Talk:Skyglobe

Great work
DOS programmes were written entirely in assembler! All due respect to SkyGlobe's original programmers. Programming efforts aside, great scientific contributions. 115.64.144.135 (talk) 08:32, 23 December 2012 (UTC)


 * The Windows verison of skyglobe looks & feels very differently from the original DOS versions. An overcast of C++ over the original, it seems. Pity that the original DOS versions would no longer run under Windows7 or later (Still running under XP though). Someone falling out on the job very badly there @MicrosoftCorporation! 14.201.95.31 (talk) 09:43, 11 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The inclusion of the planet Ceres (dwarf planet?) would have been nicer. But it's nice enough the way it is. More than just "nice" as it is, great indeeed. All due respect! 14.201.95.31 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:12, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

SkyGlobe 3.6 & Dosbox
You can make it run in win 7 (tested) with Dosbox. Put Skyglobe in some folder ex. c:\Skyglobe\program. Add Dosbox files in c:\Skyglobe\, add these lines in the end of dosbox.conf under [autoexec] : mount c C:\SkyGlobe\program c: Skyglobe.exe exit then just run DosBox or make run.bat with this line: dosbox.exe -conf "\dosbox.conf". --RicHard-59 (talk) 22:39, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

"available as closed-source freeware"
Just because someone is giving it away for free doesn't mean that it's actually freeware, in the legal sense of the term. I suppose it's entirely at the downloader's risk to use abandonware. Technically you might still get sued by Mark Haney if the program has been installed on your computer for a longer period. I realize that this is highly unlikely, I'm just arguing against the use of the term "freeware" here. --BjKa (talk) 13:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

DOS Versions 3.5 vs 3.6
Version 3.6 was compiled differently than 3.5. When you bought the program, you had the option to register up to three "Home Towns" of your choice. If you were brave enough to use a hex-editor you could edit locations in the files of 3.5. This was not possible so easily with 3.6. --BjKa (talk) 13:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Doesn't look like freeware to me
Somebody left a comment above, but that was more than 8 years ago and it seems this was never dealt with. I don't want to go editing it because I don't have all the facts, but the ref link just looks like a fan page not actually affiliated with the developer or his company. Unless there was a private correspondence or something, my guess is that the free version is cracked shareware, not freeware. And as much as I don't believe in intellectual property, I do agree with the person above that calling it "freeware" is misleading (and the download links should probably be removed since I'm guessing this violates Wikipedia's terms of use, seeing as abandonware is not actually legal).

One other thing: the article states that "Use of Skyglobe is still suggested to students at Villanova University" which I suppose is a nice piece of trivia but I don't know if it's still true. 2601:49:8400:26B:4509:7AE2:B17:B0BD (talk) 02:56, 6 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes I think that might have been an editor mistakenly thinking KlassM authorised SidewalkAstronomy's registered-version download when they didn't. "Because KlassM Software, Inc no longer exist Sidewalkastronomy.com is making SkyGlobe 3.6. registered version and SkyGlobe 4.0 avalable for download free" this sounds like abandonware.  I'll edit. A1415 (talk) 00:38, 7 February 2024 (UTC)