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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 30-Apr-1999
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: DeskNite Live celestial desktop, pocket astronomy
- Version: 1.00
- Version Date: 10-Apr-1999
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Freeware, copyrighted but freely distributable and useable
-
- Product Description: Change your Windows 95/98 desktop into a live
- night sky. Now Windows itself is a window on
- the stars with this FREE system tray app.
- Dynamic astronomy with infinitely
- configurable display of over 3000 stars, 9
- planets, Sun, Moon, Messier and NGC objects
- in point-source and photoplate display
- styles, with 4 different projection models,
- flexible Alt/Az viewpoints, and much more.
- Reason for version: Initial release of software
-
- Category: Utilities; Desktop utilities
- Keywords: desktop,astronomy,planetarium,wallpaper,stars
- ,planets,sky,cosmic,stellar
- Required Packages: DNITE100
- This Package: DNITE100
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80486)
- Clock Speed: 90 MHz
- Minimum OS: Windows 95
- Standard RAM: 8000K
- Hard Drive Space: 3000K
- Required:
- Hard drive
- Color monitor
- Mouse
- Won't Work With:
- Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA)
- Hercules Graphics Card
- Tandy Display Adapter
- Color Graphic Adapter (CGA)
- Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA)
- Multi-Color Graphics Array (MCGA)
- Multi-Color Graphics Array 256 (MCGA 256)
- Video Graphics Array (VGA)
-
- Orders:
- Address: Swimming Elk Software
- Manskiventie 1031
- 16790 Manskivi
- Finland
- Internet: desknite@essentia.net
- Other E-mail: http://www.coeli.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Swimming Elk Software
- Manskiventie 1031
- 16790 Manskivi
- Finland
- Internet: desknite@essentia.net
- Other E-mail: http://www.coeli.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- With light pollution levels set to increase steeply as the Millennium
- passes by, fewer and fewer of Earth's population will be granted their
- right to look upon the grandeur of a dark night sky. Chances are good
- that you will be among that unfortunate majority.
-
- Simple wonder at the stars has been humanity's birthright since the dawn
- of prehistory. Now technology is depriving us of our own two eyes' sight
- of the very Universe from which we were formed.
-
- DeskNite will help you redress that injustice and restore to your eyes
- their stellar birthright. You can be bounded in a nutshell (of pollution
- and madcap Russian orbital streetlighting) yet still count yourself
- rulerof infinite space, because DeskNite *is* the night sky in that
- splendour which our forbears would have witnessed each time the sun set.
- Your Windows desktop is about to become the window on the heavens which
- your 21st Century environment is already hatching plans to deny you.
-
- DeskNite is not primarily a planetarium program or complete observing
- suite like Stella 2000 or Adastra; DeskNite is far more fundamental. Its
- kernal may be used in the same way as, say, QuikSky -- a system tray
- planisphere useful in its own right, but that is not its main function.
- DeskNite's avowed mission is nothing less than the permanent
- transformation of your desktop into the night sky itself.
-
- So, change your Windows 95/98 desktop into your night-time sky NOW.
- Desktop astronomy has seldom been more dynamic, with an infinitely
- configurable display of over 3000 stars, 9 planets, Sun, Moon, Messier
- and NGC objects in point source and photoplate display styles, with
- Stereographic, Equal Area, Equidistant, and Orthographic projection
- models, flexible Alt/Az viewpoints; Constellation, Horizon, Ecliptic,
- andAequator lines; Constellation lines and boundaries; Horizon and
- Equatorial grids, Dynamic Sky, auto-center, informative realtime
- readouts, and much more.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
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- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- DESKNITE.BMP 308278 8-Apr-1999 03:29a AA1DEACD
- FILE_ID.DIZ 396 10-Apr-1999 01:00a 53B186AF
- SETUP.EXE 1396014 30-Apr-1999 12:07a 205D5DB7
- OFFER1.HTM 4659 20-Apr-1999 10:15a 6D54004C
- ORDERS.HTM 10493 9-Apr-1999 02:03a 32DF7305
- DESCRIBE.TXT 2226 14-Apr-1999 04:05a 5B61E2C7
- DISCLA~1.TXT 1644 24-Apr-1999 09:52a 71FB66E6
- INSTALL.TXT 3447 24-Apr-1999 09:54a 11CBB014
- HOMEPAGE.URL 45 6-Dec-1998 03:50a A5748C81
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-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- Windows automatic installation
- ------------------------------
-
- Your DeskNite package is installed simply by double clicking on the file
- SETUP.EXE once you have unzipped the contents of dnite.zip to a folder
- of your choosing. We suggest a temporary folder in your Windows\Temp\
- directory.
-
- Highly recommendend is the excellent WinZip utility. Winzip will
- automate the DeskNite setup with just a press of the Install button on
- the Winzip toolbar.
-
- You can get the latest version of Winzip from
-
- http://www.winzip.com
-
-
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- Removal of DeskNite
- --------------------
-
- DeskNite may be uninstalled at any time simply by opening Control Panel
- from the Settings entry in your Start Menu, and double-clicking on the
- item Add/Remove Programs. You will be shown a list of programs currently
- installed on your system, from which you should select the item
- 'DeskNite' for automatic removal.
-
-
-
- Disclaimer
- ----------
-
- This software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty of any kind,
- either express or implied. The entire risk as to the quality and
- performance of the software is with you. Should the software prove
- defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair
- or correction. In no event shall the author, copyright holder, or any
- other party who may redistribute the software be liable to you
- for damages, including any general, special, incidental, or consequental
- damages arising out of the use or inability to use the
- software (including, but not limited to, loss of data, data being
- rendered inaccurate, loss of business profits, loss of business
- information, business interruptions, loss sustained by you or third
- parties, or a failure of the software to operate with any other
- software) even if the author, copyright holder, or other party has been
- advised of the possibility of such damages.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- ***************** IMPORTANT WARRANTY INFORMATION ****************
-
-
-
- Coeli (tm) - DeskNite(tm)
-
-
-
- *** PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION CAREFULLY ***
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
- FREE-USE SOFTWARE WARRANTY DISCLAIMER:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty of any kind,
- either express or implied. The entire risk as to the quality and
- performance of the software is with the end user. Should the software
- prove defective, the user assumes the cost of all necessary servicing,
- repair or correction. In no event shall the author, copyright holder, or
- any other party who may redistribute the software be liable to the user
- for damages, including any general, special, incidental, or consequental
- damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software
- (including, but not limited to, loss of data, data being rendered
- inaccurate, loss of business profits, loss of business information,
- business interruptions, loss sustained by you or third parties, or a
- failure of the software to operate with any other software) even if the
- author, copyright holder, or other party has been advised of the
- possibility of such damages.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- C O E L I (tm)
-
- DeskNite(tm)
- -----------------------
-
-
- L I C E N S E I N F O R M A T I O N
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-
-
- Last updated: March 1999
-
-
- This file contains important license information regarding the use of
- Coeli - DeskNite(tm). It applies specifically to individual users who
- may wish to pass copies out to friends or associates.
-
- BBS sysops and ftp/http download site maintainers & webmasters should
- refer to the SYSOP.TXT file for complete information relating to them.
-
-
-
- ~Limited License for free use of the DeskNite software
- ------------------------------------------------------
- Swimming Elk Software hereby grants you a limited license to use this
- software for your personal and private use.
-
-
-
- ~Limited Distribution License:
- ------------------------------
- As the copyright holder for DeskNite(tm), Swimming Elk Software
- authorizes distribution by individuals only in accordance with
- the following restrictions.
-
- (User Groups, Computer Clubs, Disk Vendors and Distributors,
- Subscription Services, Disk-of-the-Month Clubs, etc., should
- refer to the VENDINFO.DIZ file for complete information relating
- to them.)
-
- (BBS and ftp SYSOPs should refer to the VENDINFO.DIZ file for complete
- information relating to them.)
-
- Individuals are hereby granted permission by Swimming Elk Software
- to copy the DeskNite software package AS ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED for
- their own private use or for other individuals' private use, ONLY
- when the following conditions are met.
-
- The DeskNite package is defined as containing all the
- material listed in the VENDINFO.DIZ file. If any files
- listed in VENDINFO.DIZ, or VENDINFO.DIZ itself, are missing,
- then the package is not complete and distribution is prohibited.
- Please contact us to obtain a complete package suitable for distribution.
-
- o The DeskNite package - including all related program
- files and documentation files - CANNOT be modified in any
- way and must be distributed as a complete package,
- without exception. The VENDINFO.DIZ file contains a
- list of all files that are part of the Adastra package.
-
- o No price or other compensation may be charged for the
- DeskNite package. A distribution cost may be
- charged for the cost of the diskette, shipping and handling, as
- long as the total (per disk) does not exceed US$8.00 in the U.S.
- and Canada, US$12.00 for international distribution from the U.S.,
- or 6 pounds sterling or its equivalent inside Europe.
-
- o The DeskNite package CANNOT be sold as part of some
- other inclusive package, nor can it be included in any
- commercial software packaging offer, without prior
- permission from Swimming Elk Software.
-
- o The PRINTED User's Guide may not be reproduced in whole or
- in part, using any means, without the written permission of
- Swimming Elk Software. In other words, the disk-based
- documentation may not be distributed in PRINTED (hardcopy) form.
-
- o The DeskNite package cannot be "rented" or "leased"
- to others.
-
- o Licensee shall not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify,
- decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer
- the licensed software package except as provided in this
- agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and
- automatic termination of this license.
-
- o Licensee hereby agrees not to post the DeskNite software
- package publicly in any ftp directory inappropriate to its
- category.
-
- Eg. pc/astronomy is an appropriate directory; pc/demo is not.
-
-
-
- Distributors are especially asked to avoid the following terms when
- describing the Astrotray software package:
-
- Nag, nagware, public domain, demo, demonstration software, or any other
- term or phrase which admits of an interpretation not in keeping with the
- official product definition given.
-
- Non-compliance with this request may invalidate previous license
- permissions granted by Swimming Elk Software to the Licensee.
-
- Authorship of the DeskNite software package may not be attributed to
- any name but Swimming Elk Software.
-
-
-
- The DeskNite(tm) software package is Copyright (c) 1999
- Swimming Elk Software. All rights reserved. DeskNite is NOT a
- public domain program.
-
- This software and accompanying documentation are protected by
- United States Copyright law and also by International Treaty
- provisions. Any use of this software in violation of Copyright
- law or the terms of this limited license will be prosecuted to
- the best of our ability. The conditions under which you may copy
- this software and documentation are clearly outlined above under
- "Limited Distribution License".
-
-
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Swimming Elk
- Software.
-
-
-
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- CONCERNING VENDINFO FILES INCLUDED WITH THE COELI PACKAGE
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-
- The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference.
- Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed
- in that data record is hereby authorized.
-
- If the Licensee satisfies Swimming Elk Software's conditions for
- distributing the Coeli package, Swimming Elk Software authorizes the
- Licensee's use of its unaltered product-descriptive texts without further
- permission.
-
- All licenses to distribute the DeskNite package are solely between the
- producer(Swimming Elk Software) and distributor (Licensee), and do not
- involve VENDINFO or Rams' Island Software.
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