Graphics Programs/mapping/plans

A thread of 2 messages, 10 October 1989 to 12 October 1989, in the order they were sent.

#614 Graphics Programs/mapping/plans

Jonathan Bayer · 10 October 1989

Greetings fellow travellers;

I am getting ready to start up a new campaign, and have a small problem.
There will be a lot of spacecraft the players will be interacting with,
and I don't want to have to lug around a ton of books.  I was wondering
if there are any programs available that would let me either read in a
set of plans (using a scanner) or enter the plans in some way, store
them in a database, and let the players or myself recall them and/or
print them out as we need.  I would prefer it to work on a pc on a CGA
( :-(  card at a minimum (ega or vga preferred), but do have a Macintosh
available if there is software there.  I do not want suggestions such as
"Use Macdraw or MacPaint".  I am looking for something a bit more
oriented towards what I want it to do.  I also am not interested in
AutoCAD, since it costs $ 3000.


JB

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#616 Re: Graphics Programs/mapping/plans

Peter L. Berghold · 12 October 1989 · reply to #614

[This came to [email removed], looks like it was
meant for [email removed].  Watch those automatic reply
headers! -- James]

>>
>>
>> Greetings fellow travellers;
Greetings!
>>
>> I am getting ready to start up a new campaign, and have a small problem.
>> There will be a lot of spacecraft the players will be interacting with,
>> and I don't want to have to lug around a ton of books.  I was wondering
>> if there are any programs available that would let me either read in a
>> set of plans (using a scanner) or enter the plans in some way, store
>> them in a database, and let the players or myself recall them and/or
>> print them out as we need.  I would prefer it to work on a pc on a CGA
	[ stuff deleted ]

ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!   Your about 6 months too early!   I am ATTEMPTING to
produce just such a program for the IBM compatibles...   Haven't been able
to spend enough time working on it tho'.    Do me a favor and EMAIL me a set
of specs that would be EXACTLY what you are looking for.   Part of why this
project has taken so long is a lack of specs.

Pete

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