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From: regnery@wpi.wpi.edu (George Regnery)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: NASA Prediction Bulletins
Summary: CoCo can do it
Message-ID: <1338@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 89 15:08:04 GMT
References: <125.24094E2D@real.FIDONET.ORG>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
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In article <125.24094E2D@real.FIDONET.ORG>, Dan.Charrois@f9.n342.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Dan Charrois) writes:
> Hello there.  I have called your board a few times and have noticed these 
> NASA prediction bulletins up there.  I thank you greatly for making these 
> available to us via this network (to save the monumental costs of calling 
> long-distance all the time...)  However, I am stuck with a somewhat 
> non-standard computer (read not IBM-compatible).  Therefore, the software 
> which you have available on your BBS won't work with my system (a Coco) 
> and I'm at a loss on what to make of those bulletins.  It does appear 
> though as if it comes from a simple database of orbital elements for the 
> satellites...  I'm a programmer and thus could create my own version of 
> those programs which determine the positioning of these satellites. 
> 
  I have a CoCo 2 and converted a Basic program from IBM PCs to do what you
want.  It isnt too hard to make the conversions, because they both use
MicroSoft Basic.  The program will display all of the data, but takes two
screens due to the strange screen size of the CoCo...  If you have a CoCo 3,
the program from the IBM should run directly after width80, because the screen
size is the same and CoCo 3 basic is nearly exactly like PC Basic (except
Graphic Commands I think).  I have a lot of CoCo Software for Astronomy.  If
you or anyone else wants any, just send me a message...


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