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- INSTALL.txt ver 7.9.1
-
- APRS is distributed on a single 3.5 inch HD disk with these files:
-
- INSTALL.txt - This file
- PKUNZIP.exe - For unzipping APRS (omitted from some disks to make room)
- APRSxxx.zip - ALL major files. Builds 6 subdirectories:
- MAPS - Holds all MAPS
- HSTS - History files SYSTEM - APRS system files
- BAKS - BACKUP files README - all README files
- LOGS - LOG directory MAPLISTS - all maplists
-
- Xmapsvv.zip - Regional maps Emapsxx.zip - East maps
- NEAmapsx.zip - North East maps
- Mmapsxx.zip - Midwest maps
- Cmapsxx.zip - Central Maps
- Wmapsxx.zip - West Maps
- SEmapsxx.zip - S.East maps
-
- *YOU MUST USE A RECENT VERSION (>1993) OF PKUNZIP.
- *YOU MUST USE THE PKUNZIP -d OPTION TO GET THE APRS SUBDIRECTORIES!
-
- APRS will run on any 8088 through 486 PC with CGA,EGA, or VGA. BUT NEEDS
- ALMOST 550 K of free memory. You may have to remove TSR's or reduce
- the requirements of your CONFIG.sys. APRSMIN.EXE will run with only 411K.
- APRS will NOT work with non standard video cards, for example, the Hercules
- Video card. You may make this work marginally by running the readily
- available SIMCGA P program first to make it simulate a real CGA device.
-
- TO INSTALL APRS on your SYSTEM: DOS COMMAND
- -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
- 1. Create APRS directory on your Harddrive- MD APRS
- 2. Change Directory into that directory - CD APRS
- 3. Put APRS disk into A and change to A - A: (or B:)
- Do Pkunzip with directories: - PKUNZIP -d APRSvv.ZIP C:
- 4. Get the maps for your area - PKUNZIP -d Xmapsvv.ZIP C:
- (where X is your region, E,NEA,M,C,SE or W)
- 5. Execute APRSxxx - APRSxxx
- a. Give your call and other info as prompted.
- a+ Use MAPS-CHANGE to select your EAS,NEA,MID,CEN,WES or SE MAPLIST.xxx
- b. Move cursor to your exact QTH using arrow keys and PgDn (shft-PgDN)
- c. Hit INPUT-MY-POS command and answer QTH questions
- d. Use UNPROTO command to set your VIA Digipeater path (needs TNC)
- e. Move and center map to your area of interest and preferred range scale
- f. Save a config file using alt-S-SAVE (repeat steps e - g at anytime)
- g. Provide your Validation # when requested during the SAVE command.
- (APRS will only ask for the V#'s for your present configuration.)
- h. WRITE DOWN YOUR V#'s on your wall. Don't lose them!
-
- 6. Troubleshooting tips. READ TROUBLE.txt!
- a. Verify COMMS with TNC using the OPS-COMM-TNC command.
- b. For AEA or KANTRONICS, set EXPert ON or INTFACE TERMINAL in order
- for the TNC to respond to some APRS commands
-
- 7. OPERATING TIPS:
- a. For convenience, you may RENAME the .EXE file to APRS.EXE. You can
- always find the Version # on the F1-LOGO or HELP screen.
- b. APRS has two command line options:
- * APRSxxx/b will execute APRS AND load the last BACKUP file
- * APRSxxx/xyz will execute APRS from an alternate config file .xyz
- see 5f above.
- c. You may customize the TNC commands INITIALIZED and RESTORED by APRS
- in the files named InitTAPR.TNC, InitAEA.TNC and RESTORE.TNC.
- Add commands or use the * to REM out any unused lines. BE CAREFUL,
- APRS will NOT work unless all the parameters are correct for ur TNC.
-
- My distro disk contains the big USA maps and your regional maps. You must
- check with your local BBS or APRS friends for your own STATE maps. Look
- for XXmapsVV.zip where XX is your state abbreviation, and VV is the latest
- Version number. See MAPS.txt for info on additional maps, and MAPMAKIN.txt
- on how to make maps or to customize your MAPLIST.xxx file to your area.
-
- THE LATEST APRS is posted on the TAPR.ORG FTP site in the /tapr/SIG/aprssig
- /files/dosstuff/APRSdos directory along with a file similar to 796to800.zip
- which will contain only the files that changed since the earlier release.
- Come join the aprssig@tapr.org on the INTERNET!
-
- ************ REMEMBER TO USE PKUNZIP -d ***********
-
- UPGRADES: If you are unzipping an upgraded copy of APRS, or any of the
- XMAPS.ZIP files, you can use the command PKUNZIP -dn and only NEW files
- will be unzipped... Also READ NEWNOTES.txt to see what has changed!
-
- FOR A LIST OF INTERNET and other phone line BBS's known to carry APRS, and
- more state maps, see the last paragraph of the README\README.1st file. It
- also announces the APRSsig on the Internet for exchange of ideas on APRS!
- See also DOWNLOAD.txt file too.
-
- See my web page: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html
- FTP the latest APRS: @tapr.org in tapr/SIG/aprssig/files/dosstuff/APRSdos
- Join the worldwide LIVE aprs data by telnetting to www.aprs.net:10151
-
- READ: README.1st, APRS.txt, HELP.txt, etc
-
- If you want to zoom into other areas of the country, not included on your
- distro disk, simply download and PKUNZIP -d some of the other map.ZIP files,
- and use the MAPS-CHANGE command to temporarily load the MAPLIST appropriate
- to the new maps. Then just zoom in and maps will automatically appear.
- All of my map distributions after version 16 put all the maps in sub-
- directories for more effecient operations.
-
- MINIMUM SYSTEMS: Despite the 3 Mbyte size of the whole APRS system, a
- minimum system can be built in under 500K with only the .EXE, MAPLIST.xxx,
- at least one .MAP file, and all SYSTEM files. All directories must be
- at least created even if empty. You can also delete the SYSTEM\*.POS files.
-
- RUNNING ON A and B FLOPPY-ONLY SYSTEMS: Build a Boot-System disk, copy
- only APRSxx.EXE onto that disk. Put that in the A: drive. On another
- disk put as much APRS as you need. Put ALL of the SYSTEM directory there,
- Make MAPS and MAPLISTS directories and put at least the MAPLIST.USA and
- USA.MAP files there (add others as you have room). Then at least create
- the LOGS,HSTS,POS,README directories. Now Boot up on the A drive, Change
- default drive to B:. Then RUN APRSxx from B: with the command A:APRSxx.
- APRS will then use the B: drive as the default and run just fine.
-
- DISTRO ON TWO 720K FLOPPIES: I do NOT do this, but it is easy for YOU to
- split the APRS distro disk for sharing with others on TWO-720K disks as
- follows:
- 1) MD ATEMP (make a temporary directory)
- 2) PKunzip APRSxxx.zip MAPS\*.* ATEMP (Unzip just the USA MAPS there)
- 3) COPY APRSxxx.ZIP APRShalf.zip
- 4) PKZIP -d APRShalf.zip MAPS\*.* (DELETE all USA maps from this ZIP)
- 5) PKZIP USAMAPS.zip ATEMP\*.* (Zip up all the maps into USAMAPS.zip)
- 6) Now copy APRShalf.zip, about 650K onto one disk
- Copy USAMAPS.zip and your regional XmapsYY.ZIP onto the other....
- 7) The 720K user then uses PKUNZIP -d on the APRS and Xmaps files
- then he changes into his MAPS directory and does a regular PKUNZIP
- of the USAMAPS.zip file.
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