[amsat-bb] InstantTrack or similar usable on Win 10

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi!

Yes, I have been running 3 different DOS-based tracking programs
(InstantTrack, STS Plus, PREDICT) in DOSBox running on a 64-bit
Windows 7 laptop, 32- and 64-bit Windows 10 laptops, and a 64-bit
Linux (Fedora 28) laptop. I had purchased InstantTrack many years
ago, had PREDICT on the Win7 laptop, and with the recent QRZ
discussions decided to try STS Plus. All seem to work fine, and
with updated keps are just as accurate as the more modern programs
like SatPC32 and Gpredict I also use.

Once I had my folder/directory set up for DOSBox, I copied it off,
and can put that on other systems running DOSBox. DOSBox appears
to report its version as 5.00, if that matters for programs you
may want to run in that environment.

BTW InstantTrack appears to remain available for purchase, but not
from AMSAT anymore. InstantTrack's web page is:

http://mustbeart.com/software/it/index.html

and the link for purchasing it:

http://www.swreg.org/com/storefront/47805/product/478051

I had version 1.50, made a copy of that installation, and applied
the version 1.55 beta update. Both the original 1.50 install and
the upgraded 1.55 install work fine in DOSBox.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK





On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 7:09 PM, Milen KG2C <
milen.bourilkov+amsatbb at gmail.com> wrote:

> In another thread on QRZ Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK mentions that he also got
> InstantTrack running in DOSBox.
> The link for that one is:
> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/farewell-sts-plus.617552/page-2
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 3:02 PM, JoAnne K9JKM <joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > > InstantTrack, that most likely will not work under
> > > the Windows 10/64 bit world
> >
> > There was a discussion on the QRZ satellite forum a couple of weeks ago
> > involving a method to get the DOS based STSPlus running on Win10. You'll
> > find instructions how to install DOSBox ... once that is installed
> perhaps
> > you can perhaps run InstantTrack.
> >
> > https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/short-guide-on-
> > how-to-install-stspl
> > us-on-a-modern-computer.617861/
> >
> > or try http://tinyurl.com/QRZ-Forum-DosBox if the long URL got wiped out
> > by
> > the mailer.
> >
> > --
> > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> > k9jkm at amsat.org
> >
> >
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