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- GEOCLOCK 8.2 sunlight clock for DOS. The
- current sun position is displayed, and the
- parts of the earth in sunlight and twilight
- are highlighted, with local sunrise/set and
- times around the world. A windows version
- (GCKWIN81.ZIP) is also available, and the
- two versions are functionally and graphicly
- similar. Over 200 maps and a spinning
- globe program are available.
-
- To install version 8.2 of GeoClock, unpack
- all the files in GEOCLK82 (and GEOXTR82 or
- GCKWIN82 if you have it) in a directory on
- your hard disk, and run GEOSETUP to
- customize the program for your location and
- hardware. GEOCLK runs the program.
-
- If you have a registered version of GeoClock and are
- updating to 8.2 (DOS or Windows), you can install the
- new programs over the old, or set up a new directory.
- In either case, you must run the REGISTER.EXE program
- from your original installation.
-
- ***** Trouble Shooting *****
- Missing maps when installing update. GeoClock updates must be
- installed to the same directory as the original registered copy
- of GeoClock for the update to incorporate all the original
- programs and maps. Reinstall.
-
- The sun is not in the right place or local times are not correct.
- This is usually caused by your PC's system clock not being set
- to the correct time (check AM/PM if you are not using a 24 hour
- clock), or by having a wrong or missing PCZONE command in the
- GECONFIG.DAT or GEOCLOCK.INI file. Run the GeoSetup program or
- the FILE/SETUP menu item to set the correct time zone.
-
- Your home town is not displayed, or is in the wrong place, or
- your local time zone is not displayed. Run the GeoSetup program
- or the SETUP menu item to provide the required information. If
- your city is not listed in the setup, and your zip code covers
- a very large area, you might want to get your latitude and
- longitude from a good atlas, your local airport, or weather
- station.
-
- BuckMaster CDROM does not work with GeoClock. Starting with the
- October 1995 release, BuckMaster has changed the format of the
- data files that GeoClock uses, and will not release the new
- format. GeoClock does support the QRZ CDROM, which is much less
- expensive and more available than the BuckMaster disk, as well
- as the BuckMaster disks that contain the HAMCALL.129 file.
-
- Out of Resources Messages (Windows only). Some older video
- drivers in 65K or higher color modes have this problem. You can
- solve the problem by adding the NOGLYPH command to GEOCLOCK.INI
- (use the NotePad editor if you cannot start GeoClock, or the
- FILE/GEOCLOCK.INI menu item if you can), or adding NOGLYPH to the
- GEOCKWIN.EXE command line.
-
- Contrast is poor (Windows only). Click FILE/SETUP and make sure
- the proper box is checked in the Video radio box. In particular,
- if you have a black/grey/white monitor, be sure the Grey box is
- checked. If you have a 16 color system, check the 16 color box.
-
- Slow updates (Windows only). Click CONTROLS/TIME CONTROLS and
- set the Foreground Update time to 0.01. The Windows version of
- GeoClock is inherently much slower than the DOS version. Also,
- the update time is more or less proportional to the screen area,
- so making the window smaller will increase the speed.
-
- The mouse does not function (DOS only). The mouse will not
- function correctly on EGA systems, except in the distance (D) and
- old zoom (Z) functions. If you have a VGA or better, make sure
- you did not specify EGA when you installed GeoClock. Also, the
- DOS version requires a DOS device driver (usually called
- MOUSE.COM, MOUSE.EXE, or MOUSE.SYS) to be loaded in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file. The mouse driver provided
- automatically with Windows will not work. See section 1.5 of the
- on-line help system for more information.
-
- There is no GeoGlobe icon in GeoClock. The GeoGlobe icon appears
- while running GeoClock only if you have the optional GeoGlobe program
- installed in the same directory as GeoClock, and (in DOS) you are
- executing GEOCLK.COM (not GEOCLK.EXE).
-
- SVGA mode does not work correctly (DOS only). If GeoSetup does
- not detect your SVGA, or does detect it but it does not run
- correctly, rerun GeoSetup specifying VGA rather than SVGA and
- then read section 1.4 of help.
-
-
- The only limitations on the shareware version are:
- The system always starts with the help menu.
- A limited number of maps are available.
- The advanced forms of Zoom and Distance are not available.
- Local time display next to cities on the map is not available.
-
- -- Joe Ahlgren, GeoClock, 2218 N Tuckahoe St, Arlington VA 22205
-
- Internet geoclock@compuserve.com
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- Voice 703-241-2661 FAX 703-241-5809