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From: hull@hao.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Amiga Flight Sim 1.1  -  The Details
Message-ID: <875@hao.UCAR.EDU>
Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 01:35:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: hao.875
Posted: Wed Sep  2 01:35:18 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Sep-87 05:06:14 EDT
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Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO
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Keywords: FSII, upgrades, features, bug fixes
Summary: actually, it's FS Ver 1.1 for AmigaDOS Ver 1.2

>                         So there I was again - I had instructions, but in the
> reality of things, the instructions did not apply to the environment.  I had
> no way to upgrade my V1.01 disk without the SD update files.
I've since found out that the V1.1 FS II *is* the new upgrade, and it is not
copy protected.  So, hypothetically I can just copy it to my V1.01 disk.
> 
> Also yesterday - a work associate brought in a pamphlet SubLOGIC sent him
He gave me the pamphlet, and when I got home this evening, I read it, and
found what I mentioned above.  In my previous article, I said:
> That pamphlet says you can NOW get V1.2 free for the asking.
No it didn't.  It said you can NOW get FS II V1.1 for AmigaDOS V1.2 free for
the asking; sorry about that...

I also spent a little more time checking out the SF area ILS approaches.  They
are indeed much improved.  The Oakland 11 approach is flakey beyond 22.8 miles.
You get the "TO" indicator, but if you fly the needles you will be off course.
(It starts to work once you pass over Mt. Tamalpias inbound.)  I suppose that
there is no guarantee that the ILS would be ok more than a few miles out from
the outer marker anyway.  I don't have a current Jep copy of that approach, so
I don't know how close to the outer marker the feed is.  As I said before, the
Autopilot will not work with the localizer (if I remember right, it is usually
ok to engage the autopilot after you get established on the climbout from a
missed approach in a real airplane (prior to taking vectors or setting up a
heading to the recovery VOR).  It's also usually ok to use the autopilot on a
real airplane instrument approach while inbound to the outer marker - but
better disengage it once the glide slope bar starts to drop away from the top.)
So I suppose I don't remember if that feature worked ok with V1.01 - I never
use the autopilot in instrument landing practice as a rule - it's just a good
way to check out the Nav gear...  But evidently not with FS II!
								Howard Hull
[If yet unproven concepts are outlawed in the range of discussion...
                 ...Then only the deranged will discuss yet unproven concepts]
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