Another Atari Achievement...

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Thu Jun 18 09:22:53 1998

At 06:39 PM 6/17/98 -0700, Greg Troutman wrote:
>
>>From the photos I'd like to point out that he was actually using an
>800XL. Anyway the book is highly recommended not only for the Atari
>mention, but more so for it's majestic presentation of numerous
>individuals who pursue science purely for the love of it.

One might argue that he didn't need something as powerful
as an Atari 800XL to do that. :-) These days, computer-aided
hobby astronomer hackers are modifying Quickcams to use as
el cheapo CCD imagers, running multimedia star-mapping tools
on Windows laptops in the field, etc. I've even thought about
writing a star-finder for my PalmPilot, having picked up
an 8" Dobs for my birthday. (Of course, it's been cloudy
ever since.) And the PalmPilot isn't far from the Atari ST
or Amiga 1000 - 68000-ish chip, 3 megs of RAM, except it
runs for three weeks on two AAAs.

After all, Charles Moore created FORTH to control telescopes, too.

- John
Received on Thu Jun 18 1998 - 09:22:53 BST