Contents of the Starbase One CD Rom: Introduction: Welcome to the Starbase One CD Rom. It consists largely of files collected from the Starbase One BBS, plus some additional catalogues and animations. You will also find all the collections of shareware that Starbase One has offered at Astrofest '94 and Astrofest '96. This text file will help you get the most out of the CD Rom, describing what is in each directory. Some general notes: Images are in JPEG or GIF format, and you will need a viewer. See the astrofest disk collections for some possibilities. Astrofest disks all have a SHOWME batch file, which will help you install. Look for a FILES.BBS file in large collection directories - these will describe the individual files. Please note also that most of the programs provided are SHAREWARE - this is a try-before-you-buy process, not free software. If you find yourself using a program a lot, you should send the author the amount requested, which will often bring you an enhanced version, a manual, or other benefit. If you get into trouble, send an email to: support@starbase1.compulink.co.uk and we will try and help you out. Please note that we are NOT responsible for supporting the programs, this is the authors job. You can also make contact via the Starbase One BBS - in the UK on: (44) 0171-703-3593 or (44) 0171-701-6914 I believe that Starbase One's collection of astronomy and space files is second to none in the world. There is more information in \A96\DISK8, including a list of files, a help file for using the BBS, and other useful tools. Starbase One is on the World Wide Web at: http:www.ukindex.co.uk/ukastro/sb1main.html CD Rom directories: \A94 This contains the shareware disks offered at Astrofest '94. You will find a file called CATALOG.TXT in this directory, describing what is in each of the subdirectories. Each subdirectory corresponds to a 720k floppy disk, and contains a file called SHOWME.BAT. Typing SHOWME in a directory will describe installation of the programs. Some programs have since been upgraded, by progs in the A96 directory. \A96 This contains the shareware disks offered at Astrofest '96. You will find a file called CATALOG.TXT in this directory, describing what is in each of the subdirectories. Each subdirectory corresponds to a 1.44mb floppy disk, and contains a file called SHOWME.BAT. Typing SHOWME in a directory will describe installation of the programs. Please note that due to restrictions by the authors of Paint Shop Pro, it was not possible to include this excellent image editor on the CD. \ANIMATE This contains 110 megabytes of FLI/FLC animations, ready to view. Just type PLAYER and you will get a rolling slideshow of the animations, from DOS or Windows. Note that the more memory you have, the more likely they are to play smoothly - you will probably get best results from DOS. \HST This directory contains over 8 Megabytes of images and press releases from the Hubble Space Telescope. \HSTBIG This directory contain some High Resolution versions of Hubble Space Telescope. These can be VERY large when unpacked, so you might need a lot of memory to view them properly. \SL9 This directory contains nearly 18 Mb of Shoemaker Levy images, animations and the like of the Shoemaker Levy 9 impact. Note that the file FILES.BBS contains descriptions of the files in the directory. \IMAGES The Images Directory is further broken down into: \APOLLO General Apollo material \APOLLO11 Apollo 11 material \APOLLO13 Apollo 13 images \PLANETS There is a separate directory for each planet under this one. There is also a LUNARORB directory with Lunar Orbiter images. \GEMINI There is a separate directory under this for each mission. \MESSIER This contains an image of each messier object. \APO13OREV This contains the report and diagrams from the Apollo 13 accident review. \HOMEPLAN This contains the Shareware program Home Planet - this a BIG program, and is a pain to download or order on floppy disk. Run the HOMEPLAN.EXE from your hard drive, then run SETUP.EXE It is VERY greedy on hard disk space. (20 Mb+) hp2-9512.exe is an upgrade to be added after you install. \CATALOG This directory has many astronomical catalogues beneath it. To save large and messy uncompressing to your hard drive, these have been provided in an uncompressed format. You will find a file LISTCAT.TXT in this directory, describing each directory beneath it. \catalog\rngc The Revised NGC Catalogue. \catalog\ugc The Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies \catalog\pln The Strasbourg Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebula \catalog\gcvs4 The General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 4th Edition \catalog\mercg Merged Catalogue of Galaxies \catalog\qagn3 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei \catalog\ytp Yale Trignometric Paralax Catalogue. \catalog\sao Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogue \catalog\yalezone The Yale Zone Catalogue \catalog\rasc Misc Royal Astronomical Society of Canada catalogue of ojects for observers. \catalog\nearby Photometric data for nearby stars \catalog\snr Galactic Supernova Remnants \catalog\reflect Catalogue of Reflection Nebula \catalog\ldn Lynds Catalogue of Dark Nebula \catalog\lbn Lynds Catalogue of Bright Nebula \catalog\hII Catalogue of H II regions \catalog\constell Constellation Boundary Data \catalog\binorbit Orbits of visual binary stars \catalog\star25pc Stars within 25 parsecs of the Sun. \catalog\paralax Trignometric Stellar Parallaxes (1991) \catalog\gc General Catalogue of 33342 stars Copyright Information: This collection is copyright 1996 Starbase One. Copyright on individual programs and files remains with the authors. Many images, particularly those from the manned space program and Hubble Space Telescope are copyright NASA. You should NOT redistribute the floppy disk collections with the Windows installer, (with the Starbase One registration). Most animations in the \ANIMATE directory copyright Nick Stevens. Please contact the support email address if you require more information: support@starbase1.compulink.co.uk