OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical > Applications
SkyChart from 1990
Martin Vieregg:
There's a tiny nice program SkyChart which has been written for OS/2 1.3 in 1990. It still works on current OS/2 systems:
http://www.hypermake.com/english/favorite.html
then press "SkyChart".
The program shows the night sky on a specific location and a specific time.
But there are two bugs:
- Date bug: the current date is 2000 instead von 2020
- Resolution bug: Screens larger than 1920x1200 immediately crash the program.
The authors are Hans Bloemendaal and Klaas van Ditzhuyzen, Netherlands. Does anyone has still contact with them? If I get the source code, I could try to fix the two bugs.
I like the program more than current Windows programs, because it is so simple.
Eugene Tucker:
I remember that program it was nice and simple.
Doug Bissett:
Have you tried Night Vision?
https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/science/astro/nvsn26.zip
Eugene Tucker:
I have and it is good too.
Eduardo Vila Echagüe:
NightVision OS/2 has already all the functions of SkyChart and more. But if you require access to a larger star data base, there is a Java version 5.2 which runs very well in OS/2.
Eduardo Vila Echagüe
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