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From: julian@riacs.edu (Julian E Gomez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacInooga Choo-Choo
Keywords: trains, tracks and cars!  scenery too!
Message-ID: <1265@hydra.riacs.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 89 19:28:12 GMT
References: <35974@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: julian@hydra.riacs.edu.UUCP (Julian E Gomez)
Organization: Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
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In article <35974@bbn.COM> franco@bbn.com (Frank A. Lonigro) writes:
" Has anybody out there used or know someone who has used or have any
" comments about a program called "MacInooga Choo-Choo"?  I'm interrested
" in such a program in which I can design train track layouts with a
" veriety of types of track, be they curved or streight or switch track
" and so forth.  Anyone know of other such products?  For the Mac of course!
" Public domain, shareware or otherwise.  It doesn't have to support color
" but I would like it to support printing of the layout.

I got this program years ago.  It's fun to play with, but the printing
capability is missing.  The scenery that goes under the track layout is
a MacPaint I document, so you print from MacPaint. The track layout
itself is two screens high. To print it, you save each half, then put
them together in MacPaint.  These are the instructions I got from the
manufacterer, Fortnum Software.

In terms of capability, it does have things like light control of track
segments, switches, and crossings (overpasses). It's got curved and
straight track segments; the primitives can be rotated to each of the
90 degree positions. It automatically picks up connectivity between
track tiles no matter what orientation they have.

I haven't checked to see if it runs on 6.0.2. It's also not color.

-- 
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	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez
	julian@riacs.edu