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....
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Terry & Jan Taylor
jtntaylor@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 4:06 pm
Jim The staging areas that I have built so far total a little over 100 tracks and I am planning a few more that I have yet to build. This is addition to ...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Nov 3, 1999 5:46 pm
Jim The 80 staging tracks is OK with me. Also is the Pro Trak publication still being published or did my subscription just run out? John DePauw Where the EJ&E...
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Lee Ward
lee@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xxx
Nov 3, 1999 10:02 pm
I read with interest Jim Moir's reply to W. Stephen Link's questions. I am at the moment in the planning/decision making stage of a new layout. My first large...
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Michael Moir
memoir@xxxxxxxx.xxx.x...
Nov 4, 1999 6:05 am
Lee Ward's request for information about the soon-to-be-released signaling and control hardware for ProTrak has motivated me to introduce myself to the list....
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 12:17 pm
Hi John, ... An article in the OpSig magazine mentioned you had 86 staging tracks. That is why I was asking. ... The conversion - actually the total re-write...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 12:58 pm
Lee Ward commented.... ... ProTrak differs from all other model railroad software in that is realtime software. In otherwords it is running during the...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 1:33 pm
Lee Ward, ... As a follow up to Mike's comment, I would like to add that the hardware is quite a leap forward over anything else. Neither of us suffers at all...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Nov 4, 1999 2:51 pm
Jim Yes I have 86 staging tracks. Some of those tracks will be used for coal trains that run from point A to B. I felt that with the number of cars I will have...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Nov 4, 1999 3:33 pm
Jim ... software allows you to set up lashups more easily on-screen, much like Alan Anderson's TrainTrax software does for Railcommand. However we go one...
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W. Stephen Link
WSLink@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 3:46 pm
Personally, I'd like to see 100 or more staging tracks. My preliminary plans call for 25 staging tracks at each end of the railroad. And, I'd like to use the...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 3:05 pm
John, ... No problem. The limit on cars used to be 9999, now there is no practical limit. The limit on the number of cars in trains at any one time is now ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@xxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 3:57 pm
W. Stephen Link, ... Let me get this straight.... what you are talking about is using some "software staging tracks" as additional yard tracks in visible...
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Ben Howard
bhoward@xxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 4:29 pm
I don't currently own the software...yet, but I have a feature request that might fit nicely with the fast clock portion of the new software. Events triggered...
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W. Stephen Link
WSLink@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 4, 1999 4:23 pm
... Jim, thanks for your input & suggestions.............. I was wondering if you can possibly elaborate a little on how Protrak handles blocking of cars in...
