Xref: utzoo rec.aviation:36270 comp.sys.mac.games:4370 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cactus.org!rdd From: rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) Newsgroups: rec.aviation,comp.sys.mac.games Subject: TRACON/Mac (was Re: MS flight simulator coming!) Keywords: demoed, WWDC, Bill Gates Message-ID: <6934@cactus.org> Date: 14 May 91 23:03:16 GMT References: <52832@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: Capital Area Central Texas Unix Society, Austin, TX Lines: 40 In article , jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes: > amb@Apple.COM (A. Michael Burbidge) writes: > >>A new version of MicroSoft flight simulator is definitely coming for the Mac. > > Sounds nice. Now if Wesson & Co. can upgrade their "Tracon" program to > match it, we can have some fun. I'm expecting the next release of Tracon > to include the "snitch", so if some poor pilot busts a clearance it > automatically prints out a license revocation letter for the pilot and > a diciplinary letter for the controller... > > Anyone from Wesson monitoring the net??? Mac TRACON // was released late last month. It doesn't print warnings, but it does have weather radar, smarter pilots, emergencies, more detailed aircraft info, better color, better voice potential, a scrollable communications window, and relocatable and resizable windows (with multi- monitor support). It can communicate with PC versions of MS Flight Simulator via modem or a null-modem cable. It will also probably work with the Mac version of Flight Simulator. It has one color bug under System 7.0, but I'll eventually pin that bugger down. Otherwise, I haven't had a bug report in over a month. Wesson will be offering its usual free upgrades. For more info, call Wesson at 512-328-0100 or 800-634-9808. Disclaimer: yes, this is a plug. Yes, I wrote the Mac port of TRACON //. Flames to /dev/null. This game has generally been of some interest to the net community, and a notice-of-availability is warranted. Cheers, --- Robert Dorsett Internet: rdd@cactus.org UUCP: ...cs.utexas.edu!cactus.org!rdd