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******* WARNING ***** WARNING ***** WARNING ***** WARNING *********
* *
* THE AUTHOR OF THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTY WHAT- *
* SOEVER! YOU USE IT OR TRY IT ENTIRELY AND STRICTLY AT YOUR OWN *
* RISK. THE AUTHOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE *
* TO YOUR COMPUTER, FILES OR ASSOCIATED ELECTRO-MECHANICAL *
* DEVICES. NOR IS THERE ANY GUARANTEE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE *
* RESULTS OR AS TO THE FITNESS OF THE MOONPO PROGRAM FOR ANY PAR- *
* TICULAR PURPOSE. *
* *
* REMEMBER, YOU USE IT OR TRY IT SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK - *
* JUST AS THE AUTHOR TAKES THE RISK THAT YOU WILL SEND IN *
* YOUR REGISTRATION FEE IF YOU USE MOONPO FOR MORE THAN A *
* BRIEF EVALUATION PERIOD (SAY, 21 DAYS). *
* *
******* WARNING ***** WARNING ***** WARNING ***** WARNING *********
For Version 2.1 quick Windows installation without reading MOONPO.DOC:
If you do not have a diskette containing the individual (un-zipped)
files, then you must first "unzip" the MOONPOxxx.ZIP archive. Doing
that requires that you have a copy of PKWare's PKUNZIP utility. If
you do not have access to UNZIP.EXE, it can be found on most bulletin
boards.
Please note: Execution of MOONPO requires that the computer be
equipped with at least and 80286 cpu and an 80x87 math coprocessor
or equivalent (80486 for example).
Sample MOONPO Installation Procedure
This example assumes the following:
A) Your base Windows directory is C:\WINDOWS.
B) You will place MYLOCALE.INI, GSW.EXE and GSWDLL.DLL
in C:\WINDOWS, and all other files in a new directory called
MOONPO on drive D:.
C) The (de-archived) MOONPO files are on a diskette in diskette
drive B:
D) The installation will be done from DOS or a DOS Window, and that
your DOS "prompt" appears as C:\>
Note: in the following example the term <CR> means that you press the
"RETURN" or "ENTER" key.
1) Create the MOONPO directory:
C:\> MKDIR D:\MOONPO <CR>
2) Copy files:
C:\> Copy B:\MYLOCALE.INI C:\WINDOWS <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\GSW*.* C:\WINDOWS <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\MOONPO.EXE D:\MOONPO <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\MOONPO.BMP D:\MOONPO <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\MOONPO.HLP D:\MOONPO <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\MOONPO.DOC D:\MOONPO <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\ILUM93.DTA D:\MOONPO <CR>
C:\> Copy B:\READTHIS.NOW D:\MOONPO <CR>
3) Running or Preparing to Run MOONPO:
METHOD 1: a) Click on the Program Manager's "File" option and
select "Run".
b) Enter D:\MOONPO\MOONPO.EXE and <CR>.
METHOD 2: (add MOONPO to an existing group of applications)
a) Click on (or TAB to) the title bar of the desired
group.
b) Select the Program Manager's "File" option, and then
"New".
c) Select "Program Item".
d) i) For the "Description" enter: MOONPO
ii) For the "Command Line" enter:
D:\MOONPO\MOONPO.EXE
iii) For "Working directory" enter: D:\MOONPO
iv) Select "OK".
If all is well, then the MOONPO icon will appear in the program
group box and you can start MOONPO by clicking on that icon.
If all is NOT well, be sure that MOONPO.EXE is actually where
you said it was. If it is, and it still will not run, pray for
help from a friend. If GSW.EXE or GSWDLL.DLL can't be found, it
probably means that they (for some obscure reason) were not found
in any directory listed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT's PATH=... statement.
Before running MOONPO, you will probably want to customize it for
your geographical location. There are two ways to do that:
1) Edit the MYLOCALE.INI file to reflect your longitude, latitude and
time zone before starting the MOONPO application.
2) Simply go ahead and run MOONPO and enter your location and time
zone via the "Observer Position" option under the "Control"
menu item found on the main MOONPO menu bar. Once you select
"OK" you will be asked if you wish to save the new data in the
MYLOCALE.INI file. Choosing "Yes" will save the customized
MYLOCALE.INI file.
Consult "Help" on the main MOONPO menu bar for other brief hints.
It MAY BE wise to read the MOONPO.DOC file, however. It contains
additional information.
If you will NEVER want to examine MOONPO's graphs, you can omit
copying of the "GSW..." files (or delete them later).