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From: cruiser1@u.washington.edu (Astrolog)
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Subject: v42i001: astrolog - Generation of astrology charts v4.10, Part01/16
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Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:08:07 -0600
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Posting-number: Volume 42, Issue 1
Archive-name: astrolog/part01
Environment: UNIX, DOS, VMS, X11, MSC
Supersedes: astrolog: Volume 37, Issue 70-81
Astrolog is an extensive and customizable astrology chart
calculation program. Astrolog can do standard natal wheel charts,
aspects, midpoints, relationship charts, transits, progressions, and
astro-graphy, as well as local horizon, solar system orbit, and
various influence charts. It supports different zodiacs, central
planets, 12 different house systems, and can display positions of
asteroids, Transneptunians, and several dozen stars. It supports
graphics charts in the X Windows environment, and when compiled on
PC's it can do EGA/VGA/SVGA screen graphics. Charts may be smoothly
animated forward and backward and in real time. Some charts access
the program's own internal map of the world which can be also be used
to a nice animation of a rotating globe! Graphics files may be
generated in X11 bitmap, PC bitmap and other formats. Astrolog can
also do a simple form of deduced interpretations.
Astrolog version 4.10 supersedes an older version (3.05) that
was posted here in May of 1993. File diffs weren't chosen in this
release due to the enormity of their size and the many changes made
since then. New additions include the ability to optionally access
if available ephemeris files covering over 8000 years for increased
accuracy. Graphics files may now be generated in PostScript and MS
Windows metafile formats in addition to bitmaps. The graphic wheel
charts are much enhanced, and graphical ephemeris and biorhythm
charts may now be done. More of the chart types may be interpreted,
and various new influence charts, planetary rising and setting times,
and calendars are available. This version has a bunch of other
enhancements (e.g. PC mouse support), several bug fixes, and some
general performance improvements.
The program (pronounced astro-log; astro as in astronomy, log as
is logarithm) works best when run on a Unix system with X windows, or
a DOS system with VGA. However neither X11 nor graphics, or even Unix
or a PC, are needed in order to be able to run the program. The X11
and other graphics features can easily be compiled out for those who
don't have them, and the program can be compiled properly (although I
haven't tested it myself) on VMS and even Mac systems with only a few
modifications necessary.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.