Orbiter

Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 325 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 443-0191 ORBITERTM Copyright ©1985 by Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. All rights reserved ORBITER Simulation Game designed and developed by: Sean Hill Gordon Walton D.R. Gilman Mike Jones John Keene John Polasek of PC Services, Inc., and Digital Illusions, Inc. and Jeff Sauter of Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. Special Thanks to: Consulair Corporation Cover Art by: Highlight Graphics of Boulder, Colorado Graphic Art by: Zeppelin Graphics of Boulder, Colorado Documentation by: Documentation Resources, Inc. LIMITED WARRANTY/REGIS-rRATION INFORMATION The enclosed limited warranty/registration card must be returned to Spectrum HoloByte as soon as possible to ensure replacement of defective materials and receipt of update h,formation. ORBITER is a trademarkof Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. Macintosh, is a trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. Mac Xl, Mac Plus, and Switcher are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ORBITER is dedicated to the memory of the crew of the Challenger: Frances R. Scobee••Commander Michael J. Smith•••... Pilot Ellison S. Onizuka.•.Mission Specialist Gregory B. Jarvis.....Payload Specialist Ronald E. McNair••••. Mission Specialist Judith Resnik Mission Specialist Christa McAuliffe.•••• High School Teacher ("Teacher In Space") The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 75 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986. There were no survivors. NASA's shuttle system successfully launched 24 shuttle flights before the fatal Challenger explosion. These men and women were pioneers, individuals who understood the risks associated with spaceflight. Their main objective was to enhance our knowledge of the final frontier. Space exploration will continue; we are deeply saddened that this crew's part in it ended so soon. OPERATING INFORMATION ORBITER requires a lot of memory and uses a lot of high level number crunching; if you use desk accessories during play be aware that this will strainthe memory and slow down the operations. For Hours Completed in the Astronaut Information box and the Qrb.i1aJ. ~ in the Choose Orbit box, the numbers wUJ be rounded to the nearest whole number. Some numericdisplayswill refresh everytwo or three seconds so the display will show incremental rather than consec- utive increases. Events such as an abort from a launch sequence may take from 5 to 10 minutes (Rota is a long way away). It depends on your altitude at the time of abort. …