ScuzzBlog: Diaries October 2024 Entry 22nd October 2024: Post 1: Amiga Distant Suns - Space is big. Really big. Amiga Distant Suns - Space is big. Really big. In the words of the Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy, "Space is big. Very big ..". Nothing demonstrates this better than the software Distant Suns by Mike Smithwick. For those that know of this little gem space has never been more revealing than through the Amiga and any number of revisions to this application. I was a little disappointed to only find one disk in my collection and so had to hunt down manual and software. Wasn't hard to find. I did like the prompt during the install that I was likely going to have to wait forty minutes for the process to de crunch. It also warns of memory requirements and screen resolution issues. Saying all that I was able to launch two versions of the software. You need the manual as you are given a test of knowledge on aspects of the solar system to progress the copy protection. When first entering the night sky you are placed with a view of the northern hemisphere and centred on the North Star, Polaris. This mode is known as Planetarium mode with a field of view of stars and planets. On screen is a control panel that lets you scroll around the sky and display basic status information. The project has cult status and even today has a version T+30 years and counting. Amazing really. There were any number of astronomy PD disks for the Amiga. I pulled one at random called Total Concepts The Solar System. This I found most informative albeit a little wordy. I did once have a friend with an Amiga that had a large telescope and who spent a lot of time studying any number of disks they had purchased for the Amiga. Was actually very popular. Anyhoo I am sure you have your own methods of tracking down software and the like so I won't trouble you with my links. Obviously I disposed of the data once I had featured the software here given that I have no rights to the disks. As you do. Distant Suns is bought to you by Virtual Reality Laboratories. Amiga Distant Suns - Space is big. Really big.

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