Re: LZ: Idea: Satellite Tracker


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Re: LZ: Idea: Satellite Tracker



On Sat, 26 Oct 1996 19:37:18 -0400 sjh3mr@dukes.stark.k12.oh.us (Steve
Huwig) writes:
>How's this for a ZShell project: a graphical and/or text satellite
tracker?
>I was browsing through www.amsat.org and found one for the HP-48. Does
>anyone think it's possible for the 85? I'd imagine the mathematics to be
>well within TI-BASIC's capabilities, but I'm not sure what is possible
>under ZShell. I'm also not looking forward to a SLOW program. So, is
there
>any amateur radio operator (or satellite enthusiast) that would like to
>give it a try? I'd do it myself, except my learning assembly on CAZ is
like
>a paraplegic learning to drive a manual transmission...  I might end up
>messing about with it in TI-BASIC; after all, the 85 is 3 times as fast
as
>a C64, and that has a satellite program written for it.
>
>Seeya,
>Steve


Or maybe we could get the fellows in TI-Hardware to rig us up a GPS
gadget to an 85!


-|/|/esley McGrew
wesleymcgrew@juno.com


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