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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Applications => Topic started by: Martin Vieregg on December 16, 2020, 04:39:50 pm

Title: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Martin Vieregg on December 16, 2020, 04:39:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Eugene Tucker on December 16, 2020, 04:58:32 pm
I remember that program it was nice and simple.
Title: Re: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Doug Bissett on December 17, 2020, 06:11:24 am
Have you tried Night Vision?

https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/science/astro/nvsn26.zip (https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/science/astro/nvsn26.zip)
Title: Re: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Eugene Tucker on December 17, 2020, 03:58:48 pm
I have and it is good too.
Title: Re: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Eduardo Vila Echagüe on December 17, 2020, 04:23:20 pm
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
Title: Re: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Martin Iturbide on December 17, 2020, 04:59:55 pm
Hi
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'm trying with a couple of Hans Bloemendaa I found on LinkedIn, let's see if they reply.

Regards
Title: Re: SkyChart from 1990
Post by: Martin Iturbide on December 17, 2020, 07:38:12 pm
Hi Martin

Hans Bloemendaal contacted me back. He does not have the source code and Klaas van Ditzhuyzen used to be one in charge of OS/2 development. He haven't contact Klaas van Ditzhuyzen since 1990, but sadly a friend of him mentioning Klaas decease about 15 years ago.

Sadly, I think we have no chance to get Skymap source code.

Regards