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- README.TXT
-
- CyberSky Unregistered Version 1.0
- Tuesday, June 13, 1995
-
-
- Description of CyberSky
- -----------------------
-
- CyberSky is a colorful, easy-to-use program for Windows
- that transforms your screen into a planetarium. Learn
- about astronomy by exploring the sky in the past, present,
- and future.
-
- CyberSky allows you to view "movies" of the changing
- appearance of the sky over time. Prints full-color star
- charts. Displays the positions of stars, constellations,
- the bodies of the solar system, and reference lines.
- Displays detailed information about those objects. Help
- file features fun explorations, diagrams, and a glossary.
-
-
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- ----------------------------------
-
- CyberSky works with most personal computers available
- today. If you are running Windows 3.1 on your computer
- you should have no trouble running CyberSky.
-
- CyberSky was designed to be installed and run on a
- computer system that meets the following minimum hardware
- and software requirements.
-
- Hardware
-
- o Personal computer using an Intel i386, i486, Pentium, or
- compatible processor
- o 4 MB RAM
- o Hard disk with 2 MB free space
- o One 3.5- or 5.25-inch high-density diskette drive
- o Monitor and video adapter compatible with Windows 3.1 or
- higher
- o Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device. It is
- impossible to use all the features of CyberSky using the
- keyboard alone.
-
- Software
-
- o Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1 or later
- o Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later running in 386 Enhanced
- mode, or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1 or later,
- or Windows 95 or Windows NT.
-
-
- Installing CyberSky
- -------------------
-
- The unregistered version of CyberSky 1.0 is distributed as
- a compressed file named CYBERSKY.ZIP or CYBSKY10.ZIP. You
- must first uncompress this file into an empty temporary
- directory on your hard disk. You can use PKWAREÆs PKZIP
- 2.04g utility or any compatible utility such as WinZip to
- do this.
-
- The following installation instructions assume you are
- using the Windows Program Manager. If you are using a
- Program Manager replacement such as the Norton Desktop
- for Windows or PC Tools for Windows, perform equivalent
- steps to install CyberSky.
-
- To install CyberSky for use on your computer system
-
- 1 Start Windows if you are not already running Windows.
-
- 2 Choose Run... from the File menu.
-
- 3 Type C:\DIR\INSTALL.EXE where C is the drive letter of
- your hard drive and \DIR is the directory into which
- you unzipped the distribution file.
-
- If you are installing CyberSky on a networked Windows
- system, you must type C:\DIR\INSTALL.EXE /N instead.
-
- 4 Choose the OK button and follow the installation
- programÆs instructions.
-
- After CyberSky has been successfully installed, be sure
- to save the distribution file on your hard disk or on a
- diskette. You will need this file if you want to reinstall
- CyberSky or want to uninstall it.
-
- If successful, the CyberSky installation program installed
- the following files on your hard disk in the directory you
- specified.
-
- CYBERSKY.EXE Executable file
- CYBERSKY.HLP Help file
- HISTORY.HLP Version history file
- README.TXT Text file you are now reading
- NETWORK.TXT Text file containing information about
- installing CyberSky on a networked Windows
- system
- VENDOR.TXT Text file containing information for
- software vendors
- FILE_ID.DIZ Standard description file used by BBSs
-
- INSTALL.LOG Text file created during installation
- containing a record of the installation
-
- BSC600B.DAT Star data file
- LOCATION.DAT Location data file
- ELEMENTS.DAT Planets data file
- ZODIAC.DAT Zodiac constellation lines file
- MAJOR.DAT Major constellation lines file
- MINOR.DAT Minor constellation lines file
-
- The installation program checked for the presence of the
- following file in your Windows system directory. If this
- file was present, or if your system contained an older
- version of this file than the one supplied by CyberSky,
- this file was copied to your Windows system directory.
-
- CTL3D.DLL Gives a 3D appearance to all CyberSky
- dialog boxes
-
- If you choose the /N switch to install CyberSky on a
- networked Windows system, the CTL3D.DLL file was copied
- to your Windows directory instead.
-
-
- Contacting the Author
- ---------------------
-
- E-mail is the fastest way to contact me. I check my
- CompuServe mail daily and my UCLA account every business
- day.
-
- CompuServe 76763,1065
- Internet 76763,1065@compuserve.com
- stephen@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu
-
- You can also send postal mail to my business address.
-
- Mail Stephen Michael Schimpf
- 2444 West 230th Street
- Torrance, CA 90501û5242
- United States of America
-
- If you feel it is necessary to speak to me, you can call
- me at the following number between the hours of 10:00 AM
- and 1:00 PM Pacific time on business days only.
-
- Telephone 310û530û6766
-