SolarDyn, Utilities, Solar System Simulator

                   Solar System Simulator 2.0 Standard 8086
                  

Copyright (c) 2002 by Bla Valek

e-mail: bvalek2@ttk.pte.hu
        bvalek2@gamma.ttk.pte.hu

CPU detection original author: Thomas Gohel

Created on PowerBASIC for DOS 3.50

Made in Hungary, Pcs

03-21-2002   08:00

This program shows a shematic real-time representation of the Solar System.
The planets, the greater moons, and every planets's and moons's orbits are
displayed. Their positions are dynamic. In the menu system you have many ways
to control your computer. The program displays the Date, Time, Timer infos,
the Julian Date, and the Moon's Phase too.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

If you have problems with the program, it displays invalid data or graphics,
or you start SolarDyn with ERROR option, and you get a SOLARDYN.ERR report
file, then please send it, and your opinion to the given e-mail addresses.
Thanks.


                                    Files:
                                   

Ŀ
 SOLARDYN.BAS    - PB/DOS 3.5 source code         - Basic source code file 
Ĵ
 SOLARDYN.EXE    - executable program             - executable file        
Ĵ
 SOLARSYS.TXT    - short documentation            - text file              
Ĵ
 README.TXT      - this document                  - text file              
Ĵ
 COPYING         - GNU General Public License     - text file              
Ĵ
 TIMEZONE.CFG    - timezone                       - configuration file     
Ĵ
 WINDOW.DAT      - last window state              - data file              
Ĵ
 SOLARDYN.ERR    - error report (optional)        - error report file      



                             Command line options:
                            

                           VER  : display version
                           MONO : disable menu color
                           ERROR: enable extra error handler
                           DATE : display Date
                           TIME : display Time
                           TIMER: display Timer
                           HELP : display help


                             System requirements:
                            
hardware:

- IBM or compatible PC
- 8086 Processor
- 101344 bytes of free base memory
- 166173 bytes of disk space
- keyboard
- graphic screen

software:

- MS-DOS 2.0


                            Version descriptions:
                           

- SolarDyn (SSS 2.0 Standard 8086):

Date: 03-21-2002 08:00

License: GNU Geleral Public License.

Simple command line options were added.

A menu system was added with several useful options and astronomical infos.
It is self explaining and harmless, so just try it and you will see what it
can.

A CPU detection function was included. Original author: Thomas Gohel.

The simulation is now real-time dynamic.

The screen mode initialization part has a default error detecting and
reporting routine.

The filehandling has also a default silent error detecting.

A configuration file is used: TIMEZONE.CFG

An optional error report file is used: SOLARDYN.ERR


- SolarSys (SSS 1.0 Auto 8086):

Date: 03-07-2002 08:00

License: Public Domain.

This program represents the Solar System at 01-01-2000. The planets, the
greater moons, and every planets's and moons's orbits are displayed. Their
positions are static.

It autodetects the videocard, and writes the WINDOW.DAT file.
