GALAXY  NT 3.5  January 1995


KEYWORDS

galaxy star simulation Windows NT screen saver game


GALAXY Stellar Motion Simulation

Simulates stellar motion under the influence of gravity. 
Create a field of stars, then watch how they pull and 
accelerate each other. Vary number of stars (2-5000) and 
their initial velocities. Watch how attractive forces send 
stars careening in new directions. Watch large patterns 
evolve over time (millions of years per minute). 
Doubles as screen saver. Fast CPU advisable.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Microsoft Windows NT for x86 processor.
Will be very slow unless you have hardware floating point.


INCLUDED FILES

   readme.txt      2K    (this file)
   galaxy.exe     90K    executable program file
   galaxy.hlp     53K    online help file
   galaxy.gax    tiny    default parameter file
        *.gax    tiny    several optional parameter files


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Unzip the distribution file GALAXY.ZIP, using an output directory 
of your choice (e.g. c:\games\galaxy).  The above files are created.  

From Windows File Manager, double-click the file GALAXY.EXE to 
start the program. Full instructions are now available from the 
online HELP menu.    


NOTES FOR THIS VERSION

This NT version uses separate threads for menu processing and the main
simulation (compute intensive task).  The 32-bit flat address space
gives significantly higher speed.  The max. number of stars was limited
to 1000 in the Windows 3.1 version (in order to fit the array of star 
objects within 64K).  For NT, this limit has been raised to 5000.