Program Title:  Astrology for Windows (AST4WIN)
Version: 2.2
Program Description:
Astrology for Windows is a comprehensive astrology program that
accurately calculates and displays the positions of the planets and
houses in either the Tropical or Sidereal zodiac and seven house
systems over approximately 8,000 years.  Users can save calculated
birth charts for review, change, or comparison with other charts.  The
program displays two types of graphic wheels, including one showing
aspect lines which can be interactively adjusted.  Users can easily
look at their current transits or examine astrological compatibility
between people's charts.  Astrology for Windows includes calculation of
solar and lunar returns and transits lists.  It features an atlas of
2500 cities and interactive maps of the World, U.S., and Europe.  The
program includes the new minor planet Chiron and the moon's true nodes. 
Astrology for Windows is customizable and very easy to use - it
features a standard Windows interface and context-sensitive, on-line
help.  The Windows Help includes an introduction to astrology chapter
and bibliography.  From the Help Menu one runs a separate demo program
showing the additional features of the commercial AstrolDeluxe for
Windows on which this program is based.  All program text is in an
editable file, allowing Astrology for Windows to be easily localized
for different languages and countries.

Intended User:  Astrology hobbyists.

This version 2.2 improves the handling of non-English text; the install
program lets the user select English, Spanish, Portugese, Norwegian,
Dutch, Swedish, Italian and French.  You can customize the Part of
Fortune so that it is calculated differently for night births.  The
main screens can be easily resized.  The graphic wheel has been
optimized to accommodate the Windows 95 task bar.  A text report that
includes the client birth data legend can be copied to the clipboard
for easy pasting into Windows e-mail.  There is a button allowing
direct access to the city lists from the User Information and Return
Chart options screens.  Added the Alcabitius house system and correct
calculation of circumpolar charts (the first American-distributed
program with this).  The separate demo of additional features found in
AstrolDeluxe, ver. 2, that you can run from the Natal Information
screen's Help menu, has been made more interactive.

Improvements over Halloran Software's ASTROL96, The Public Domain
Astrology Program for DOS:  High resolution color graphics, nicely
formatted printing, biwheel of two charts, greatly expanded city lists
and higher resolution maps, list of world time zones, can enter data
to the second, sun is calculated to an accuracy of one arc-second and
moon to five arc-seconds, has Chiron and moon's true nodes, calculates
solar and lunar return charts, has context-sensitive help and an
introduction to astrology.

Unique features of this astrology program:
This is a reliable, very accurate, and easy to use astrology
calculation program.  It does not attempt to provide interpretations,
which avoid being superficial only in complete report writer programs
such as we sell commercially.  Most astrology software programmers are
just starting to produce programs for Windows.  Halloran Software
started selling Beta-test versions of our Windows program in 1992.  I
believe this program to be unique among shareware in the support that
it provides for copying both text and graphics to the Windows clipboard,
in calculating to such high accuracy, in calculating return charts and
a transits list, in its comprehensive atlas module, in analyzing
compatibility between people's charts, in the high quality of its two
graphic wheels, and in its support for international date formats and
languages.

Program capacity or limitations: Astrology for Windows is distributed
as freeware, with no requirement to ever register it.  The program will
calculate and display an unlimited number of accurate charts for any
place or time.  The tabular displays of positions and aspects may be
printed for all charts.  However, registration does bring additional
benefits such as the ability to save more than just 100 birth charts to
file, delete charts, make use of the maps of the United States and
Europe, and print or copy to the clipboard the color graphic wheels for
more than saved chart number one.

System requirements: 4 Mb RAM recommended, Windows 3.1 or higher.

How to start the program:  Start the program by clicking on the icon
for Astrology for Windows in the Halloran Software program group or
from Windows 3.1 File Manager or Windows 95 Explorer double-click the
AST4WIN.EXE file.

Registration fee: US$26.50

Materials or services that come with registration:  Registration code
that opens additional features; addition to mailing list for update
notices; technical support phone number.

List of program files and one-line description of each file:

PDASTWIN.TXT - This file.
READTHIS.TXT - Instructions for installing Astrology for Windows.
AST4WIN.EXE - Astrology calculation program.
ASTTEXT.INI - All program text is externalized to this editable file.
TRANSLAT.TXT - Table of captions arranged by menu for the translator.
ASTTEXT.ENG - English language program text file.
ASTTEXT.SPA - Spanish language program text file, by Rafael Corrales.
ASTTEXT.NOR - Norwegian language program text file, by Hallvard Oestrem.
ASTTEXT.NED - Dutch language program text file, by Nick Zwart.
ASTTEXT.POR - Portugese language program text file, by Pedro Macedo.
ASTTEXT.SWE - Swedish language program text file, by Anders Kihlstrm.
ASTTEXT.ITA - Italian language program text file, by G.L. Proverbio.
ASTTEXT.FRA - French language program text file, by Lionel Ancelet.
AST4WIN.HLP - Windows Help file has complete manual.
ADDEMO.EXE - Stand-alone demo of additional features in AstrolDeluxe.
DELTAT.WST - Table of Delta t time difference corrections.
STABBR.INI - List of state and country name abbreviations.
AUSCIT.WST - City list for Australia.
CANCIT.WST - City list for Canada.
EUROCIT.WST - City list for Europe.
USCIT1.WST - City list for part of United States.
USCIT2.WST - City list for part of United States.
USCIT3.WST - City list for part of United States.
WORLDCIT.WST - City list for the rest of the world.
EUROPE.RLE - VGA map image of Europe.
USA.RLE - VGA map image of United States.
WORLD.RLE - VGA map image of World.
CMDIALOG.VBX - Windows common dialog control.
GRID.VBX - Grid control.
MHEN200.VBX - MicroHelp function library.
MHFL200.VBX - MicroHelp function library.
VSVBX.VBX - VideoSoft form control.
COMMDLG.DLL - Windows common dialog library.
DDEML.DLL - Dynamic data link library.
HSCALC10.DLL - Astronomical calculations library.
MHRUN300.DLL - MicroHelp run-time library.
VBRUN300.DLL - Visual Basic run-time library, not normally included in
  zip file, obtain from your source for Astrology for Windows
  - the above large file belongs in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
INSTALL.BAT - Batch file which runs INSTALL1.EXE.
SETUP.BAT - Batch file which runs INSTALL1.EXE.
INSTALL1.EXE - Program which if run from hard disk adds to the Windows
               desktop the Halloran Software program group and icons
               for Astrology for Windows and Astrology for Windows Help.

Shareware Installation Instructions:
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Use Windows 3.1 File Manager or Windows 95 Explorer to create a
directory or folder on your hard disk for the program (make sure you
start at the root directory or topmost folder of the drive), preferably
one called C:\WINASTRO -- this name is recommended but not required.

Move the ASTWIN22.ZIP file to the \WINASTRO directory.  Use a file
unzip program to extract the contents into the \WINASTRO directory.  If
you have the PKUNZIP.EXE program in one of the directories in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT Path statement, and have made the WINASTRO directory the
current directory in File Manager or Explorer, you can enter
PKUNZIP ASTWIN22 in Run at File Manager's File menu or at the
Windows 95 Start menu.  Press the F5 function key to refresh the File
Manager window.  

Double-click on the INSTALL1.EXE file  --  this will add the Halloran
Software program group and astrology item icons to your Windows desktop.

