Hi Fer, Sarah and Steve: I'm very happy that yesterday I finally figured out how to find and use spin.exe after much work! I was beginning to get very frustrated as I really want to build one of these wonderful dials in stone. Thank all of you for putting up with a struggling cyberly challenged beginner. (I've only been working with a computer for one year). What really confused me at first is that "azimuth" and "azimuthal" are two completely different kinds of sundials in two different progreams, with an azimuth sundial showing only the sun's direction, and an azimuthal sundial showing time.
Using Windows 98, I have been able to get a fairly good printed copy of my new azimuthal dial on my Epson Stylus printer by clipping and pasting into "Paint". On your website, Fer, I noticed that you recomend PRINTGL for use with printers, or conversion to a .dxf file for use with CAD. For printing hard copies, do you consider PRINTGL to be greatly superior in quality to my cut and paste method? Is it worth the trouble to learn how to use it, especially if I don't want to use CAD? Also, Fer, which version of ZONVWLAK 95 should I use? The floppy disk that NASS sent me or the downloaded version in your website? I hope that this is the last time I bother you with this. But thank you so much for being so patient with us cyberly challenged beginners. Your help has been greatly appreciated! John
