.TXT .... Answer to FAQ: What is a Blue Moon ? TIMEDIFF.TXT .... Time Zones. Check yours here ! WMOONBG.EXE ..... Windows Moon Background binary file. WMOONBG.DAT ..... Windows Moon Background data file. WMOONBG.TXT ..... How to install Windows Moon Background. MOONBG.BMP ...... An example of image generated with WMoonBG. FILE_ID.DIZ ..... A short description of the package. README.TXT ...... This file. LICENSE.TXT ..... Shareware license & Disclaimer. VENDOR.TXT ...... For vendors. REGISTER.TXT .... How to register this software. Read this first. EMAIL.TXT ....... Step-by-step procedure for register via email. FAX.TXT ......... Step-by-step procedure for register via fax. POSTAL.TXT ...... Step-by-step procedure for register via Postal Mail. PURCHASE.TXT .... Step-by-step procedure for register via Purchase order. MISTAKES.TXT .... Step-by-step procedure: Common mistakes! REGISTER.EXE .... Windows program needed to register. REGISTER.HLP .... The Windows Help file of REGISTER program. What you need to use Moon Viewer ---------------------------------- All computers are able to run Moom Viewer! You just need a VGA, a 286 or more, 500 Kb of free memory and about 800 Kb of free disk space! How to Install ---------------- To install the package you just have to create a directory for it, and uncompress the package inside that directory. You must be sure to have set the environment variabile TZ to the right time zone. TZ mean Time Zone and must be set to the right time difference between your time and the Greenwich Mean Time. To check if this environment variabile is already set just type, on DOS command prompt, the command: SET TZ If the answer is similar to "GMT-7" or something, then you don't have to do nothing, the program can work correctly. You should just check that the value is correct (see the file TIMEDIFF.TXT) for your position. If the variabile is not in the environment you should add to your autoexec.bat, for example, the command: SET TZ=GMT+1 You should check your time zone difference between your time and the Greenwich Mean Time in the file TIMEDIFF.TXT Nothing else is required. Features ---------- The Moon Viewer 3.0 software has the following features: - You can see the actaual moon, second by second, and know many interesting datas about the moon. - You can have all these information about the moon in a certain date and time between 9999 B.C. to 9999 - Day by day step animation, to see how the Moon change every day! Very interesting to see !! - Possibility to select the animation speed. - A very impressive graphics reproduction of the Moon. The best never seen in a shareware software. - Calcolous of the Easter Date available from 1583 to 9999 - Calcolous of Blue Moons (see bluemoon.txt). - Two visualization mode: draft and picture. The first one for a schematic rapresentation, the second one for a very realistic rapresentation. - You can export the Moon Picture in standard not compressed BMP format. - You can see and export the calendar of the Moon for a certain year between 9999 B.C. to 9999. The calendar give you date and time (yes, time too!) of New Moons, First quarters, Full Moons and Last quarters. Very accurate calculous of these datas!! - You can export the calendar of the Moon in BMP,HTML or TXT format. The HTML export is very useful to add a very interesting page on your home page on internet. - Very nice graphics interface, very easy to use. - Very accurate mathematical base The Moon Windows Background software has the following features: - The same Moon Engine of the Moon Viewer, so a very accurate mathematical base. Very fast to generate the Moon picture. - A really impressive graphic result. The BMP generated is a 256 colors picture. The Shadow on the Moon is smoothed to give a very real apparence. - Since you have to run this program in your autoexec.bat batch file, Windows Moon Background don't take CPU-time to compute the Moon Picture during your Windows session. Just one time on every bootstrap!! Shareware limitations ----------------------- The trial version of the Moon Viewer has the following limitations: - You cannot use it for more than 21 days without register. - Allowed date of the moon limited from 1900 to 9999 - An annoing message that remaind you that your license is only 21 days long, and that you are using the program from X days. Sorry! The trial version of the Windows Moon Background has the following limitations: - An annoing "Please, register WMoonBG" written on the picture generated. Sorry again! Many good reasons to register this software. Please, note that register this software is very cheaper! Only $10 for two packages!!! You should consider to register!! Read the file REGISTER.TXT for more information. The author: Lorenzo Pasqualis Casella Postale 173 50012 - Bagno a Ripoli (FI) Italy e-mail 1: e-mail 2: Home Page: WWW Moon: