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From: prem@geomag.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: is there LIFE out there?
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Date: 7 Nov 89 20:25:54 GMT
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In article <3343@vax1.tcd.ie> rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
>> version, well, just won't cut it.  Also, has anyone heard of a "gravity
>> simulator?"  It animates celestial bodies according to their gravitational
>> interactions.  (There was an article in Scientific American a few years
>> back)

   Yes, there is already a gravity simulator around.  I believe it was
   distributed via one of the amiga binary groups.  The program also
   resides (in zoo'ed form) on Amiga Lore BBS here in Tallahassee.
   Dial 904-561-6708 at 1200 or 2400 baud.  If you catch the SysOp
   while he's there, he'll verify you immediately.  By the way, use of
   the BBS is free--you're only paying for long-distance charges.
   It works really well, except when two planets get closer than kissing
   close.  Gravity goes infinite and one planet will zoom through the other
   at ludicrous speeds.  Except for this case, though, everything is very
   well behaved.  C source is also included.
   ---Prem Subrahmanyam (prem@geomag.gly.fsu.edu)