From: | Don Cox |
Date: | 2 Jun 2001 at 12:01:31 |
Subject: | Re: Digital Almanac 3 Review |
Hello Gordon
On 02-Jun-01, Gordon Moss wrote:
> Hi Don,
> Having just read your review of Digital Almanac 3, I thought I would
> just ask this one small question, has this program improved enough to
> equal or better Distant Suns? I don`t have a PPC yet, and my 030/40
> may not cut the mustard any longer, but providing programs like this
> are going to be released onto the Amiga platform we really need to
> know how improved they are in comparison with the previous release as
> well a others in the same genre.
The most obvious difference is that DA is MUI-based and works on a
graphics card, while DS is AGA-only. The images of galaxies etc
provided with DA are of higher quality, especially the texture maps of
planets.
DA is still being developed, so if you need any special feature you
could ask for it. DS has no telescope control.
But of course the stars are in the same place on both.
As for a PPC, if you are using these programs to identify what you can
see in an affordable telescope, you will not need to display millions of
stars, so a PPC is unnecessary. It would be useful if you want to
generate impressive animations. I used a 68060 for the review and it
was slow only with everything turned up to maximum.
Regards
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