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- " W E L C O M E !"
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- " The EARTHWATCH program will graphically display for you in color the"
- "majestic march through time of the earth-moon system showing the 24 hour"
- "night/day cycle due to the earth's rotation, the monthly phases of the"
- "moon, and the earth's annual trip around the sun, with the passing of"
- "the four seasons."
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- " A map of the world (Mercator projection) will slowly scroll eastward"
- "across the screen as the continents in turn move daily from pre-dawn"
- "darkness through sunrise and daylight, then through sunset back to night."
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- " Watch the shape of the daylight zone change ever so slowly from day"
- "to day as the seasons progress, with the days shorter in winter and"
- "longer in summer for the Northern Hemisphere and vice-versa in the"
- "Southern Hemisphere."
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- " Sunrise and sunset times along with percentage of daylight for your"
- "city or anywhere you designate are calculated and displayed for the"
- "present date or a date that you choose. The phase and position of"
- "the moon will also be displayed numerically and graphically."
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- " A special Almanac screen can be called up to display additional"
- "information such as a comparison of sunrise & sunset times with those"
- "of the previous day, and the number of days remaining until the beginning"
- "of the next season (solstices & equinoxes)."
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- " Follow the sun's progress along its annual trek around the Analemma,"
- "the figure 8 pattern found frequently on globes that shows the sun's"
- "apparent north-south excursions in the sky and the 'equation of time'."
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- " See at a glance the local time anywhere on the populated earth and"
- "observe whether that location is experiencing night, day, dawn, dusk,"
- "or anywhere between."
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- " Up to ten locations around the world may be highlighted on the display"
- "to help you monitor the status of various cities, etc."
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- " All of this may be done accurately and in real time while it is"
- "actually happening! If you wish, reset the date and/or time to monitor"
- "the earth in the past or future."
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- " Replace your ordinary calendar or menu graphic program with EARTHWATCH"
- "when your PC is in 'standby' mode for an informative and fascinating"
- "earth monitoring clock."
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- " The EARTHWATCH program will run on any IBM compatible PC equipped"
- "with DOS, a minimum of 256K bytes of memory, and at least CGA graphics"
- "capability. If you operate from a floppy drive system, the following"
- "ten files should be copied onto a system disk (one formatted with the /S"
- "option), so that your COMMAND.COM file is also included."
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- " BRUN45.EXE LOCATION.DAT"
- " EW.EXE MAP.DAT"
- " GAZ.DAT README.DAT"
- " HELP.DAT README.EXE"
- " HLITE.DAT ZON.DAT"
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- " If you operate from a fixed (hard) drive system, just copy these files"
- "into a directory of your choice and run EARTHWATCH from that directory."
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- " PRESS ESC TO START EARTHWATCH"
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- " EARTHWATCH may also be started directly from DOS (without"
- " going through README by typing EW and the return key."
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- " Enjoy EARTHWATCH!"
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