Digital Universe 1.5 for OS completed.

[BillE]

The good news is that the desktop planetarium "Digital Universe 1.5" for Hyperion's "Amiga OS4" is finally completed and available to order in the UK and Europe.

However, Dan Charrois of Syzygy who is organising the online ordering and distribution system is away on business for a while, so that there will be no download system until the end of November or maybe early December. This currently limits sales to physical CD copies, posted to UK and Europe.

Users in other parts of the world would be best to wait until the online ordering and download service is available. Though it would of course be possible to post CDs to other areas, the extra cost is probably not worth it and the download system would most likely be available by the time a CD arrived !

When the online system is ready people will be able to order either via the "Syzygy" website (in Canadian dollars via credit card) or the "Digital Universe" website (in UK pounds via Paypal). Either way the package will be downloaded from Syzygy's secure web server.
Two choices of file will be available, an LHA file or an ISO image for creating an install CD. Both files contain artwork to create a CD label and cover.

Those in the UK will also be able to order by cheque for either the CD or the downloadable version.

Those upgrading from Digital Universe 1.03 (68k) will need to include their registration details when ordering or send their keyfile to amiga at syz dot com.


See http://www.digitaluniverse.org.uk/ and follow the Ordering link for more details on pricing and ordering a CD.

The other good news is that work has already started on v1.6 which will be a free upgrade to v1.5.

It is planned to handle updates using Simon Archer's excellent AmiUpdate utility, which of course does not mean updates cannot be obtained directly by people who for some reason do not use AmiUpdate.

All 1.6+ updates will be free to registered users.

Bill Eaves,


Note: This software is for OS4 only, OS3.x versions are not an option. It is time to look forwards not backwards. Besides DU 1.03 works perfectly well on classic systems already.                                          

[BillE]

AROS is not supported.

I doubt it ever will be, x86 is not Amiga IMHO.

If you really want to use a PC then go spend £150 on Starry Night Pro instead.


Bill.

[BillE]

> What does that even mean?

It means I will NEVER support x86 hardware, there are plenty of astronomy applications for that already.

I am filling in a gap that currently has little software as a hobby effort and have no intention supporting every CPU type out there.




Bill

[BillE]

> For your information, AROS PPC native is do out
>  in the next three months, if not earlier.
> But that's your prerogative what you support.

Donate a machine to me that will run AROS and developer information for AROS and I will release a version that will run on it.

Same goes for MOS. he only reason there is no MOS version is I do not have anything to run it on, you nevcer seem to come across MOS much in the UK.

I cannot afford more than one computer, the A1 cost enough. I will not try to recompile software for other platforms that I can personally test however.

This is the BIG problem with the Amiga these days, so many variants.

I long back to the days when the hardware and OS were linked.

Now we have MOS, OS4 and now AROS/PPC, AROS/x86 and goodness knows what else.

I can only afford to buy the one computer (Amiga One) so will develop for that.


Bill.