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_____________________________________________________________
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| -:-:-: FISHTIME :-:-:- |
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| Copyright 1991, 1993 - Edward J. Panner |
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| C & E Associates |
| 119 Placid Drive |
| Fort Myers, Fla. |
| 33919-6104 |
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| | ____|__ | Association of |
| | | |_| Shareware |
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| |___|___| MEMBER |
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C & E Fishing Time Forecaster
Documentation
Since the earliest times man has been aware of a cyclic pattern
associated with his success in hunting and fishing. Over the
years he has observed a relationship between feeding and
activity patterns of fish and game and the phases of the moon.
This is not to say that there are not many other factors such as
temperature, barometric pressure and others but all serious
hunters and fishermen will agree that this lunar relationship is
real and important. It is for this reason that many publications
print probability graphs or Over/Under time tables to help you
determine the most productive hunting and fishing times.
The program FISHTIME has been written to evaluate not only the
moon's phases but also its position in the sky including its
North South travels during a lunar month as it orbits the earth.
It allows you to do this for any date after January 1st, 1980
and for any location in the continental United States. In
addition, it includes the effects involving the time of day such
as dawn and twilight which have always played an important part
in the feeding patterns of fish and game.
Operation of the program requires virtually no instruction
beyond the screen prompts. Detailed discussions of the program
features are presented in this documentation.
C & E Associates has chosen to use the Shareware concept to dis-
tribute this program. This is good for us in that it contains
many of the costs associated with a retail sales effort. It is
good for you since it allows you to make an intelligent buying
decision by trying the program to make sure it does what you
want before you spend your money. It does however bring with it
a legal and moral commitment to buy (Register) the program after
you have tried it and found it to be to your liking. The authors
of Shareware receive NO money from the distribution of their
efforts until you, the user, register it. If you believe the
effort that goes into writing a program such as this deserves
the fifteen dollar registration fee then please register by
sending your check along with the form included at the end of
the documentation.
No program features have been "held back" until you register the
program. When you register, you will receive a copy of the lat-
est version of the program as well as discounts on any future
program upgrades. In addition, you will be kept informed about
several other programs in development on related subjects. Prog-
gram support will be provided to both non-registered and regist-
ered users using Compuserve Mail addressed to Edward J. Panner,
(72717,1612) or by U.S.Mail addressed to Edward J. Panner at the
registration address.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principal works for you. If you are unable to resolve
a shareware related problem with a ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI
49442 or send a Compuserve message via Compuserve Mail to ASP
Ombudsman 70007,3536.
Additional information about the legalities of Shareware may be
found in the appendix to this documentation.
Program Information
LOCATION DATA- In order to accurately predict optimum fishing
times the program needs to know your geographic position. The
more precisely you enter this data, the more accurate the
results will be. Latitude for the continental United States is
always a positive number and should be entered as a decimal
value. For example, 32 degrees and 30 minutes should be entered
as 30.5 degrees. If possible, try to enter location data to
nearest 0.5 degrees. Longitude in the continental United States
is always a negative value and must be entered as such. Again,
it would be desirable to enter it to the nearest 0.5 degrees.
To enter your location, choose "UPDATE LOCATION" from the menu.
Enter the data as it is requested. You may use up and down
arrows to move through the data field to edit existing data.
Answer Yes or No to the Daylight Saving time query. If you
answer Yes, the program output will be displayed in daylight
savings time from the end of April to the end of October and
will be so labeled on the program displays.
When you have finished entering or editing the location data,
press the END key to write the location file. This data will be
loaded whenever you start the program until you change it.
TIME ZONES- The program displays probability/time data for the
time zone calculated from the Longitude you have entered in your
location data. The time is delayed by one hour for every 15
degree change in Longitude. Unfortunately, the time zones do not
change at exact lines of Longitude, instead they meander in an
approximate North/South direction to avoid splitting towns and
other geographic boundaries.
At any rate, the time zone calculated by the program is shown on
the program output screens and will be correct for most loca-
tions but may have to be adjusted by one hour for others. The
moon cares little for our time zones and predictions are based
only on the coordinates entered.
THE CITIES FILE- Latitude and Longitude data is not always
readily available so a list of major cities has been made
available to let you approximate your geographic position. While
the results may not be as precise as if you had entered your
exact location, it may well be close enough for your purposes.
To enter the data for one of these cities, select the CITY FILE
option from the menu choices, select a city near you and enter
its listing number. The location data for that city is automati-
cally entered and will be used until you change it.
If you have selected data from the cities list you may edit it
just as you can edit data you have entered. Your changes will
stay in effect until you change them. Be advised however, your
changes do not modify the Cities File so if you read the data
for that city again you will get the original values.
A SINGLE DATE RUN- To run the program for a single date, select
BEGIN EXECUTION from the menu. You will be asked to enter the
date of interest. The date should be entered in the MO/DY/YR
format. It will be checked for validity and you will be asked to
confirm it. Press the HOME key to restart if there is an error
or any other key to proceed with the program. The probability
graph is displayed and will remain on the screen until you press
any key at which time you will be returned to the menu screen..
Pressing the ESC key will return you to the menu screen from
virtually anywhere in the program.
RUNNING A BLOCK OF DAYS- You may wish to display a block of days
in sequence without entering the date for each one. Choose RUN
DATE BLOCK from the menu. You will be asked to enter the Start
date. After you do, the date will be checked for validity. You
are then asked to confirm it and then to enter the End date.
After this date is checked and confirmed the program will dis-
play the requested dates in sequence simply by pressing any key
after each one. If you wish to stop before completing the
series, press the ESC key to return to the menu.
PRIME TIME LIST- In addition to the graphic display, you may
want to display or print a list of prime times for any day or
block of days. Choose the LIST PRIME TIMES option from the menu
screen. The operation is straight forward in that you will be
asked about hard copy, block of days and dates. The two prime
times for the days of interest will be listed on the screen and,
if you requested hard copy, also on the line printer.
GENERAL COMMENTS- Make sure that the program, the location data
file and the cities file are all in the same subdirectory. If
the program is started and cannot find the location data file it
will automatically switch to the routine for creating one. This
would happen for example if the location data file were in a
different subdirectory.
Appendix to FISHTIME Documentation
Shareware
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
exceptions as stated below. The author specifically grants the
right to copy and distribute the software, either to all or to a
specific group.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
product, you don't pay for it. Shareware distribution gives
users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a
Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to
register.
FISHTIME is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
friends, but do not give it away altered or as part of another
program. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide
personal computer users with quality software without high
prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue
to develop new products. If you find this program useful and
find that you are using FISHTIME and continue to use it after a
reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of
$15.00 to C & E Associates.
The registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like
a book. An example is that this software may be used by any num-
ber of people and may be freely moved from one computer location
to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used
at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book
cannot be read by two different persons at the same time.
Anyone distributing FISHTIME for any kind of remuneration must
first contact C & E Associates at the address below for
authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted
to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its
guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may
begin offering FISHTIME immediately (However C & E Associates
must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept
up-to-date with the latest version.)
Registration Form
Name _____________________________________________
Street ___________________________________________
City, State ______________________________________
Please send registration fee of $15.00 to:
C & E Associates
119 Placid Drive
Fort Myers, Fla.
33919
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