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Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« on: November 08, 2007, 04:00:05 AM »
Would anyone be interested in an update to this classic Amiga application? We are in contact with the company and might push forward if there is any interest. The current version is 6.0. The Amiga version has not been updated in a long while. It is a great package though.
 

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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 04:25:25 AM »
Count me in for one copy!
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2007, 04:36:01 AM »
I just got the latest 5.x version a couple years ago for Christmas... I'd love to see v6 under a tree soon :)
 

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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2007, 04:58:12 AM »
Yes indeed!! as long as it ran fairly well on a 030 50Mhz with WB3.9. I am very interested in Astronomy in general and Distant Suns on the Amiga is an excellent application.
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2007, 05:49:10 AM »
What sort of stuff would you add to it?
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2007, 05:58:20 AM »
yes!!!
 

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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2007, 06:19:21 AM »
Me Too!
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2007, 07:06:13 AM »
Count me in!
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2007, 07:29:40 AM »
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What sort of stuff would you add to it?

More suns? At a greater distance?

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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2007, 09:20:20 AM »
Would be very nice!
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2007, 10:24:16 AM »
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More suns? At a greater distance?


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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2007, 01:35:58 PM »
I'd be interested. I had bought Distant Suns for my A1200 back in the day. Not sure if it was v4 or v5.
 

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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2007, 01:54:58 PM »
Yes, count me in!
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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2007, 02:32:09 PM »
if the price is right I'd get a copy
 

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Re: Distant Suns Amiga update, any interest?
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2007, 03:52:32 PM »
I was always a big Distant Suns fan - I even got the CD version way back when.


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