In a message dated 2/3/02 4:37:25 PM Central Standard Time,
pluto@... writes:

> Regarding use of Guide on older machines: somebody else
> may wish to chime in here. I know Guide does get frequent
> use on such machines; people often upgrade to a new P-IV
> screamer, and take the old '486 or Pentium out to the
> backyard observatory.

... "old Pentium."... sigh....
My Pentium-II is my NEW computer (which runs Guide 7 just fine as does the
older Pentium-1 laptop, an older IBM ThinkPad, I use in the field).

As for the even older ones, I've been running Guide on various computers
through several upgrade versions Guide ran well on my old 486 (an early 486
model with the largest hard drive of the time -- a whopping 160 MB <g>) for
routine charting and informational purposes; it choked up when attempting
heavily graphic activities such as zooming in close on Jupiter to see a
transit event or with some animations when I upgraded to Guide 6. If you
have an even older one hanging around, I used to run Guide 5 in DOS mode on a
386 but I doubt it would be able to handle the bells and whistles in the
later versions of Guide.

Cheers,
Sandy Mc (eagerly awaiting my email to upgrade ... again ... to Version 8!)

SandyMc456@... (Sandra McNamara)
Stanford, IL N 40d 26m W 89d 13m