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- From: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Subject: Re: update of COSMOS program
- Message-ID: <ts9212300737.1958@chyde.uwasa.fi>
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- Sender: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Organization: University of Vaasa
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 07:37:20 GMT
- Approved: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi
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- -To: lee@yagaman.convex.com (Gene W. Lee)
- -Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 09:36:37 +0200 (EET)
- -From: ts
-
- > I have uploaded COSMOS16.zip to the incoming area. Here is the introduction
- > to the program (excerpt from COSMOS.DOC)
- >
- > COSMOS16.ZIP SVGA to Herc, Professional Astronomy Simulator
- >
- > COSMOS is a program which provides astronomical simulations the
- > same way as seen in a planetarium. COSMOS will show the past,
- > present and future skies as viewed from anywhere on Earth. The
- > program will display the position (with real time updating) of
- > the planets and comets in orbit around our Sun as well as calcu-
- > late specific data about celestial bodies. COSMOS will even
- > display the moons of Jupiter as they orbit the planet.
- >
- > Program options allow the user to select the date and time to
- > view, the direction of view, the viewer's latitude and longitude
- > on Earth, and much more. Using the display updating parameters
- > COSMOS can display a complete day's movement of the heavens, or
- > demonstrate the retrograde motion of the planets.
- >
- > COSMOS will run on any DOS based system (DOS version 2.0 or
- > greater) which has SuperVGA, VGA, EGA, CGA or Hercules graphics
- > and a hard disk. Note that although the program will run in CGA
- > mode, the display quality is poor because of the lack of resolu-
- > tion and colors. Microsoft Mice are also supported.
- >
- > Author email: lee@convex.com
- >
- >
- > --
- > Gene W. Lee lee@convex.com +1 214 497 4733
- > Convex Computer Corporation ------- __o
- > 3000 Waterview Parkway ------ _`\<,_
- > Box 833851, Richardson,Tx,75083 ------ (*)/ (*)
- >
-
- Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as
- 179178 Dec 29 18:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/cosmos16.zip
-
- All the best, Timo
-
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- Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
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