Originally written by Syzygy Research & Technology on 13-Oct-98

Hi there.  This message is being sent to you since you recently purchased
the CD version 1.03 of Digital Universe for the Amiga.  We intend to keep
you abreast of new developments related to Digital Universe by sending
email periodically.  If you'd rather that we not contact you in this
fashion in the future, or would prefer that we send messages to an
alternate email address than the one we are using, please let us know.

There are a few exciting things that we would like to tell you about:



SALES OF THE AMIGA CD VERSION HAVE SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS

We released V1.03 of our software on CD (at a reduced cost) to see how many
people out there are still purchasing Amiga software.  We're happy to say
that the response has been very encouraging - more people have purchased
the software than we anticipated.  This is very good news for those of you
waiting for us to develop V2.0 of Digital Universe for the Amiga - it
appears as though there is still quite an active life in the Amiga
community.

At the moment, we are trying to finish up Macintosh and Windows versions of
the software (we have been working on them ever since our first release of
DU for the Amiga a few years ago, and hope to get them completed soon!)  As
a result, we intend to first complete and release the Macintosh version of
the software.  If at the time, the Windows version is almost completed,
we'd like to get that out the door as soon as possible too.  But then, we
intend on working on a "new and improved" DU V2.0 for the Amiga.  If you
have any features that you just can't live without, please let us know!

If you'd like to see how the Mac and Windows versions of the software are
progressing (since work on DU V2.0 for the Amiga hinges on how fast we can
get them completed) visit http://www.syz.com/DU/mac/completion.html and
http://www.syz.com/DU/ibm/completion.html respectively.

Of course, we'd still like to sell as many DU V1.03 CDs as we can.  If you
have any friends that you think may be interested in the program, please
remind them that purchasing V1.03 now for $75 Canadian (about $50 US) and
upgrading when V2.0 is released will cost exactly the same as just waiting
for V2.0, so there's no point in delaying!



FULLY-FEATURED DIGITAL UNIVERSE MAILING LIST STARTS UP

To say that some of our Digital Universe customers are enthusiastic about
the software is sometimes a bit of an understatement.  One such person is
Bill Eaves of Scotland.

In an effort to help promote the software as much as possible (and
encourage us that the Amiga software marketplace is still very alive and
well), Bill currently purchases copies of the software in bulk for resale
to people in the UK.  This makes it much easier (and less expensive) for
those in the UK to obtain copies of our software than ordering the package
from us directly.

Bill's latest undertaking is setting up a fully-featured Digital Universe
mailing list.  If you want to stay in touch with other Digital Universe
users, exchange ideas on how to use the software, discuss
astronomical-related issues, etc. I'm sure that you'll find the list useful
and interesting.  I'm a member of the list myself, and though it isn't an
official support medium for Digital Universe related questions, I'm looking
forward to participating as much as possible there.

You can join this list by going to the following web page:

     http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/DUniverse

Being that the list is so new, it's still pretty quiet at the moment.  But
Bill and I are both hoping that the situation changes soon!



INFORMAL TALKS WITH AMIGA INC.

Lately we've been talking informally with Fleecy Moss of Amiga Inc., to get
a bit of an idea where the Amiga is headed, make sure that they know about
Digital Universe, etc.  We'll be doing everything we can to ensure that the
next version of Digital Universe is fully compatible with, and takes
advantage of the new hardware and software features of the new Amigas.  A
new and updated Amiga with a new and updated Digital Universe is something
we just can't wait to see and experience!




As I'm sure you get judge from the tone of this letter, the future of DU
and the Amiga looks very bright.  If you have any comments or questions,
please don't hesitate to contact me (and don't forget to join the Digital
Universe mailing list!)

Dan Charrois

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