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List of programmes

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programme
Util Various useful programs, namely the Graph_d, CutBE and ASCII
ASCII Displays an ASCII table with decadic or hexadecimal numbers
B2D Babylonian to decimal conversion, like dd:mm:ss to degrees
CutBE Output is a part of input file starting and ending at some % of its length
Dec2hex Decimal to hexadecimal number conversion
Fa2Ce Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion
fit2dbf *.FITs to *.dbf conversion, for ASCII tables FITS files
GFDate Sets the date (or even time) of a file (files), e-mail or general ones
Grafik Graph from a text file (for PostScript or ouptut use Graph_d).
Graph_d Graphs and histograms from dBase files and from really text files. (Offers finding symmetry axis, polynomial regression, PostScript and outputs.)
Hex2dec Hexadecimal to decimal number conversion
Interval Julian date, or two dates and a time interval between them
ISBN A check digit of an International Standard Book Number
Key Displays a number code of the pressed key
NumFont An overview of numbered Borland Turbo Pascal fonts
PrnToFil Redirects prints to a file
Psychro dry and wet temperature to humidity
Rel2Abs relative humidity and Celsius temperature to Humidity Absolute
ShowFont Shows a named Borland Turbo Pascal font
Slohni Redirects <Ctrl><PrtScr> (copy of a text screen) to a file instead of prn
TestSpee Number of different operations per 0.01 s
Transmis Fraction of light transmitted through a layer of glass at various angles
Text Various programs for handling (changing) text files (or nearly-text). Programs off*.pas (not listed here) put away various ANSI (escape) sequences -- this is for cleaning terminal log files. The most useful files are:
CS_code.txt Explanation of coding of special characters of the Czech and Slovak languages
CS_Conv Converts (Czech) diacritics to another code table or (ev. partly) discards it; works also for dBaseIII+ files and for T602-editor ones. Decoding XXEncoded files, making character-occurrence tables.
CutTrBla Cuts away trailing spaces (empty ends of lines)
Dis_Comm discards comment lines from a *.ps file
HR2Par inserting \par or <p> at hard returns or <p> after blank lines
LF2CRLF UNIX-type text file to MS-DOS-type one
In32_127 Checking the file on being directly e-mailable
Nons2bla Repairing texts: character 255 to 32 (blank), or any to any
vlnka2 replaces spaces by after specified one-letter prepositions or by ~ (default) (a slight modification of Vlnka.pas, offered by CSTUG[16])
Astro Astronomical programmes
Dif2Rat Difference of Faintnesses / 1 mag -> Ratio of Brightnesses
Ecl2equ Ecliptical length and width -> RA and declination
Equ2ecl RA and declination -> l and b (ecliptical longitude and latitude)
Equ2gal RA and declination -> galactic longitude and latitude
F_GCVS Information on a star from the General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS)
Faint Faintesses of stars from a matrix of their comparisons, rough work
Fai2Bri Faintness (and distance) -> brightness and energy domain
Fourierm Frequency diagram from data of a special format, in Czech, by Leos Ondra
Grid Meridians and parallels for a rotational ellipsoid, like Jupiter
Hel_Cor Heliocentric correction (a quantity used for variable stars)
Lum Luminance expressed both standardly and in a queer astronomical way
Map_mGSC Plots a star chart (from the Guide Star Catalog as packed in MegaStar ver. 3)
Map_wire Length of deformed main circles in ``true-polar-distance'' maps
Moon Lunar ephemeris ( daily | main phases only | eclipses only )
Mul_fai Faintness of a group of stars from faintnesses of its members
Nights Times and azimuth of Sun passing a given angular height
Noci Times and azimuth of Sun passing a given angular height, a Czech version
Padi Angular distance of two points (or stars in the Bright Star Catalogue)
Planet Positions of Planets (in the old sense of word, including Sun and Moon)
Posi Positions of a body from elements of its heliocentric trajectory
Pre_d_bj Example of precession from B1950 to J2000, for file Planets.dbf
Pre_g_bj Example of precession from B1950 to J2000, for file GCVSred.dbf
Preces Equatorial coord. of a star: original frame (B1950) -> new frame (J2000)
Rat2dif Ratio of Brightnesses -> Difference of Faintnesses / 1 mag
Sol_Temp Radiative balance - temperatures on insolated bodies
Star_pos Angular height etc. of a point (or star in the Bright Star Catalogue)
Star_tim Time of reaching an angular height (for fixed stars, planets, Sun, Moon)
Sun Julian date, sidereal time, position of the Sun
Sun_ph Equinoxes and solstices
Sundial Planar sundials and Insolation of collectors and windows
Time2JD Writes Julian dates (or MJDs) into a dBase file
Tr_bin Trajectory of a visual binary star
Var_Dif Writes average departures, their standard deviations and changes into a list of comparison stars and then writes the faintesses into a list of comparisons
\Map_BSC Program Map_BSC and the related stuff for bright star maps
Map_BSC Plotting Star Maps from B5_cd.dbf, obj.dbf and planets.dbf
Scale Times versus dates, a scale for zenith star maps (Czech, )
Scale_v Times versus dates, a scale for zenith star maps (*.eps, vertical)
\CCD Programs for Santa Barbara Sci.Instruments Group CCD cameras: five working ones for the ST4 camera (but not much checked) and a draft viewer for the ST7 camera and FITS images.
FITSstVw Displays a CCD image from ST7 SBIG camera or a FITS 16-bit image
pCCD1 Draft program showing a CCD image by ST4 and a MegaStar GSC map
S4 Displays an image from Santa Barbara ST4 CCD camera
S4df Subtracts dark frame from an image by ST4 CCD camera
S4fa SBIG-like ``Flat-field'' transformation of an image by ST4 CCD camera
S4fs Natural ``Flat-field'' transformation of an image by ST4 CCD camera
S4m Measures a stellar image from Santa Barbara ST4 CCD camera
\Min General program for predicting periodic phenomena, but with just one-purpose data; by Rudolf Novák.
Min Times of extrema of variable stars (of eclipses in eclipsing binaries)
Fun Programs for J. Hollan's children, demonstration and educational trifles
Doppl2vs Conversion of acoustic interval into vehicle velocity (with sound demonstration)
Doppl2v Conversion of acoustic interval into vehicle velocity
Doppl Sound of a body on a circular orbit: hearing the Doppler effect
Morse Beeps letters in the alphabet of Morse
P Screen writing with script letters (scaled by + or - key); Czech code
Piano Plays tones given by keys; <Shift> makes them a halftone higher, <Ctrl> lower
Play Plays a melody from a simple text file (see Melodie.txt)
S Screen writing with SansSerif letters (scaled by + or - key); Czech code
Tada Adding and subtracting excersizes, conversating in Czech
TadaN Multiplying and dividing excersizes, conversating in Czech

Screen Setting video modes, various tests and operations with graphic screens. The most useful programs are:
Vmod Setting video modes of VGA cards (standard, VESA 6a, card-specific ones). A crazy screen can be often cured by: VMod 3
VmodV Setting video modes of VESA-obeying SVGA cards
Tisk Czech and graphic print on an old large dot printer CS 212-25, controling Epson printers (in Czech). The only program for standard printers is:
Setlpt Controls printers using Epson language, in Czech
Units Units for programs used by Jan Hollan
Angles_O Angular and matrix operations, Opening text files
Binaries Information on a binary star from Binaries.dbf
DbBridge Reading, writing into and creating dBaseIII+ files (based on an old program by Milan Drá¹il).
FtBridge Reading FITS tables/images
G_scree Printing (not in PCL), saving and restoring a graphic screen
GCVS Reads a record from the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GVCSred.dbf)
Graph_m8 Graphic interface: simultaneous PostScript/ file, stars, graphs
Graph_tx text replacement of unit graph (very simple, only outtext does something)
HdConv Conversion from decimal to hexadecimal and vice versa
Mbox Rectangle of any size and orientation, movable by cursor keys
Params Decoding usual parameters of programs by J.Hollan, common help-consts.
Params_G Same as Params, for programmes using graphic mode
Planets Ephemeris (helio/geo-centric) of 10 ``planets'' and Sun-orbiting bodies
Precesse Changing the equatorial coordinates due to precession of the Earth axis
Regress Polynomial regression (without weights)
Solar_ut Calendar, time, some astronomical co-ordinate transformations
Str_num String operations, Numeric conversion, Babylonian digital systems
Un_str_m String justification and conversion, date and time de- and en-coding (a substitute for parts of Unit_Str from Power Tools by Blaise Computing)


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