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Title: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: masoudfun1996 on January 02, 2012, 12:40:07 AM

I was kinda wondering, what era was it for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet?

Is it the 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1992-1994, or the 1994-present era?

Title: Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: twcclassics on January 02, 2012, 01:39:30 AM

1992-1994

Title: Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: Nick on January 02, 2012, 03:50:19 PM

It's sort of a hybrid, including elements visual elements from late 1992 through about 1999.

Title: Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: Zach on January 02, 2012, 04:08:12 PM

Yeah, I was gonna wonder about it being a hybrid.. the 8-color scale is on the radar, which I think debuted after 1994, the TCF has the gradient scroll, and the icons are the 1992-1994 set (before some of them got modified a bit for what now makes up the modern set used today)

Title: Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: twcclassics on January 02, 2012, 07:11:57 PM

Oh yah, I forgot it includes the Local Update from 95.

Title: Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: beanboy89 on January 03, 2012, 12:31:39 AM

If you're going by the radar and the TCF and not using the Local Update), then it'd be circa early August, 1994, the only time in which the 8-color radar and gradient TCF were used in tandem.

Title: Re: Era for the WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator v3 by TaigaNet
Post by: twcclassics on January 03, 2012, 10:33:38 AM

Quote from: beanboy89 on January 03, 2012, 12:31:39 AM

If you're going by the radar and the TCF and not using the Local Update), then it'd be circa early August, 1994, the only time in which the 8-color radar and gradient TCF were used in tandem.

But weren't the regional map icons changed earlier that year? I was thinking more like late 93.