[amsat-bb] InstantTrack now free to download

[Mike Lucas]

I used it from when it first came out...worked great.  Just getting back up
& running again after fifteen year plus break.  Old stuff from late 80's &
early 90's still working great after a couple updates to Trackbox.  Thanks
for all you & others do for the hobby!

Mike N7ASZ

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Paul Williamson
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 6:51 PM
To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack now free to download

The classic DOS satellite tracking program InstantTrack by Franklin Antonio,
N6NKF (and later maintained by me, Paul Williamson, KB5MU) is now free to
download and distribute. See http://instanttrack.com for download links,
documentation, and related files.

The latest version remains 1.55, released as an open beta on May 12, 2002.
InstantTrack is still a plain old-style 16-bit DOS program. It ran under
Windows up to Windows XP or so, but won't run directly on recent versions of
Windows. It can still be run on nearly any computer by using DOSBOX.

>From its initial release in November 1989, InstantTrack was sold by AMSAT-NA
and other AMSAT organizations around the world as a fundraiser. All proceeds
from InstantTrack went to support the amateur satellite program. This income
stream has dwindled to a tiny trickle, and all the AMSAT organizations (as
far as I know) stopped offering InstantTrack years ago. It was still
available online through one of the old-school shareware fulfillment sites,
until that site went offline recently. Rather than rehost InstantTrack for
sale on another platform, Franklin and I have agreed to release it for free
download and distribution.

73  -Paul KB5MU
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