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GeoClock 8.2, 99/01/18     [e-mail]

New in 8.2 versus 8.1 (Windows Only)
- A feature to easily set the initial map was added.
- The virtual time can now be controled with VCR type controls .
This allows single step, reverse, etc, with buttons similar to a VCR.
- The maximum number of clocks in the clocks window was increased to 100.
- A problem in the sorting of gazetteer entries was solved.
- Code restructuring to support a future 32 bit version.

GeoClock 8.1 (windows only) adds:
1)  GeoClock CD-ROM.  This CD-ROM contains everything available for GeoClock
(except the HAM package, which is custom for each user).  It has about 500
maps (many of which have never been released before), GeoGlobe, and many
extra programs and files.  The CD-ROM price is $75 for new registrations,
and $50 if you have any prior registered version.
2)  New commands (NETWORK and CONFIG) to support running GeoClock from the
CD-Rom while maintaining full customizability
3) Fix for Win98 screen saver bug
4) New form of LIGHT command

GeoClock 8.0 (windows only) adds:
1) Display view-from-space maps by shift-left-click on a point.
2) Display world map centered at a point by shift-right-click.
3) Integrate GeoGlobe (including screen saver) into GeoClock
provided optional GeoGlobe program has been purchased.

GeoClock 8.0 (DOS and Windows) adds:
1) New registration file (GEOCLOCK.KEY) which will solve problems
caused by some virus checkers.  REGISTER.EXE will continue to work

GeoCLock 8.0 (DOS only) fixes:
1) Bug caused by error in turbo pascal run-time-library that can
cause errors on very fast machines (Pentium Pro 200+, Pentium II 233+)


GeoClock 7.5 (windows only) adds:
1)  An interactive annotation and customization feature.  Click
Customize/Customize MAPn to activate this feature.
2)  A USRn.DAT file to hold customization information that will
be permanent, even if you update the GeoClock data files.

GeoClock 7.4 (both DOS and windows) adds:
1)  Display of moon rise and moon set.  The times will be displayed
whenever the MOON7 or MOON3 commands are active.  A new command,
MOONRSn  , has been added.  If n=0, moon rise/set data will not be
displayed.  If n > 0, n determines the number of iterations used
to calculate moon rise/set data.  n=1 is usually not satisfactory,
and n=2 (the default value) seems to be OK.
2)  A new zipcode interpolation system was added to give better
results with zipcodes which have been added after the current
ZIPCODE.BIN file.  This affects the HAM radio package when using
a CD-ROM, and also the setup program/menu.
3)  Corrected handling of GEOZONES updates.
4)  Corrected handling of VECTOR command.

GeoCLock 7.4 (windows only) adds:
1)  Automatic selection of otherwise identical SVGA/VGA maps, based
on current window size.  A new command,
MAPGROUPn/x/y   was added to support this.  n=0 indicates that the
old method of map selection is to be used.  n=1 indicates that the
new method is to be used, but only when zooming.  n=2 indicates that
the new method is always to be used.
If both VGA and SVGA maps exist, then if the windows Xsize is greater
or equal to x, *and* the window Ysize if greater or equal to y, then
the SVGA map is used, otherwise the VGA map is used.
A new menu item, Controls/Resolution, has been added to support this
function.
2)  The size limit on USCITY.BIN and WRLDCITY.BIN was increased to 64K.
3)  Since some systems to not have WINMEM32.DLL, GeoClock will use its
own version of this DLL if WINMEM32.DLL is not found.
4)  Several changes were made to the screen saver.  A "leak" in the
password system was closed.  The help system is not loaded when the
screen saver is started, but only when/if a dialog box is generated.
A new command, NOSSHELP, was added to prevent the help system from
loading at all when the screen saver is active.
5)  A rare problem with lat/long lines and rapid mouse clicks was solved.






GeoClock 7.3 (both DOS and windows) adds a revised MAPCENTER command to
allow maps to be centered on the current sun position.

GeoClock for Windows 7.3 adds a separate clocks windows that can show
the current local time for user selected cities anywhere in the world,
and a wide variety of other improvements.

GeoClock for DOS 7.3 corrects a timing error in scripts.

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: [phone]
    Internet:  [e-mail]

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
GeoClock
2218 N Tuckahoe St
Arlington  VA  22205
[e-mail]
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