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GeoClock 7.2, 96/03/01 BBS 703-241-7980
GeoClock for Windows 7.2 adds two major new features: a true
Windows screensaver mode, and a wallpaper mode.
1. Windows Screensaver. The screensaver is initialized for the
first time from the FILES/Screen Saver Setup menu item. After that,
it can be controlled from the main Windows Control Panel/Desktop
(win3.x and WinNT) or the MyComputer/Display (Win95).
2. Windows Wallpaper. The wallpaper mode is activated by checking
the "In Background" box in the Controls/Window Controls menu item, or
by including INBACK1 on the command line. See the online help for
more information.
3. Summer time extrapolation algorithm. This change improves the accuracy
of the extrapolation of summer time dates. A change was made in the DST
command syntax to support this change. Of cource, since lawyers are involved
in determining these dates...
Version 7.1 (both DOS and Windows) add two major new features:
the HAM package now recognizes the QRZ CD-ROM in addition to the
BuckMaster CD-ROM; the NETWORK command was added to allow multiple
configurations. In addition, some bug fixes and enhansements were
made to the windows version.
1. QRZ disk. There are no syntax changes. If you have the HAMCD
command, the program will recognize the QRZ or BuckMaster disk,
depending on which it finds first if you have both mounted. If you
specifiy the file name, you must specify the location of the
CALLBKC.DAT file for the QRZ CD.
*** Starting with the Octobert 1995 release, GeoClock no longer
works with the BuckMaster CD. BuckMaster has deleted the
HAMCALL.129 file that GeoClock uses. The replacement file is
encrypted, and BuckMaster will not release the file format and
encryption algorithm. You can obtain the QRZ CD at retail or
from the publisher:
QRZ Ham Radio CDROM
Walnut Creek CDROM
1547 Palos Verdes Mall, #260
Walnut Creek CA 94596
Voice: 800-786-9907 or 510-674-0783
FAX: 510 674-0821
Internet: info@cdrom.com
2. NetWork
NETWORK allows you to run GeoClock on a network, with each user able
to customize his use of the program. The syntax is:
NETWORK@serverpath@localpath
- or -
NETWORK
In the second case, the path to the GeoClock EXE file is used as the
serverpath, while the current default directory is used as the local
path.
Example: NETWORK@C:\GEOCLOCK@F:\MYGEO@
In general, when GeoClock requires a file, it first looks for the file
in the localpath directory. If the file is not found there, it looks
in the serverpath directory. When files are written (such as when the
options statement is used), the changed file is written to the
localpath directory. This changed file will them be the one read the
next time that file is required.
Only MAP*.EGA files in the serverpath directory will be used. All other
files may be in either directory.
3. The windows version has a number of enhansements and bug fixes:
The apparent speed has been increased (apparent is all that matters
in windows, I guess!). In particular, the delay from a mouse click
to the menu appearance is greatly reduced.
A new feature was added to the SETUP menu, to allow grey scale and
color depth to be specified. In addition, 16 color systems are
automatically detected, and the color palette is modified to
make display on this system better.
A test-map feature was added to the file menu to facility detection
of bad maps.
Bugs in DRAWFCIRCLE and script were fixed.
The NOGLYPH command was added to solve an Out-Of-Resources on some
older systems running in 64K and 16M color mode.
The MAKEZOOM program was modified to support the Windows version.
-- Joe Ahlgren 95/11/27