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The Weather Channel – RetroCast

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Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast

#33

Post by Levitating »

wolrah wrote: post #3

This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/

weather.com/retro adjusted to my location based on ip. The one you linked does not allow non-US locations.

Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast

#34

Post by jamesbfb »

wolrah wrote: post #3

This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/

Edit: deleted, someone already mention non-US locations not working

Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast

#35

Post by sp0rk »

marald wrote: post #32

Awesome, nice retro vibe. I used to build these channels back in the day in Scala Info channel (narrowcasting) for hospitals and radio stations etc. Would love to see a metric switch to C en km/h

> Would love to see a metric switch to C en km/h

You can change the units and location by clicking the gear icon next to the city on the screen it shows in between broadcasts.

Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast

#39

Post by leemartin »

Aldipower wrote: post #37

This is really cool. But showing Fahrenheit, despite everything else is perfectly localized, for my home town Hamburg in Germany, is somewhat useless. Guys from the US, we use Celcius here! :-P

you can change the unit in settings, just click the gear on countdown page
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