Hi Alexander,
Seems a good time to mention again that those who lack
broadband access, and would like a copy of A2.0 on eleven
CD-Rs, can get one at no charge. Only requirement is that
you copy the disks, then mail them on to someone else
who wants them. For details:
http://www.projectpluto.com/a2_pass.htm
A2.0 in its original form was distributed with the zones in a
somewhat random-looking order, as shown at
http://www.projectpluto.com/a2.htm
This rearrangement lets it fit on eleven disks, not twelve,
while holding a few additional files. It does mean that there's
no easy pattern linking declination to disk number.
With your reordered zones, you'll just need to keep track,
somewhere, of which of your disks covers a given declination
zone in the sky. Thus, if Guide asks you to insert disk #7,
you might say to yourself: "I'm going to ignore Guide's message,
because I know that on _my_ copy of A2.0, the data in question
is actually on disk #2." Guide just looks for the file, and not
at volume labels and such, so it won't get confused about this.
-- Bill