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Astrolog version 3.05 (May 1993)

Astrolog (pronounced astro-log; astro as in astronomy, log as is
logarithm) is an astrology calculation program written in C. Its main
function is to calculate birthcharts and give accurate positions of
planets, various asteroids, stars, and house positions at particular
times. It supports different display formats, forms of chart
comparisons, some interpretations, and other astrology related
functions. It creates bitmap charts and has animation for X11 and PC's.

Astrolog works best when run on a Unix system with X windows, or on an
386 or better PC with VGA. However, neither X11 nor VGA, or even Unix
or a PC, are needed in order to be able to run the program. The added
graphics features can easily be compiled out for those who don't have
them, and various users have gotten this and previous versions of the
program compiled properly on VMS and other systems with hardly any
modifications necessary.

IMPORTANT: The planetary calculation routines used in this program
have been Copyrighted and the core of this program is basically a
conversion to C of the routines created by James Neely as listed in
Michael Erlewine's 'Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers',
available from Matrix Software. The copyright gives us permission to
use the routines for our own purposes but not to sell them or profit
from them in any way.

IN ADDITION: the graphics database and chart display routines used in
this program are Copyright (C) 1991-1993 by Walter D. Pullen. Permission
is granted to freely use and distribute these routines provided one
doesn't sell, restrict, or profit from them in any way. Modification
is allowed provided these notices remain with any altered or edited
versions of the program.

To compile this version of the program, first edit the top of the file
astrolog.h, putting in your own appropriate values for the default
longitude, latitude, time zone, and default chart input file search
directory. (In the same manner, also edit the default parameter values
in the file astrolog.dat.) Also comment out any of the #defines which
set various features that aren't valid on your system, such as the
X11, TIME, and SWITCHES variables, and you may want to edit other
#defines variables such as DEFAULT_SYSTEM to your tastes. Then, for
Unix systems, run the command 'make' on the Makefile, or on some PC's,
"nmake" will compile it assuming the "makefile.pc" file is renamed to
be "makefile". If these don't work, you can always compile by hand:
"cc -O -c *.c; cc -o astrolog *.o -lm -lX11" will do it on Unix; just
make sure to compile each source file and link them together at the
end with the math and if applicable, the X11 or graphics libraries.

Note: The file 'Helpfile' that comes with this distribution is a 150K
file that lists lots of information about the program and how to use
the different features and options, which one will want to read. Due
to its length, this file had to be split into three parts:
Helpfile.p1, Helpfile.p2, and Helpfile.p3 - You will want to
concatenate these parts back together again. Use a favorite editor to
do this, or if you are on a Unix system, do the command: cat
Helpfile.p1 Helpfile.p2 Helpfile.p3 > Helpfile. The file 'History' is
also a lengthy file split into three parts which should be recombined
in the same manner. The History file describes previous versions of
the program and is mostly for those with previous releases who have
upgraded and want to see what new features have been added lately.

Enjoy the program! May you have as much fun with it as I have. Send
any comments to my e-mail address below.

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