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From: "Alan Forsyth" <alanf@power.nsc.com>
Subject: Re: FS98 Map View Enhancements of a Good GPS?
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Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 19:26:50 GMT
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Have you tried turning the cockpit light off ?
I find that the map is orange when the light is on, and I can't see it at
all,
however when I turn the cockpit light off, it's usable at night!

Alan

Barry Cameron wrote in message ...
>In article <36652392.42BF11D2@mich.com>, mccollom@mich.com
>says...
>
>> I love FS98.  If there was one thing I'd like to see improved, it's the
>> map view.  I'd like to see a more Sublogic-ATP-like view.  Namely, I
>> don't need terrain and colors.  I just want to id where I am in the good
>> old USA or EU by looking at a moving map.  A GPS add-on would probably
>> solve it, although I don't need a sophisticated one.  Any thoughts?
>
>The FS98 map at night is so useless that in order to taxi from a
>terminal to a runway, I'll bump the time up to daylight so I know
>where I am and how to get where I'm going. Prior to takeoff I
>reset the time. I might stand corrected but older versions I ran
>on the Mac and the original version (before MS bought it from
>Bruce Atwick) I ran on an Apple IIe was usable at night.
>--
>Barry E. Cameron | bcamAThomeDOTcom
>Victoria, BC CANADA


