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- ***************** CONFIGURATION FILE FOR IFT ver 5.0 ********************
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- ~DIRECTORY LISTING
- *** ITEM ***** SELECTION*** OPTIONS / REMARKS*****
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- SCREEN 1| THIS DIRECTORY LISTING, ^N/A
- (Use the ARROW KEYS to select, then hit ENTER.)
- (You may also use PG UP and PG DN to go to next and previouse screens.)
- (Use ESC when finished. Any changes you make will automatically be saved.)
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- SCREEN 2| GENERAL SYSTEM OPTIONS, ^N/A
- (Overall program control items.)
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- SCREEN 3| EQUIPMENT OPERATION, ^N/A
- (Allows you to taylor the way some equipment or systems will operate.)
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- SCREEN 4| CREATE A NEW CONFIGURATION FILE, ^N/A
- (Any changes you make will automatically be saved when you exit this)
- (program by using the <ESC> key.)
- (Use this option ONLY to create a new configuration file.)
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- ~GENERAL SYSTEM OPTIONS
- *** ITEM ***** SELECTION*** OPTIONS / REMARKS*****
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- VIDEO MODE| VGA ^EGA, VGA, TS3, ATI
- (Use ATI for Wonder XL compatible and TS3 for TSENG 3000/4000)
- (compatible SVGA. Higher resolution modes are slightly slower.)
- AIRCRAFT TYPE| C172 ^C152, BEECHA36, C177RG, MALIBU, C172, TEMPLATE,
- (There must be an Aircraft Description File for any entry made here.)
- (Several are provided by FDS. You may modify these or create your)
- (own with the option ADF editor from FDS.)
- N NUMBER| N11845 ^??????
- (Personalize the screen with YOUR N number.)
- FLYING AREA| RIC ^RIC,
- (The OPTIONS list contains all of the areas you currently have.)
- (Select the area you wish to fly in.)
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- START LOCATION| START ^START, LAST, ????????,
- (START: The original starting location that came with your flying area.)
- (LAST: The location of the aircraft at the end of your last flight.)
- (?????: Any location file you have created.)
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- RNAV FILE| DEFAULT ^DEFAULT, ????????
- (RNAV file loaded with program at start.)
- (You can create additional, permanent RNAV lists while in the program,
- (and save them to disk.)
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- CONTROL DEVICE| KEYBOARD ^KEYBOARD, 1 JOYSTICK, 2 JOYSTICKS, YOKE, NT360, FSPRO, FCS
- (Your primary control device.) (YOKE includes throttle control.)
- (FSPRO = CH Products FLIGHTSTICK PRO.)
- (FCS = ThrustMaster Flight Control System, Mark I.)
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- RUDDER PEDALS| NO ^YES, NO,
- (Do you have and do you wish to use a physical set of rudder pedals?)
- (Keyboard rudder keys <INS> and <DEL> are ALWAYS available.)
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- RUD/AIL COORDINATED| YES ^YES, NO
- (Can be YES even if you have and are using rudder pedals.)
- (Uncoordinated flight can be quite challenging since there is no)
- (physical feedback from your control device.)
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- MOUSE| YES ^YES, NO, SVGA
- (If you don't have a mouse, you might seriously consider adding one. )
- (SVGA for mouse drivers which support 800x600)
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- PRINTER| EPSLO ^EPSLO, EPSMD, EPSHI, IBMLO, LASER,
- (Low Resolution Epson or Laser recommended)
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- GAME PORT| STANDARD ^NONE, STANDARD, GENOVATION, SPECTRUM
- (Type of GAME PORT: Either the standard IBM compatable game port, or)
- (GENOVATION parallel game port adaptor, or)
- (Colorado SPECTRUM serial game port adaptor)
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- RECORDING INTERVAL| 3 ^1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- (Number of seconds between aircraft position recordings.)
- (A low number shows more detail. A higher number results in a longer)
- (path of flight recording.)
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- FRAME ADJUST| 0 ^0, -1, -2, -3, 1, 2, 3
- (Adjust screen update rate to tailor response time on your system.)
- (Negative numbers reduce computer load.)
- (Always use 0 unless you are experiencing timing errors [very rare].)
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- *** The following equipment list overrides aircraft type defaults ***
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- ~EQUIPMENT OPERATION
- *** ITEM ***** SELECTION*** OPTIONS / REMARKS*****
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- SLAVED GYRO COMPASS| YES ^YES, NO
- (YES means Heading Indicator will always show correct heading.)
- (NO means Heading Indicator will precess over time.)
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- DIGITAL GYRO COMPASS| NO ^YES, NO
- (YES means HI will display exact heading in a digital window.)
- (NO means exact heading digital window will not appear on HI.)
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- NAV1 DME ON INSTRUMENT| YES ^YES, NO
- (Integral DME as part of NAV 1 receiver.)
- VOR1 GS| YES ^YES, NO
- (Glide Slope needle on VOR CDI #1 indicator.)
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- NAV2 DME ON INSTRUMENT| NO ^YES, NO,
- (Integral DME as part of NAV 2 receiver.)
- VOR2 GS| NO ^YES, NO
- (Glide Slope needle on VOR CDI #2 indicator.)
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- DIGITAL VOR OBS WINDOW| NO ^YES, NO
- (YES means VOR instruments will include a digital OBS window.)
- (NO means digital OBS window will not appear on VOR instruments.)
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- DIGITAL ADF CARD WINDOW|NO ^YES, NO
- (YES means ADF instruments will include window showing exact card setting.)
- (NO means digital card setting window will not appear on ADF instruments.)
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- AUTO RE-FUEL ON START| YES ^YES, NO
- (Full tanks everytime IFT is started.)
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- DEAD BATTERY POSSIBLE| NO ^YES, NO
- (Can electrical failures completely discharge the battery?)
- (NO means you will always have enough juice to at least start)
- (start the engine! YES means you better not run it completely down!)
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- ~SAVE CHANGES to NEW FILE
- *** ITEM ***** SELECTION*** OPTIONS / REMARKS*****
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- NEW FILE NAME| FLIGHT ^????????
- (If you change the name of this configuration file, a new configuration)
- (file will be created when you exit. TO SAVE ANY CHANGES YOU HAVE)
- (MADE TO THE SAME FILE, JUST EXIT NORMALLY BY USING <ESC>.)
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