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Re: how are the tables for declination generated ? equation ? etc......
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Feb 12, 07:19 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Feb 12, 07:19 EST
Courtney, you wrote:
"I have a couple of old calculators laying about unused, e.g. TI-82
and
HP-28C. Used to have an HP-97 that had programmable cards and a small
printer."
HP-28C. Used to have an HP-97 that had programmable cards and a small
printer."
In that case (putting the unused hardware to good use), I would say go with
Bill Murdoch's excellent and detailed instructions posted to the list a few
hours ago. It's Sun-only, but it'll get you where you're going.
" I have a small network at home with several machines
running
FreeBSD, Linux [several flavors], Novell, SCO, MS Windows [several
flavors], etc.."
FreeBSD, Linux [several flavors], Novell, SCO, MS Windows [several
flavors], etc.."
Cool. :-) I've got two Linux flavors, two Windows flavors, and two MacOS
flavors. But only three machines :-(. When I see people collecting old editions
of Bowditch's Navigator, I wonder whether there will be similar collections of
today's computer operating systems in 200 years... or sooner.
And you wrote:
"I've done a little programming but it's not my trade. I have a
familiarity with Fortran, Pascal, Basic, ASM, & C"
"I've done a little programming but it's not my trade. I have a
familiarity with Fortran, Pascal, Basic, ASM, & C"
Not that it's relevant to the calculator coding task, but I have to mention
my favorite coding environment for the past couple of years. It's called
Realbasic. Do you know it? Very nice, modern Basic with unbelievably good
cross-platform compilation. You can code under Windows or Mac and compile for
Windows, Mac9.x, MacOSX, or Linux. No kidding. It works.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars