CyberSky for Windows 3.1 Shareware Version 2.0 Copyright (c) 1997 Stephen Michael Schimpf. All rights reserved. This VENDOR.TXT file contains information for shareware distributors, disk vendors, BBS sysops, and computer clubs who wish to distribute CyberSky. Categories and Keywords ----------------------- CYBERSKY WINDOWS SCIENCE ASTRONOMY PLANETARIUM STARS CONSTELLATIONS PLANETS Short Description ----------------- CyberSky is a colorful, easy-to-use planetarium program for Windows. Long Description ---------------- CyberSky is a colorful, easy-to-use program that transforms your computer screen into a planetarium, allowing you to learn about astronomy by exploring the sky in the past, present, and future! CyberSky can truly be thought of as a desktop planetarium, because it duplicates the features of a traditional planetarium on your computer screen. CyberSky provides an excellent way for you to learn the names and locations of the constellations, the names of the stars, and to become familiar with the motions of the sun, moon, and planets across the sky. CyberSky provides a superb, innovative, and motivating learning environment. It places the sky under your control. If you've already learned these basics, CyberSky is a great way to conveniently check out "what's up" tonight without leaving your desk. Or, use it to find out what you'll be able to see next weekend, or next month. Some people use CyberSky to learn to identify the stars and constellations they'll be able to see for the first time when they take a vacation to another hemisphere. And, don't forget the past! What did the sky look like on the day you were born? One of CyberSky's most powerful and educational features is its ability to animate the display, allowing you to see "movies" of the changing appearance of the sky over time. Many of the most basic and interesting astronomical phenomena can only be observed over days or months of time, or by observing the sky in the distant past or future. CyberSky compresses these time spans into minutes, thereby allowing you to learn things about astronomy that previously would have required days or weeks of stargazing or a trip to a planetarium to learn. If you have an interest in astronomy, CyberSky will provide hours of fun and education for you and your family. System Requirements ------------------- Personal computer running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, a 386 or faster processor, 8 MB of memory, about 2 MB of disk space, a video card capable of displaying 256 or more colors, and a Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device. Distribution Information ------------------------ CyberSky is copyrighted software marketed as "shareware". It must never be described as "public domain" or "free" software. Any vendor publication that lists CyberSky must contain a clear explanation of the shareware concept and this information must be visible to customers before they pay a fee to the vendor. Any distribution of CyberSky must contain all original files in their unmodified form. CyberSky should be distributed as a ZIP archive with one of the following names. Windows 3.1 Windows 95 ------------ ------------ CYBERSKY.ZIP CYBERSKY.ZIP CYBSKY20.ZIP CYBSKY20.ZIP CYBSKY16.ZIP CYBSKY32.ZIP CSKY1620.ZIP CSKY3220.ZIP It is permitted to split an archive into smaller parts if necessary and to modify the names of those files in a reasonable manner. It is also permitted to convert a distribution file into a self-extracting executable file, in which case the file should have one of the above names with the ZIP extension replaced by an EXE extension. Before distributing CyberSky, please determine whether the version you have is the most recent version available. CyberSky is always available from the CyberSky Home Page at the address listed below, as well as from the Astronomy Forum and other forums on CompuServe. Registration Information ------------------------ A single copy of the registered version of CyberSky costs US$ 25 plus US$ 3 for shipping & handling. Site licenses are available for educational institutions at very reasonable prices! Complete information about purchasing the registered version of CyberSky is available in CyberSky's Program Manager group as well as in its Help file. Contact Information ------------------- E-mail. If you'd like to contact me as quickly as possible, please send e-mail to the following address. 76763.1065@compuserve.com Postal mail. Send a letter to the following address via postal mail. Stephen Michael Schimpf 2444 West 230th Street Torrance, CA 90501-5242 Telephone. Call the following number between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM Pacific time Monday through Friday only. 310-530-6766 World Wide Web. Use the following address to visit the CyberSky Home Page on the World Wide Web. http://www.astro.ucla.edu/staff/stephen/cybersky.html