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- HourWorld™ 2.34 Read Me
- May 3, 1999
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- What is HourWorld™?
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- HourWorld™ is about time, here, there, and around the world.
- HourWorld™ is about almanacs and planning.
- HourWorld™ is about lighting from the sun and the moon.
- HourWorld™ is about telephone calls at appropriate times.
- HourWorld™ is about beauty and curiosity.
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- HourWorld™ is a unique software program that doesn't really fit into any previous category,
- as you'll see for yourself. Started in 1994 as the WorldClock Desk Accessory, rapidly increasing
- Macintosh speeds have enabled a variety of enhancements and new features not practicable until
- recently. We welcome your support of this ongoing project via two registration options.
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- What Have I Downloaded?
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- The accompanying software contains all the code and graphics of the full version of HourWorld™,
- but not all features are enabled without registration. As downloaded without registration, the program
- runs as HourWorld™ Lite. It works in any Power Macintosh, and is intended to meet the needs of
- casual users located in or near major cities in the U.S. HourWorld™ Lite presents a small world map
- with sun and moon in a moving pattern of day, twilight, and night. Daylight blends into twilight and
- darkness with geometric accuracy. A variety of screens show times around the world, sunrise and
- sunset times, sun and moon calendars past and future, and even a sundial. Configuring
- HourWorld™ Lite is easy. Simply click on one of the clocks, scroll through the list to your city or
- the nearest city, and make it your home location. The HourWorld™ Lite software also contains
- demonstration features of the full HourWorld™ program.
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- What Are The Benefits To Registering?
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- There are four operational modes of the HourWorld™ software application distributed with
- this read-me file. Registration enables additional features you may wish to use.
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- 1) The Unregistered Lite mode (as downloaded) is for evaluation purposes only. The program
- starts up with an "Agree" screen. You must agree to the conditions and accept the disclaimers to
- use the software. The program provides a set of displays and functions that will meet the needs
- and interests of many people just as it is, without upgrading. Clicking the size box in the upper
- right corner of the screen gives demonstration views of the full program.
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- Five additional functions of the full HourWorld™ program are included in the software, but are
- not available without registering. They are: Almanac Printing, Large Display Option, Phone Call
- Coordinator, Global Positioning System (GPS), and Database Editing.
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- 2) The Registered Lite mode (registration fee: $15.00). If you have evaluated HourWorld™ Lite
- favorably, and wish to continue using it, but do not need the five additional features in the full
- version of HourWorld™, registering HourWorld™ Lite will remove the startup "Agree" screen.
- You'll be in our database, and eligible to upgrade later to the full version of HourWorld™ for an
- additional $15.00. You will also gain access to the registered user portion of our web site, and be
- able to download upgrades when they become available.
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- 3) The HourWorld™ VGA program (registration fee: $29.95) adds the following additional
- features not available in either version of HourWorld™ Lite: 1) Large display option which fills a
- standard 640 x 480 display, with 7 clocks instead of 5. 2) Almanac printing for any location and
- date, by month or year. 3) Phone Call Coordinator screen for planning phone calls or other
- events across multiple time zones. 4) GPS functions and compatibility through GPSy™ from
- Global Mapping Systems 5) An editable database. You can add or remove locations, or edit
- information about locations. You will gain access to the registered user portion of our web site,
- where the latest versions and documentation will be available for download.
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- 4) The HourWorld™ XGA program (registration fee: $34.95) provides the same functions
- as HourWorld™ VGA above, plus two larger maps and display sizes, optimized for screens with
- 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 pixel resolutions or larger.
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- What If I Don't Have a Power Macintosh?
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- HourWorld™ does an incredible amount of floating-point calculation in order to produce the
- twilight displays, and requires the power and speed of a PowerPC processor to do it in a reasonable
- time. Our earlier product, WorldClock, does much of what HourWorld™ does, and works in
- earlier 68020+ Macs.
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- We are working on HourWorld™ for the Windows environment, but it is not available at this date.
- Watch our web site for details.
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- How To Register
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- You may register directly through Paul Software Engineering or through Kagi™ Software.
- Kagi™ offers a more complete set of payment options, especially for international customers.
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- A registration key will be sent to you, along with any other items ordered, using the return method
- requested - email, FAX, or regular mail.
- ______________________________________________________________________________
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- To register directly through Paul Software Engineering, open the file "HourWorld™ Order
- Form", fill it in, and send it to us with payment via FAX, email, or regular mail.
- ______________________________________________________________________________
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- To register through Kagi™ Software, run the "Register HourWorld™" application program and
- follow the instructions it contains, or you may register via the Internet using a secure server by
- accessing this URL: https://order.kagi.com/?6R3
- ______________________________________________________________________________
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- Paul Software Engineering
- 513 West A Street
- Tehachapi CA 93561-1933
- FAX: (603) 297-0693
- 24-hour Answering Machine (661) 822-7995
- llpaul@hourworld.com
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- http://www.hourworld.com
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