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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 08:41:57 +1100
From: Steve Small <steve.small@no.junk.mail.bigpond.com>
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> shfwilf@loop.com wrote:
> 
> > A few days ago, several people recommended the Seneca V add on that
> > was available at flightsim.com.  I downloaded it, but unfortunately
> > the readme is not accurate.  Can anyone tell me how to install it
> > properly?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > MC

MC,

You are absolutely correct. It doesn't install in a conventional manner
at all. 

Whoever assembled that zip file (the panel aspect) assumed a lot and
didn't assemble it with ease of installation in mind.  

As you'll haver found out, fsd_n95d.zip is unzipped in place to then
reveal a "setup" Winzip self-extractor that then redirects the next step
to c:\windows\temp from there you have to cut the a/c folder back to
\FS98. 

The panel is another matter, it is designed to confuse. Those elements
as included in fsd_n95d.zip should be ignored and deleted altogether
anyway as the panel (Alex Lawrence's, that is) has long since been
updated to version 2 and can be obtained separately from
http://www.virtual.icom-web.com/. The way the FSD panel package was
assembled IS unnecessarily convoluted, but other FSD files do similar
things. 

The way A.L.'s outstanding updated panel file (SenecV2.zip) is assembled
is entirely conventional by comparison.

rgds, 
-- 
Steve Small 
Canberra, Australia
