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- The WorldClock Story
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- Hi, I'm Leighton Paul (yes, Paul is my last name). I'm the author of WorldClock.
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- I have a day job as a high-school vice principal, formerly a teacher of chemistry,
- physics, computer science, and mathematics. I fool with my computer in the evenings
- and on weekends.
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- WorldClock was born in 1987 as a simple DA that gave sunrise and sunset times for
- the user's location. It was distributed to a few people for comments, and the "could
- you add this" and "could you add that" process started. The program grew quite a bit
- as a result of such comments.
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- Some of the people I have shown WorldClock to offered some more excellent comments.
- "How about some clocks to show the time in other cities?" "It would be great if you
- added color!" "What would really make it stand out is information about the moon."
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- In time, these features were added, one by one, while continuing to send it out for
- comments. One problem that complicated this very long-term process was the fact that
- WorldClock was started on a Macintosh 512, and then work has been continued on a
- Macintosh Plus, a Macintosh SE HD20, then a Macintosh II, Macintosh SE/30, a IIci,
- a Macintosh Portable, a Quadra 950, and most recently on a Powerbook Duo 230.
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- I've generally taken WorldClock with me on vacation. WorldClock has been worked
- on and tested for accuracy in Outback Australia, England, Alaska, Hawaii, and of
- course, extensively tested in beautiful Tehachapi, California. The moon routines were
- added in 1993 on a vacation drive from Perth, Australia, to Melbourne. The coastline
- along the Great Australian Bight is incredible!
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- My goal in writing WorldClock is to present complex information in a pleasing, under-
- standable, graphic sort of way - to provide information needed quickly at a glance, and
- to allow for experimentation when the interest arises. The program provides hard data
- along with the easy-to-visualize graphics. Look at whichever you wish, or both! Play
- with the experimental features built in to WorldClock!
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- I hope you enjoy WorldClock Lite and get good use from it.. If you do, please register
- your copy. If you prefer the full version of WorldClock, please let me know.
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- Thanks,
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