Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!twg.com!david From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Looking for weather stuff Message-ID: <7682@gollum.twg.com> Date: 31 Jul 90 02:26:25 GMT References: <620006@hpnmdla.HP.COM> Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 36 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? 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. There's a box and/or software available which decodes/encodes what's known as "Radio Fax". This is useful for the slow-scan-TV stuff that people like Ham Radio operators and UPS/AP use for sending pictures around the world. This box and/or software is also useful for grabbing pictures from satellites (dunno if that's the same format or not...) It was mentioned in the _What's_new_ column in AmigaWhirled a couple of months ago and I've also seen it advertised somewhere, I think. Price was ~$300-~$500.. It can be hooked to any audio input or output device so that the picture could come over phone, radio, tape recordings, or whatever. Same for outputting pictures ... >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?? wwaaaaeeellll ... I 'spect thet if there wuz software taylerd to some p'ticular sport it might b' juggling or mebbe volleyball.. :-) Oh yeah.. fooling an amiga into thinking it's an IBM requires a bridge board, of course. -- <- David Herron, an MMDF weenie, <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <- <- Sign me up for one "I survived Jaka's Story" T-shirt!