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- Copyright (c) 1989-1994
- Thomas C. Johnson
- /\\\/ Acme Workshops
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- PC-TRACK VERSION 3.0
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- What is PC-TRACK?
-
- PC-TRACK is a simple but sophisticated means of tracking
- earth orbiting satellites. PC-TRACK is capable of tracking up to
- 200 satellites simultaneously in 3D or on a flat mercator
- projection!
-
- PC-TRACK is useful to amateur radio and weather satellite users,
- science teachers, experimenters, and serious satellite users.
- Use it for demonstrating orbital mechanics, predicting
- availability times, making presentations, performing satellite
- constellation studies, and general orbital analyses. PC-TRACK
- uses satellite data readily available from NASA and other
- sources.
-
- PC-TRACK offers the following features.
-
-
- PROGRAM FEATURES
-
- - Runs in DOS protected mode, utilizing up to 16MB of memory.
- - Can track in 3D on spherical world projections.
- - Uses 640x480 VGA resolution.
- - Can track up to 200 satellites simultaneously.
- - Text screen tracking for users with no VGA capability.
- - Integrated Mutual Visibility Pass Scan capability.
- - Scan for visible passes
- - Scan all satellites to find illuminated sats.
- - Rapid graphics screen redraw.
- - Informative satellite position display.
- - All colors and parameters user definable.
- - Capable of having separate parameter files for
- different track/display scenarios.
- - Quick start-up.
- - Downlink frequency displays, showing doppler shift.
- - Display orbital phase, based on current mean anomaly.
- - Multiple maps of world and continents available.
- - Can be configured to track using UTC time or LOCAL time
- - Can be configured to display distances using metric or english system.
- - Full control of Date, Time, and Interval used to predict object data.
- - Site and Satellite data sorted by name.
- - Can store data for up to 200 objects and 200 observers.
- - Includes import capability for NASA 2 line Orbital Elements or
- AMSAT data files.
- - Select from over 100 printer drivers.
-
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- G E T T I N G S T A R T E D
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-
- WHAT YOU NEED...
-
- In order to run properly, PC-TRACK needs...
-
- ■ any 80286, 80386SX, 80386, 80486 processor based system.
- (A math coprocessor SIGNIFICANTLY improves performance,
- but is not necessary to run.)
-
- ■ 2 - 16 MB
-
- ■ at least 3MB of disk space.
-
- ■ MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 5.0 or greater.
-
- ■ VGA Color Video (Required for graphics use. Any lesser video
- standard will work using the TEXT track capability).
-
- ■ Printer (optional)
-
- ■ The operational files included on the Distribution Disk.
-
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- ========================================================================
- I N S T A L L A T I N G P C - T R A C K
- ========================================================================
-
- See the file called INSTALL.DOC for instructions on how to install
- the PC-TRACK package.
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- ========================================================================
- R U N N I N G P C - T R A C K
- ========================================================================
-
- Assuming the installation went without problems...
-
- A] Review the QUIKSTRT.DOC (in the .\DOCS subdirectory)
- file for some tips for getting familiar with the program quickly.
-
- B] Print The Users Guide...
-
- We recommend that you print out the users guide provided on the
- distribution disk. It is installed in the .\DOCS subdirectory.
- It explains how to use PC-TRACK. To print out the PC-TRACK User Guide,
- just type:
-
- COPY USRGUIDE.DOC PRN <RETURN>
- or
- PRINT USRGUIDE.DOC <RETURN>
-
- C] Start PC-TRACK by typing
-
- PCT3 <RETURN>
-
-
- NOTE:
- If installation proceeded correctly, the installation program
- will have left you in the directory into which PC-TRACK was
- installed. At other times you will have to CD to the directory
- before running the program.
-
- D] Read the additional documentation for the product in the .\DOCS
- subdirectory.
-
-
- NOTE:
- PC-TRACK runs in DOS Protected mode. For information on DOS protected
- mode or if you are having problems running PC-TRACK, see the file
- called DPMIINFO.DOC in the .\DOCS directory.
-
-
- PC-TRACK (tm)
- Copyright (c) 1994
- Thomas C. Johnson
- Acme Workshops
- 9920 S. Palmer Rd.
- New Carlisle, Oh. 45344
-