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** VERSION 6.00 **
History file for Astrolog version 6.00 (December 2015):
This is a comprehensive history list of the first 26 versions of
Astrolog that have been released to the Net over the past twenty-four
years. This file is mainly for those who have version 6.00 or later,
but aren't yet familiar with the earlier versions in which many of the
other features not just new to the latest version were described and
documented. Below is a listing of all versions of Astrolog that have
been released (up to version 6.00) after which for each version, is
listed the description of the new features and changes added to that
version. Taken together, all these update descriptions add up to a
comprehensive list of Astrolog's features and command switches.
[Features added to version:]
1) v1.00 posted Wed, 11 Sep 91 00:00:38 GMT (Initial planet calculations)
2) v1.10 posted Sat, 14 Sep 91 00:02:16 GMT (Aspects; different house systems)
3) v1.20 posted Fri, 20 Sep 91 23:56:55 GMT (File input; wheels; relationships)
4) v1.30 posted Wed, 9 Oct 91 03:17:04 GMT (Transits; searches; astro-graphy)
5) v1.40 posted Tue, 12 Nov 91 01:18:13 GMT (Restrictions; other conveniences)
6) v2.00 posted Wed, 11 Dec 91 07:11:25 GMT (X charts; multiple source files)
7) v2.10 posted Tue, 18 Feb 92 07:59:03 GMT (Color; more X charts; local space;
more progression and file support)
8) v2.20 posted Wed, 3 Jun 92 00:25:40 GMT (Stars; space charts; influences;
astrolog.dat; more relationships)
9) v2.25 posted Thu, 18 Jun 92 18:54:43 GMT (Bug fixes over v2.20)
10)v2.30 posted Fri, 12 Sep 92 01:20:42 GMT (Interpretations; comments, etc.)
11)v2.40 posted Wed, 20 Jan 93 03:23:16 GMT (Ansi text color; midpoint lists)
12)v3.00 posted Sun, 21 Mar 93 12:22:27 GMT (PC Graphics; more interpretations)
13)v3.05 posted Thu, 20 May 93 23:40:00 GMT (Bug fixes over v3.00)
14)v3.10 posted Sun, 26 Sep 93 08:29:58 GMT (Transit influences; efficiency)
15)v4.00 posted Wed, 5 Jan 94 10:22:11 GMT (Accurate formulas; PostScript;
metafiles; better wheel charts)
16)v4.10 posted Mon, 21 Mar 94 10:58:54 GMT (Improvements, fixes over v4.00)
17)v4.20 posted Fri, 23 Sep 94 07:19:01 GMT (New files; constellations; macros;
new objects; dispositors)
18)v4.30 posted Mon, 28 Nov 94 09:35:33 GMT (Parallel aspects; bug fixes)
19)v4.40 posted Sun, 12 Feb 95 04:28:11 GMT (Macintosh support; Arabic parts)
20)v5.00 posted Mon, 24 Jul 95 10:55:53 GMT (Windows interface; asteroid files)
21)v5.05 posted Sun, 20 Aug 95 09:29:49 GMT (Bug fixes over v5.00)
22)v5.10 posted Sun, 31 Dec 95 11:56:00 GMT (Chart printing; setting saving)
23)v5.20 posted Sun, 24 Mar 96 14:05:00 GMT (Gauquelin sectors; printing fixes)
24)v5.30 posted Mon, 30 Sep 96 11:55:00 GMT (Mac graphics; tri and quad-wheels)
25)v5.40 posted Thu, 24 Dec 98 14:22:00 GMT (Vedic style charts)
26)v6.00 posted Mon, 22 Dec 15 04:47:57 GMT (Swiss ephemeris, esoteric astrology)
All of the above versions of Astrolog except 2.25, 3.05, and 5.05 and
those after it were posted in direct source file, shell archive,
and/or zip archive form to the newsgroup alt.astrology. Versions
2.10, 2.25, 3.05 and 4.10 were submitted in shell archive format to
comp.sources.misc. In addition, version 1.30 was also posted to
talk.religion.newage. A beta release of version 5.20 was created but
wasn't made generally available.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Astrolog and all chart display routines and anything
not enumerated below used in this program are Copyright (C) 1991-2015
by Walter D. Pullen (Astara@msn.com, http://www.astrolog.org/astrolog.htm).
Permission is granted to freely use, modify, and distribute these
routines provided these credits and notices remain unmodified with any
altered or distributed versions of the program.
The main ephemeris databases and calculation routines are from the library
SWISS EPHEMERIS and are programmed and copyright 1997-2008 by Astrodienst
AG. The use of that source code is subject to the license for the Swiss
Ephemeris Free Edition, available at http://www.astro.com/swisseph. This
copyright notice must not be changed or removed by any user of this program.
Additional ephemeris databases and formulas are from the calculation
routines in the program PLACALC and are programmed and Copyright (C)
1989,1991,1993 by Astrodienst AG and Alois Treindl (alois@azur.ch). The
use of that source code is subject to regulations made by Astrodienst
Zurich, and the code is not in the public domain. This copyright notice
must not be changed or removed by any user of this program.
The original planetary calculation routines used in this program have been
copyrighted and the initial core of this program was mostly a conversion
to C of the routines created by James Neely as listed in 'Manual of Computer
Programming for Astrologers', by Michael Erlewine, available from Matrix
Software.
The PostScript code within the core graphics routines are programmed and
Copyright (C) 1992-1993 by Brian D. Willoughby (brianw@sounds.wa.com).
More formally: This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is
distributed in the hope that it will be useful and inspiring, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
for more details, a copy of which is in the LICENSE.HTM file included
with Astrolog, and at http://www.gnu.org
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Astrolog 1.00 posted Wed, 11 Sep 91 00:00:38 GMT
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There seems to have been zillions of requests for unix system programs
which can calculate planetary positions, or a birthchart in general.
I had been looking all over the place for one for a long while without
success, until someone posted the fact that Matrix software produces a
book called 'Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers' which
contains all kinds of useful formulas. Anyway, since there doesn't
seem to be an astrology program in existance anywhere, I decided to
make one myself and got the book and converted the routines to C and
made a chart casting program around them. At last here is a program
which can do your chart for you! Cut out the portion of this article
between the "cut here"'s, and compile the program with "cc -O
astrolog.c -lm". Execute it simply by entering "astrolog" (assuming
that's the name of the executable), and the program will ask you for
all the birth info and will give the planet/house positions. (e.g.
for here in Seattle right now for the seven prompts I would enter: 9;
10; 1991; 16.05 [for 5:05pm, with daylight time in effect]; 122.20;
47.36) The program calculates the positions of all planets, chiron,
the four main asteroids, as well as stuff like the part of fortune and
vertex. There are option switches (do astrolog -H to see them) which
allow siderial and heliocentric based charts to be done as well. Enjoy
the program, but r