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Article #1606Re: Q for Atari: the Home Planetarium
From: Neil Harris
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1986 20:37
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1986 20:37
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In article <201@uwmacc.UUCP>, demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
> A question for "the gang from Atari:"
>
> The "Atari Planetarium" has been promised for over 6 monthes now
> Any release date, gang? Also, is there anything you can tell me about
> the package:
> - does it make use of GEM and the mouse, etc
> - can I load/build my own databases
> - what type of database does it come from?
> - etc
No firm release date yet. The developers of this package still have to
finalize the ST version. The 8-bit Atari version has been out for a few
months now.
It does use the mouse and drop-down menus. The database includes all 88
constellations and every star down to some magnitude (not sure at the
moment, but lots). It includes all the planets and this past visit by
Halley's comet. Deep sky objects like galaxies are also included. For
every object displayed on the screen, there is a text entry that can be
called up by clicking the right mouse button. A very impressive program.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!vecpyr!atari!neil From: neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Q for Atari: the Home Planetarium Message-ID: <420@atari.UUcp> Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 16:37:54 EDT Article-I.D.: atari.420 Posted: Mon Aug 25 16:37:54 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 26-Aug-86 02:55:31 EDT References: <201@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: Atari Corp/Mktg Lines: 35