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- GeoClock 7.3, 96/10/18 BBS 703-241-7980
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- GeoClock 7.3 (both DOS and windows) adds a revised MAPCENTER command to
- allow maps to be centered on the current sun position.
-
- GeoClock for Windows 7.3 adds a separate clocks windows that can show
- the current local time for user selected cities anywhere in the world,
- and a wide variety of other improvements.
-
- GeoClock for DOS 7.3 corrects a timing error in scripts.
-
- GeoClock for Windows 7.2 adds two major new features: a true
- Windows screensaver mode, and a wallpaper mode.
-
- 1. Windows Screensaver. The screensaver is initialized for the
- first time from the FILES/Screen Saver Setup menu item. After that,
- it can be controlled from the main Windows Control Panel/Desktop
- (win3.x and WinNT) or the MyComputer/Display (Win95).
-
- 2. Windows Wallpaper. The wallpaper mode is activated by checking
- the "In Background" box in the Controls/Window Controls menu item, or
- by including INBACK1 on the command line. See the online help for
- more information.
-
- 3. Summer time extrapolation algorithm. This change improves the accuracy
- of the extrapolation of summer time dates. A change was made in the DST
- command syntax to support this change. Of cource, since lawyers are involved
- in determining these dates...
-
-
- Version 7.1 (both DOS and Windows) add two major new features:
- the HAM package now recognizes the QRZ CD-ROM in addition to the
- BuckMaster CD-ROM; the NETWORK command was added to allow multiple
- configurations. In addition, some bug fixes and enhansements were
- made to the windows version.
-
- 1. QRZ disk. There are no syntax changes. If you have the HAMCD
- command, the program will recognize the QRZ or BuckMaster disk,
- depending on which it finds first if you have both mounted. If you
- specifiy the file name, you must specify the location of the
- CALLBKC.DAT file for the QRZ CD.
- *** Starting with the Octobert 1995 release, GeoClock no longer
- works with the BuckMaster CD. BuckMaster has deleted the
- HAMCALL.129 file that GeoClock uses. The replacement file is
- encrypted, and BuckMaster will not release the file format and
- encryption algorithm. You can obtain the QRZ CD at retail or
- from the publisher:
-
- QRZ Ham Radio CDROM
- Walnut Creek CDROM
- 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, #260
- Walnut Creek CA 94596
- Voice: 800-786-9907 or 510-674-0783
- FAX: 510 674-0821
- Internet: info@cdrom.com
-
- 2. NetWork
- NETWORK allows you to run GeoClock on a network, with each user able
- to customize his use of the program. The syntax is:
- NETWORK@serverpath@localpath
- - or -
- NETWORK
- In the second case, the path to the GeoClock EXE file is used as the
- serverpath, while the current default directory is used as the local
- path.
- Example: NETWORK@C:\GEOCLOCK@F:\MYGEO@
-
- In general, when GeoClock requires a file, it first looks for the file
- in the localpath directory. If the file is not found there, it looks
- in the serverpath directory. When files are written (such as when the
- options statement is used), the changed file is written to the
- localpath directory. This changed file will them be the one read the
- next time that file is required.
-
- Only MAP*.EGA files in the serverpath directory will be used. All other
- files may be in either directory.
-
- 3. The windows version has a number of enhansements and bug fixes:
- The apparent speed has been increased (apparent is all that matters
- in windows, I guess!). In particular, the delay from a mouse click
- to the menu appearance is greatly reduced.
- A new feature was added to the SETUP menu, to allow grey scale and
- color depth to be specified. In addition, 16 color systems are
- automatically detected, and the color palette is modified to
- make display on this system better.
- A test-map feature was added to the file menu to facility detection
- of bad maps.
- Bugs in DRAWFCIRCLE and script were fixed.
- The NOGLYPH command was added to solve an Out-Of-Resources on some
- older systems running in 64K and 16M color mode.
- The MAKEZOOM program was modified to support the Windows version.
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- -- Joe Ahlgren 96/10/18