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Information about “EXPLORING THE COSMOS”
EXPLORING THE COSMOS is an exciting, colorful, planetarium simulator
that utilizes high resolution graphics to bring the universe to your
personal computer. This program is completely menu driven and designed
to be run without the need to reference a printed manual. All menus are
fully self explanatory. If you need help at any time, simply hit the F1
key and a pop-up help menu will appear to assist you.
EXPLORING THE COSMOS has many advanced features. You can display the
horizon and view from any latitude/longitude at any time in any
direction. The stars are shown in simulated intensity, just like a real
planetarium. You can watch the stars and planets move across the
horizon based upon a user selectable update period, from seconds to
years. You can point at any object, using the cursor keys to move an
on-screen arrow, press the enter key and obtain right
ascension-declination and altitude/azimuth information, object name,
spectral class, magnitude, name of constellation and highlight of all
other objects in the constellation. You can view the solar system
showing the orientation of the planets about the sun. This option comes
with a zoom feature; you can zoom in for close up viewing or zoom out
for a broader view. The planets are shown moving in simulated orbits
about the sun based upon a update period you select. You can even
turn on trail generation which plots the paths of the planets over time.
This makes it easier to see the actual orbits. You can also select a
listing of the planets that displays right ascention-declination, rise
and set time and phase time for each of the planets in the solar system.
Please Note:
This version contains the following limitations: it contains only
200 stars, only allows viewing to the north and the south, and
shows the stars in 1988.
FILE1621.TXT
Disk No: 1621
Disk Title: Exploring the Cosmos
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: Exploring The Cosmos
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: $39.95
Special Requirements: CGA, EGA, or VGA.
EXPLORING THE COSMOS is an exciting, colorful, planetarium simulator
that utilizes high resolution graphics to bring the universe to your
personal computer. This program is completely menu driven and designed
to be run without the need to reference a printed manual. All menus are
fully self explanatory. If you need help at anytime, simply hit the F1
key and a pop-up help menu will appear to assist you.
EXPLORING THE COSMOS has many advanced features. You can display the
horizon and view from any latitude/longitude at any time in any
direction The stars are shown in simulated intensity, just like a real
planetarium You can watch the stars and planets move across the horizon
based upon an user selectable update period, from seconds to years. You
can point at any object, using the cursor keys to move an on-screen
arrow, press the enter key and obtain Right Ascention-Declination and
Altitude/Azimuth information, object name, spectral class, magnitude,
name of constellation and highlight of all other objects in the
constellation. You can view the solar system showing the orientation of
the planets about the sun. This option comes with a zoom feature, you
can zoom in for close up viewing or zoom out for a broader view. The
planets are shown moving in simulated orbits about the sun based upon a
update period you can select. You can even turn on trail generation
which plots the paths of the planets over time. This makes it easier to
see the actual orbits. You can also select a listing of the planets
that displays Right Ascention-Declination, rise and set time and phase
time for each of the planets in the solar system.
Please Note:
This version contains the following limitations: it contains only
200 stars, only allows viewing to the north and the south, and
shows the stars in 1988.
File Descriptions:
DEMO EXE Main program.
COS BAT Demo start program.
INSTALL BAT Batch install program.
?????? BGI CGA/EGA/VGA drivers.
EGAEP COM EGA file.
MENU SAV Menu display file.
HELP ??? Help files.
STARFILE Star database.
TRIP CHR Font file.
READ ME Documentation file.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1988 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk #1621 EXPLORING THE COSMOS (DEMO) >>>> ║
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║ To start EXPLORING THE COSMOS, type: COS (press enter) ║
║ To install on hard drive, type: INSTALL (press enter) ║
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║ To print documentation, type: COPY READ.ME PRN (press enter) ║
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Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1621
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
CGA BGI 6029 6-01-88 12:53p
COS BAT 710 6-02-88 8:12p
DEMO EXE 121494 6-02-88 5:43p
EGAEP COM 2222 6-02-88 6:51p
EGAVGA BGI 5139 6-01-88 12:53p
FILE1621 TXT 4293 10-18-89 1:31p
GO BAT 38 10-12-89 10:22a
GO TXT 617 10-18-89 1:34p
HELP DAT 2592 6-01-88 1:01p
HELP EXE 56018 6-01-88 12:56p
INSTALL BAT 455 6-01-88 12:55p
MENU SAV 79 6-01-88 12:54p
READ ME 2639 6-02-88 8:19p
SD EXE 26890 3-01-87 4:00p
STARFILE 11200 6-01-88 12:54p
TRIP CHR 7213 6-01-88 12:53p
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