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   Message 233 of 279   
   Janis Kracht to Mark Hofmann   
   Re: FidoGazette Vol 8 no 03 P   
   12 Apr 14 11:09:00   
   
   an   
   list the stations in the DB as well.   
      
   Like:   
   ===================================================================   
   [W]eather/[L]ist-Stations/[Q]uit   
      
   Choice: l   
      
   KABE Allentown PA   
   KABI Abilene TX   
   KABQ Albuquerque NM   
   KABR Aberdeen SD   
   KABY Albany NY   
   KACT Waco TX   
   [...]   
   ====================================================================   
      
   Then you can enter the weather station to check, or the city,st:   
      
      Enter City OR Weather Station (like KITH):   
      
   The weather report is the short report, not an extended report 7 day report,   
   like this:   
      
   ===   
   Ithaca, Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, NY, United States (KITH) 42-29-27N   
   076   
   -27-30W   
   Apr 12, 2014 - 10:23 AM EDT / 2014.04.12 1423 UTC Wind: from the SSW (200   
   degrees) at 6 MPH (5 KT):0 Visibility: 10 mile(s):0   
   Sky conditions: clear   
   Temperature: 51 F (11 C)   
   Dew Point: 42 F (6 C)   
   Relative Humidity: 71%   
   Pressure (altimeter): 30.21 in. Hg (1023 hPa) ob: KITH 121423Z 20005KT 10SM CLR   
    11/06 A3021 RMK AO2 cycle: 14   
   ===   
      
   I'm working on a version that gives you a choice of Todays (short report) or   
   extended weather report... adding color messed up that version good Lol... but   
   I'll get it eventually    
      
   > My BBS has no way of getting anything from the Internet - directly. I have   
   >separate events that run on another system using scripts that download my loca   
   > forecast.   
      
   Ah...I see.  Does it do it every so often?   
      
   >It would be cool to have it all interactive - but that isn't something that   
   >the system could support.   
      
   Ok, understand.   
      
   > I remember along time ago I wrote some text formatting programs that took the   
   > "text based weather radar" (which used numbers 1-5 to show intensity) and   
   > formatted the output to change the numbers to different color ANSI graphics.   
      
   >It was very cool.  Basically was one of the first old school animated text/ANS   
   > based weather radar.   
      
   That sounds very neat :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1   

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