Re: Star Finder Software
Subject: Re: Star Finder Software
SLK1000@XXX.XXX
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 19:31:07 EST
Chuck:
Try the attached file. I wrote it for USPS navigation classes, so it
probably has more than you need. It is a DOS program. It also does solar
phenomena to help you determine when you want to do the star finding.
Operation should be self-explanatory. It was originally written for a
Commodore 64, so it is not very elegant, but it works well enough. (The
thing about having the volume up is left over from the C64, where you could
go get a cup of coffee and the beep would tell you when it was done
calculating.) Coincidentally, just yesterday I received an e-mail from
someone who found a bug in the program, but he was using an older version, so
the bug may have been exterminated. In any case, if you discover any bugs or
have any questions, let me know.
Stan Klein
