coatta@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Terry Coatta) (10/24/89)
I have been trying to get a copy of Galileo II for about 3 months now. Local dealerships say that it is no longer being carried by the company that formerly distriubuted it. There are rumours of a new version being worked on, but not yet released. Can anybody comment on the situation? Can I get a copy of Galileo II? If there is a new version being worked on, when will it be ready? Terry Coatta Dept. of Computer Science, UBC, Vancouver BC, Canada coatta@grads.cs.ubc.cdn `What I lack in intelligence, I more than compensate for with stupidity'
nschultz@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ned W. Schultz) (10/24/89)
Version 3 of Galileo is called "Distant Suns" and it was available at AmiExpo (though the manual wasn't ready due to earthquake). The list is $69.95, but they were passing out rainchecks for $25 off...mine says to send the raincheck and a check for $44.95 (postage and tax included!) for the program. Address is: Virtual Reality Labs Inc. 2341 Ganador Ct. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 549-9092 I don't know how liberal they are going to be about that raincheck. You might want to call them and see if theyu';llll give you the discount anyway. Ned Schultz nschultz@polyslo.calpoly.edu
jea@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) (10/24/89)
I am having no luck installing Galileo on my hard disk.
I have asked about upgrade policies for Galileo but to
no avail. It is my impression that Smithwick has had
problems with his former distributor and Galileo is now
dead. He apparently wants to market a new program called
Distant Suns and leave Galileo owners under a starless
sky. Can anyone confirm that Galileo does not run on HD
because it has built in paths? Has anyone been able to
upgrade their disks?
I am hesitant to invest in Distant Suns given the problems
with Galileo.
Joanne Albano, Center for Visual Science (716) 275-3055
Room 256 Meliora Hall, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
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INTERNET: jea@snipe.cvs.rochester.edupdg@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Paul Gootherts) (10/25/89)
> I am having no luck installing Galileo on my hard disk. I have > asked about upgrade policies for Galileo but to no avail. It is > my impression that Smithwick has had problems with his former > distributor and Galileo is now dead. He apparently wants to > market a new program called Distant Suns and leave Galileo > owners under a starless sky. Can anyone confirm that Galileo > does not run on HD because it has built in paths? Has anyone > been able to upgrade their disks? I am hesitant to invest in > Distant Suns given the problems with Galileo. I have Galileo 2.0 running on my hard disk. Here's what I did: 1) Copy the whole floppy to a directory (I called it "Infinity Software" because that's what the floppy's volume name was) on the hard disk. 2) Delete directories like "c" and "s". They don't seem to be needed. 3) Move everything in "fonts" to the real "fonts" directory. 4) "Cd" to the directory you made and run Galileo. It worked for me. Since it's keyword protected, the original disk isn't needed. I did this with "Diskmaster". Saves a lot of typing. I don't actually know if the directory has to be named "Infinity Software" to work. I did it because I figured it would increase my chances. Same comment about being in the directory when running Galileo. Now that I have it working, I'll check these things out. As I sit here, I'm looking at a brochure for "Distant Suns". It does mention an upgrade offer for Galileo owners, so I doubt Mike plans to "leave us under starless skies". The brochure doesn't describe the upgrade, so I'm curious if anyone knows any more about it. Paul Gootherts Hewlett-Packard Co UUCP: {hplabs,ucbvax}!hpda!pdg Internet: pdg%hpisoa1@hplabs.HP.COM