Re: ...software...

jardari2 Jan 11, 2002

--- In guide-user@y..., Bill J Gray <pluto@p...> wrote:

> Both
> programs were first advertised in the May 1993 _Sky & Telescope_,
> pages 85 and 86. Emil Bonanno, the author of Megastar, and I
> learned of each other's programs when we got our advertising proofs
> from S&T; we turned them over, and there on the opposite side was
> the other guy's ad.

Here's an image of Guide's introduction to the market:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/jimenez/g1.jpg

And yes, on the previous page in the magazine there's a flashier ad
for Megastar promising more. It sold for "only" $139 + shipping, so
it wasn't really difficult to decide on Guide. Besides, I had just a
few weeks earlier bought a CD drive.

Jari