When do you anticipate the Windows version of ProTrak will be ready? Will it be 16 or 32 bit? In the past, you indicated that all upgrades would be free to...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:00 pm
Hi Mike, 1. >Will it be 16 or 32 bit? This is a Windows98/NT (and Win95) product. It is a complete re-write into VisualBasic 6, so it is 32-bit. 2. >In the...
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Elliot Fishbein and/o...
fishbein@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 5:13 am
Jim, Max, Thanks for the feedback. I've been mulling it over for a while, and here's what I've come up with. The tracks on the floats are considered a staging...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Sep 3, 1999 12:21 pm
Elliot, ... Neat idea to call a tug "motive power". I think there is a need to add a "ferry" as separate special item in ProTrak. As Elliot has shown a ferry...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 12:43 pm
A couple of thoughts on ferries. We also have to consider the clearance for ferries and the loading apron. Even carfloat (Chesapeake Bay comes to mind) have...
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Michael Chern
mjchern@xxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 3:13 pm
I've been off the Web for awhile, and but know that Jim has moved from Canada to the States. Can anyone tell me what the new URL is for the ProTrak Web site?...
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Elliot Fishbein and/o...
fishbein@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 3:28 pm
Try http://www.protrak.cc/ Elliot Fishbein...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 5:05 pm
Howard, ... OK. ... Clever idea. I may steal it. Does this mean you would be happy digging around shelves looking for the car ProTrak specified as the...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 5:52 pm
... I have a friend who does that now who does not find it a problem. He files his car cards separately from his cars. He has his cars grouped by type on ...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 7:16 pm
... Does this mean that we have to create a list of substitute cars? And not just one list, but several lists for each group of cars. I can envision a Heinz...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 4, 1999 10:05 pm
Howard, ... To some degree this is already there. There is a datafield in "cars" for "owner" and for quite some time now, some users have divided and grouped ...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 2:40 pm
Just to let everyone know that this list is not dead. Sunday I drove the 3.5 hours to spend some time Jim Moir. Had a great time riding the Southern Appalachia...
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Mike Hurlburt
tngr@xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 3:09 pm
Thank you for the update and your consideration. Mike Hurlburt Trap "N" Garnet Ridge RR N7759 Laura Ln Elkhorn, WI 53121 tngr@......
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Sep 27, 1999 7:47 pm
Just to add a bit to Howard's note.... Besides the obvious changes which result in going to Win98/VB6, some of the major changes are: 1) putting all the menu...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Oct 7, 1999 1:48 pm
Folks, I am looking for someone in the Knoxville area, say within a 2 hour drive, who is willing to do some special heavyduty testing of the new ProTrak. We ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 12:43 pm
The re-write into "ProTrak for Windows" was completed yesterday, Saturday 23Oct99 at 1:43pm. I will be cutting some CDs and mailing them out this week to the...
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Mark Nolan
dmnolan@xxxx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 2:59 pm
As Jim mentions in his post, I have seen a working copy of "ProTrak for Windows" and I can say we all will be very pleased with the final product. The program...
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Roger Mier
rmmier@xxxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 2:08 pm
Jim, I know that you don't know me but thought that I would write and offer any insight that I could. My name is Roger Mier, and I am a yardmaster on CSX at...
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BillJewett@xxx.xxx
Oct 25, 1999 9:13 pm
Jim -- Congratulations! I'm sure this feels like a major milestone. Incidentally, am I still on the PT mailing list (you DO recall that I'm an owner)? The...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 2:31 pm
As Howard Garner requested I have opened up the kinds of cars than can used to transport fuel for the "coal" fuel waybill. Acceptable cars are now: "H", "G",...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 2:36 pm
It now looks like the initial CDs will be going late next week - a week's delay on account my brandnew CD burner (an HP8100) croaked. It went in for repair...
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Larry Rice
lrice@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 3:48 pm
... Were not GS gons used all across the western US to haul coal? Larry Rice Port Townsend WA...
Max, I just added your "multiple new car" function back in. I also implemented your suggestion of adding car numbers by "sequence of numbers". You now have a...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 4:42 am
... The list should also include class "GS", drop bottom general service gons. Dennis Storzek Big Rock, IL...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 4:42 am
... The list should also include class "GS", drop bottom general service gons. Dennis Storzek Big Rock, IL...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@xxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 5:30 pm
This was sent to me by a subscriber that was having dificultly posting. Many of the questions he asked are covered in the documentaion or newsletters. Some are...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 5:57 pm
Dennis, ... "GS" is on the list of acceptable cars. Jim...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 2, 1999 1:14 pm
... This is not supported at the moment. The request for multiple printers - with a printer dedicated to each yard - has been made before and I am lokking into...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 1:58 pm
For the record the maximum number of train definitions has been raised from 50 to 100. The maximum number of cars in any train has been raised from 87 to 150....
