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- This file contains information specific to the Atari ST port of starchart:
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- Files in this distribution:
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- star.ttp - the program itself
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- starchrt.doc - The nroff'd manual page for the original program.
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- yale.str - the first 200 stars of the full database that was posted to
- the net recently.
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- planet.str - the planetary positions as of 2/7/87
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- readme - this file
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- Additional documentation for Atari ST port of "starchart":
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- Command line changes:
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- 1. Titles are not supported on the ST because screen space was too tight.
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- 2. An optional first parameter of "-s" causes the program not to label
- the planets or the more prominent stars.
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- Other Changes:
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- After the display has been completed, the program pauses waiting for a
- keystroke. If an 's' or 'S' is typed, the display is saved in the
- neochrome file "star.neo" in the current directory. Any other key
- terminates the program.
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- General Information
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- The program works on color systems only. Shades of gray are used to
- display stars of various magnitudes. The dimmest stars are displayed
- with a color of (2,2,2) since the color (1,1,1) is worthless on the
- newer monitors. Interesting effects can be obtained by tinkering with
- the palette inside neochrome. (Making the dimmest stars invisible (black)
- reduces display clutter on wide angle views.)
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- The program uses the line-a interface directly, so it can be run from
- the desktop or from shells like the mCSH. It switches to low res. but
- restores the previous resolution and palette on termination.
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- The program expects the files "yale.str" and "planet.str" to be in the
- current directory (or in d:\usr\lib). These files contain the star and
- planet information. A separate program is used to create the planet
- file given a date and time. This program hasn't been ported yet, so I've
- included a planet.str file that was made on a UNIX system.
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- The axis labels aren't always terrific looking, but they aren't bad at
- most magnifications.
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- Try the parameters "0 0 40" to get a display including Mars and Jupiter.
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- Credit for the original program goes to Alan Paeth.
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- Tony Andrews
- Wildridge Consulting, Inc.
- ...!ihnp4!onecom!wldrdg!tony
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