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CyberSky for Windows 3.1
Shareware Version 2.0b
Copyright ⌐ 1997 Stephen Michael Schimpf
This VENDOR.TXT file contains information for shareware distributors,
disk vendors, BBS sysops, and computer clubs who wish to distribute
CyberSky.
Categories and Keywords
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CYBERSKY WINDOWS SCIENCE ASTRONOMY PLANETARIUM STARS CONSTELLATIONS PLANETS
Short Description
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CyberSky is a colorful, easy-to-use planetarium program for Windows.
Long Description
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CyberSky is a colorful, easy-to-use, and very educational program that
transforms your computer screen into a planetarium, allowing you to
learn about astronomy by exploring the sky in the past, present, and
future!
CyberSky can truly be thought of as a desktop planetarium, because it
duplicates the features of a traditional planetarium on your computer
screen. CyberSky provides an excellent way for you to learn the names
and locations of the constellations, the names of the stars, and to
become familiar with the motions of the sun, moon, and planets across
the sky. CyberSky provides a superb, innovative, and motivating learning
environment. It places the sky under your control.
If you've already learned these basics, CyberSky is a great way to
conveniently check out "what's up" tonight without leaving your desk.
Or, use it to find out what you'll be able to see next weekend, or next
month. Some people use CyberSky to learn to identify the stars and
constellations they'll be able to see for the first time when they take
a vacation to another hemisphere. And, don't forget the past! What did
the sky look like on the day you were born?
One of CyberSky's most powerful and educational features is its ability
to animate the display, allowing you to see "movies" of the changing
appearance of the sky over time. Many of the most basic and interesting
astronomical phenomena can only be observed over days or months of time,
or by observing the sky in the distant past or future. CyberSky
compresses these time spans into minutes, thereby allowing you to learn
things about astronomy that previously would have required days or weeks
of stargazing or a trip to a planetarium to learn.
If you have an interest in astronomy, CyberSky will provide hours of fun
and education for you and your family.
System Requirements
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Personal computer running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, a 486 or faster
processor, 8 MB of memory, about 2 MB of disk space, a video card
capable of displaying 256 or more colors, and a Microsoft mouse or
compatible pointing device.
Distribution Information
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CyberSky is copyrighted software marketed as "shareware". It must never
be described as "public domain" or "free" software. Any vendor
publication that lists CyberSky must contain a clear explanation of the
shareware concept and this information must be visible to customers
before they pay a fee to the vendor.
Any distribution of CyberSky must contain all original files in their
unmodified form. CyberSky should be distributed as a ZIP archive with
one of the following names.
Windows 3.1 Windows 95
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CYBERSKY.ZIP CYBERSKY.ZIP
CYBSKY20.ZIP CYBSKY20.ZIP
CYBSKY16.ZIP CYBSKY32.ZIP
CSKY1620.ZIP CSKY3220.ZIP
It is permitted to split an archive into smaller parts if necessary and
to modify the names of those files in a reasonable manner. It is also
permitted to convert a distribution file into a self-extracting
executable file, in which case the file should have one of the above
names with the ZIP extension replaced by an EXE extension.
Before distributing CyberSky, please determine whether the version you
have is the most recent version available. CyberSky is always available
from the CyberSky Home Page at the address listed below, as well as from
the Astronomy Forum and other forums on CompuServe.
Registration Information
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A single copy of the registered version of CyberSky costs US$ 25 plus
US$ 3 for shipping & handling. Site licenses are available for educational
institutions at very reasonable prices! Complete information about
purchasing the registered version of CyberSky is available in CyberSky's
Program Manager group as well as in its Help file.
Contact Information
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E-mail. If you'd like to contact me as quickly as possible, please send
e-mail to the following address.
CyberSky@compuserve.com
Postal mail. Send a letter to the following address via postal mail.
Stephen Michael Schimpf
2444 West 230th Street
Torrance, CA 90501-5242
Telephone. Call the following number between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Pacific time Monday through Friday only.
310-530-6766
World Wide Web. Use the following address to visit the CyberSky Home
Page on the World Wide Web.
http://cybersky.simplenet.com/