
               The Moon Viewer 3.0
           Windows Moon Background 1.0

                    Shareware

        The Best Moon Shareware Package

     Copright (C) 1996 By Lorenzo Pasqualis
              All rights reserved


This is a free trial version. You may try this program
for free for 21 days, then you may purchase the complete
registered version.

If you want the most updated version of this software you
can find it at:

         http://saatel.it/users/lore/moon.html


                    The package
                   -------------

  Please, apologize for my english. You will probably  find
  many english errors  in .TXT  files.  My  first  language
  is Italian. I'm sure that the quality  of  this  software
  is more important and  will  satisfy  you  more  than  my
  english! If you wish to help me to translate in a correct
  english these files, just contact me.
  I will be VERY happy if you help me! :)

  This package contain:

  MOON.EXE ........ The binary file of the Moon Viewer.
  MOON.TXT ........ A short guide to Moon Viewer.
  BLUEMOON.TXT .... Answer to FAQ: What is a Blue Moon ?

  TIMEDIFF.TXT .... Time Zones. Check yours here !

  WMOONBG.EXE ..... Windows Moon Background binary file.
  WMOONBG.DAT ..... Windows Moon Background data file.
  WMOONBG.TXT ..... How to install Windows Moon Background.
  MOONBG.BMP ...... An example of image generated with WMoonBG.

  FILE_ID.DIZ ..... A short description of the package.
  README.TXT ...... This file.
  LICENSE.TXT ..... Shareware license & Disclaimer.
  VENDOR.TXT ...... For vendors.

  REGISTER.TXT .... How to register this software. Read this first.
  EMAIL.TXT ....... Step-by-step procedure for register via email.
  FAX.TXT ......... Step-by-step procedure for register via fax.
  POSTAL.TXT ...... Step-by-step procedure for register via Postal Mail.
  PURCHASE.TXT .... Step-by-step procedure for register via Purchase order.
  MISTAKES.TXT .... Step-by-step procedure: Common mistakes!

  REGISTER.EXE .... Windows program needed to register.
  REGISTER.HLP .... The Windows Help file of REGISTER program.


          What you need to use Moon Viewer
         ----------------------------------

All computers are able to run Moom Viewer! You just need a
VGA, a 286 or more, 500 Kb of free memory and about 800 Kb
of free disk space!


                   How to Install
                  ----------------

To install the package you just have to create a directory
for it, and uncompress the package inside that directory.

You must be sure to have set the environment variabile TZ
to the right time zone. TZ mean Time Zone and must be set
to the right time difference between your time and the
Greenwich Mean Time.

To check if this environment variabile is already set just
type, on DOS command prompt, the command:

        SET TZ

If the answer is similar to "GMT-7" or something, then you
don't have to do nothing, the program can work correctly.
You should just check that the value is correct (see the file
TIMEDIFF.TXT) for your position.
If the variabile is not in the environment you should add to
your autoexec.bat, for example, the command:

        SET TZ=GMT+1

You should check your time zone difference between your time
and the Greenwich Mean Time in the file TIMEDIFF.TXT

Nothing else is required.


                       Features
                      ----------

The Moon Viewer 3.0 software has the following features:

- You can see the actaual moon, second by second, and know
  many interesting datas about the moon.

- You can have all these information about the moon in
  a certain date and time between 9999 B.C. to 9999

- Day by day step animation, to see how the Moon change
  every day! Very interesting to see !!

- Possibility to select the animation speed.

- A very impressive graphics reproduction of the Moon. The
  best never seen in a shareware software.

- Calcolous of the Easter Date available from 1583 to 9999

- Calcolous of Blue Moons (see bluemoon.txt).

- Two visualization mode: draft and picture. The first one
  for a schematic rapresentation, the second one for a very
  realistic rapresentation.

- You can export the Moon Picture in standard not compressed
  BMP format. 

- You can see and export the calendar of the Moon for a
  certain year between 9999 B.C. to 9999. The calendar give you
  date and time (yes, time too!) of New Moons, First quarters,
  Full Moons and Last quarters. Very accurate calculous of
  these datas!!

- You can export the calendar of the Moon in BMP,HTML or TXT
  format. The HTML export is very useful to add a very
  interesting page on your home page on internet.

- Very nice graphics interface, very easy to use.

- Very accurate mathematical base


The Moon Windows Background software has the following features:

- The same Moon Engine of the Moon Viewer, so a very accurate
  mathematical base. Very fast to generate the Moon picture.

- A really impressive graphic result. The BMP generated is a
  256 colors picture. The Shadow on the Moon is smoothed to give
  a very real apparence.

- Since you have to run this program in your autoexec.bat batch
  file, Windows Moon Background don't take CPU-time to compute
  the Moon Picture during your Windows session. Just one time on
  every bootstrap!!

                 Shareware limitations
                -----------------------

The trial version of the Moon Viewer has the following
limitations:

- You cannot use it for more than 21 days without register.

- Allowed date of the moon limited from 1900 to 9999

- An annoing message that remaind you that your license is only
  21 days long, and that you are using the program from X days.
  Sorry!

The trial version of the Windows Moon Background has the
following limitations:

- An annoing "Please, register WMoonBG" written on the picture
  generated. Sorry again!


Many good reasons to register this software. Please, note that
register this software is very cheaper! Only $10 for two packages!!!
You should consider to register!! 

Read the file REGISTER.TXT for more information.


The author:

     Lorenzo Pasqualis
     Casella Postale 173
     50012 - Bagno a Ripoli (FI)
     Italy

  e-mail 1: <lorenzo@kagi.com>
  e-mail 2: <lorenzo@saatel.it>
 Home Page: <http://saatel.it/users/lore/>
  WWW Moon: <http://saatel.it/users/lore/moon.html>
