Star Pilot
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General Information
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Star Pilot is a program designed to run on the 3-Com/IBM PDA that gives users the
ability to view real time star charts for any location in the world.

Star Pilot is written and maintained by Chris DiPierro of Star Pilot Inc.


Installation
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If you are upgrading from any previous version:
You must install:
  sp.prc
  spdb101.pdb

Otherwise you must install all of the files in this archive (excepting this text file).
You should install:
  sp.prc
  splib.prc
  spdb101.pdb

All files are available at http://www.star-pilot.com/


Version Specific Information
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Version 1.20
 * Adds the ability to actually use the registered star datbase (NOW AVAILABLE - YAY!)

Version 1.12
 * Actually fixed the GMT offset problem
 * Possibly fixed a PalmPilot Personal crashing on Location screen bug

Version 1.11
 * Fixes a serious planet/sun/moon display bug
 * Fixes a serious planet/sun/moon calculation bug when not using current time
 * Makes GMT offsets be valid for -12 to +12 (instead of -11 to +11)
 * Swaps the location of the alt/az display with the redraw button so that
   right-handed users do not cover the alt/az display with their hand

Version 1.10 adds the following features:
 * Ability to set the date and time for the star map so you don't have to use
   the current date and time
 * Location you have previously selected will now popup in the Options-Location
   screen.

Important Info:
  If you are upgrading from v1.00, the first time you go to Action-Change
Date & Time, garbage may appear in the various fields. This happens only until you 
set the time & date once. This will also happen with Options->Location's city setting.
If you reset the city, it will display correctly thereafter.


Usage
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Because of the complex nature of this program, a text file does not suffice to
describe the usage of this program. At some point documentation in either
Microsoft Word format or Rich Text format will be available, but in the interm,
documentation is available online only at:
http://www.star-pilot.com/documentation/


Registration Info
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Star Pilot is distributed under the shareware "try before you buy" license.
It costs $30 to register due to the many many hours of work that have gone into
bringing this product to realization over the last 6 months. I hope you agree that
it is more than your typical Pilot application, hence the price.

Benefits of registration include:
 * Ability to search for stars by name
 * Ability to search for constellations by name
 * A larger star & constellation database (not yet available)
 * Removal of the splash screen
 * Free minor version upgrades (v1.00 -> 1.99)
 * Discounts on future major versions registration (v2.00 on)

To register, please refer to http://www.star-pilot.com/purchase/


Tech Support/Info
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We make no guarantees to provide technical support, but the latest technical
support information is always available at:
http://www.star-pilot.com/techsupport/


Liability
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The author of Star Pilot is not affiliated with Palm Computing, and is not 
liable for any damages caused to the user or the user's computer equipment
(including both their home PC and their Pilot). This program has been tested
on a PalmPilot Professional and a Palm II and to the best of the author's 
knowledge will not harm similar equipment. However, by installing this product
the user dissolves the author of all liabilities related to this program or
otherwise.
