Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!linus!linus!eachus From: eachus@linus.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Looking for weather stuff Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 16:09:19 GMT References: <620006@hpnmdla.HP.COM> Sender: usenet@linus.mitre.org Organization: The Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 40 In-reply-to: glenb@hpnmdla.HP.COM's message of 24 Jul 90 16:36:33 GMT In article <620006@hpnmdla.HP.COM> glenb@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Glen Baker) writes: Does anybody out there know of any weather information software/hadware for the Amiga? Yes, the Amazing/Amiga Computing Products Guide lists several software packages. No addtional hardware required other than a modem. Many weather services provide IFF files for transfer, so all you really need is a IFF viewer. As an avid windsurfer/flyer/skier/generally outside person I'm always looking at weather maps on TV. I'd rather be able to grab them straight off of the satellites and display them on my Amiga. Most TV stations grab them from a commercial service to display on their Amigas (most TV weather programs use Amigas, some of them use other equipment as well)... Direct off the weather sattelites is a bit tricky, but you can get them images direct from NOAA if you want. In addition, there are several really cool packages for IBM/Mac machines to display weather info that has been tailored to the windsurfer's needs. Is there any way I can fool my Amiga into thinking it's an IBM with a decent monitor?? Wow, what a loaded question... It is possible to put a Targa board in your Amiga, but I doubt these programs support Targa formats. You can also put a A2286 and a VGA board in a 2000, if you consider that to be a decent graphics protocol (You would also need a second monitor unless you got real clever). The Transformer will trick an Amiga 1000 or 500 into thinking it is an IBM PC, but it won't think it has a decent monitor... You can also fool an Amiga into thinking it is a Mac, but you throw away color. (Actually you get your choice of any two colors, not just black and white. :-) -- Robert I. Eachus with STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; use STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; function MESSAGE (TEXT: in CLEVER_IDEAS) return BETTER_IDEAS is...