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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Weather WorkStation
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Date: 28 Nov 89 22:48:58 GMT
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In article <19000021@attcc.UUCP> bn@attcc.UUCP writes:
> The TV station which employs me requires a low-end workstation that 
>would be devoted to our Weathercast. The system ideally would be tied in
>to a weather service with auto downloading of weather info. It hould 
>incorporate a  map generating facility as well as paint and animation. 
>Since it will be used by non-techinical people it should be simple and 
>straight-forward.
>On page 96 of my C-A 'Buyer's guide to software and accessories' that came
>with my Ami it talks about a product called Digi-Weather. It says:
>"Digi-Weather downloads data and images from Accu-weather service allowing
>the user to access to the hourly weather updates in broadcast quality
>output"
>
>This product is available from Oxxi Inc.  

Oxxi originally tried to license the product from us (and indeed we let
them show it in beta form at some AMiEXPO), but then we ended up licensing it
to WeatherConnect, Inc. of CHicago , IL, at which time the name
was changed from Digi-Weather to DataConnect.  This last product allowed
access to WSI's and ESD'd databases besides Accu-Weather.  WeatherCOnnect is
now defunct, and we are negotiationg for a new publisher (together with 
SPARTA that owned the right to the Map Generation and animation portion of 
the software).
Stay tuned.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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