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- WinTide 1.1
- by Henry Gross
- Copyright 1991
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Introduction:
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- WinTide is a linear tide clock for Windows 3.0 that let's
- you estimate the present or predicted relative tide height,
- and the times of the next corresponding high and low tides.
- A red arrow shows whether the tide is rising or falling.
- You need only to enter a previous high tide date and time for the
- location you're interested in monitoring. The WinTide graphic,
- which also can be displayed as an icon, uses the rule of twelves,
- also called the rule of one-two-three, to depict relative
- water height between high and low tides. This rule states
- that during the first and sixth hours between high and low
- tides the water rises one-twelfth of the total height each
- hour; during the second and fifth hours two-twelfths; and
- during the third and fourth hours three-twelfths. WinTide
- assumes a 24 hour and 50 minute tidal day and therefore
- uses six hours twelve minutes and 30 seconds as the
- average time between high and low tides. Since it does
- not use more sophisticated methods of calculation,
- WinTide should be used only as a tide estimator. For
- more accuracy you should use tide tables or a more
- sophisticated tide program. We live next to a tidal
- body of water and find WinTide useful.
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- Registration & Disclaimer:
-
- This copyrighted program is being released using the
- shareware concept. All rights are reserved by the author.
- The author is not responsible for any damage, injury or death
- caused directly or indirectly by this program. You are
- free to copy and share this software with others for use
- on a trial basis. Any distribution must include the program
- file WINTIDE.EXE, and this file, WINTIDE.TXT. WinTide is
- not public domain nor free software. You are granted a
- limited license to use this product on a trial basis. If
- you wish to continue to use this software you should purchase
- a registered copy by sending $10 to:
-
- Henry Gross
- P.O. Box 626
- Alloway, NJ 08001
-
- When you register and send in $10 with your name and address,
- we will send you an expanded version of WinTide. This version
- let's you enter and access high tide settings for multiple locations.
-
- Using WinTide:
-
- Being a Windows 3.0 program, WinTide is pretty much
- self-explanatory. You use the 'Set' menu bar command
- to bring up a 'Set High Tide' dialogue box. Here you enter the
- location and a previous date and time for high tide at that
- location. This information can be obtained from a tide
- table or from observation. The 'Set High Tide' date and
- time must predate the PC's system time when you enter the
- information. When you click 'OK' in the dialogue box,
- you save the location, date and time. With this copy of
- WinTide you can only save the high tide setting for one
- location. When you register WinTide for $10, we will
- send you an expanded version of WinTide that let's you
- save and access date and time settings for multiple
- locations.
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- Once you've entered a high tide setting as a reference, you
- can see the relative tide height based on the PC's system time.
- This graphic is updated every minute. You also can estimate
- where the tide will be at that location for any date
- and time in the future (up to the year 2056 if you wish).
- You do this by selecting the 'Predict' menu bar command
- to bring up a 'Predict Tide' dialogue box and enter any future
- date and time that interests you. After you've predicted a
- future tide, a 'Reset' command becomes available in the menu bar
- to set the tide clock back to system time.
-
- If you are predicting a date and time that occurs in Daylight
- Saving Time and the high tide that you set as a reference
- is Standard Time, or vice-versa, then you'll have to
- adjust for the one hour variance.
-
- Exit WinTide by the Control-menu box in the upper left-hand
- corner of the WinTide window.
-
- We hope you find WinTide useful. If you have any problems,
- comments or suggestions, please let me know.
-
- Henry Gross
- 3-23-91
- CompuServe ID 72037,3654
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