ment allowed this AstrolDeluxe to create graphic chartwheels on any Windows-sup-
ported printer without the program having to supply and work with particular printer
drivers, which was a big advance. Natal Professional and AstrolDeluxe for Windows
also started providing access to the PC Atlas, produced by the company Astro Com-
munications Services founded in San Diego by the late Neil F. Michelsen, based on
research by Thomas G. Shanks. Then, for use with the AstrolDeluxe for Windows
program, Halloran Software designed TrueType fonts with 130 astrological glyphs and
assembled a collection of 4,100 famous charts especially for the program’s data
research module, which executes 20 different types of searches.
In December 1994, Halloran Software first released Astrology for Windows, a
combination freeware and shareware program. Ed Perrone, moderator of the Astrology
RoundTable on the GEnie online network, wrote at the time, “In terms of non-com-
mercial Windows astrology programs (i.e., shareware and freeware), it is really the
only contender. I’ve only seen a couple of Windows chart-calculation programs at all,
and none of them compare to this one for ease of use, clarity of display, and other fea-
tures.” A unique feature of this program was to externalize all of its messages and cap-
tions, with the result that volunteer translators soon made it available in 14 different
languages. For a year, this program could only be downloaded from GEnie and other
online networks such as Compuserve and America Online, but in 1996, the Internet
took off and Halloran Software launched its own web site from which anyone could
download the latest version of Astrology for Windows and order the company’s com-
mercial astrology software.
Beginning in 1996 with version 3, Halloran and Brown integrated a report
writing engine into the AstrolDeluxe for Windows calculation program, with the
result that after using the program to perform a natal, comparison, transits, progres-
sions, or return chart calculation, a user with the appropriate interpretation files could
easily create a customizable 30-page report. AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter gives the user
about 70 commands that are like a programming language for custom-designing inter-
pretation reports, and it comes with an easy-to-use interpretations editor. Halloran
collaborated with astrologer Tony Louis in developing program features for progres-
sions, career analysis, and return reports.
In 2002, Halloran Software released version 6 of its AstrolDeluxe ReportWriter
program. Version 6 runs on 32-bit versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows
XP, and comes bundled with the full ACS PC Atlas and Carolyne Lacy’s Spirit Success
natal interpretations.HAMBURGSCHOOL
The Hamburg school is another name for Uranian astrology.HANSA
Hansa, asteroid 480 (the 480th asteroid to be discovered, on May 21, 1901), is
approximately 64 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.3 years. ThisHamburg School
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