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- COMPANY 1.02
- 9/25/91
-
- COMPANY is a little program that allows you to change the name of
- the airline company in subLOGIC's ATP (Air Transport Pilot). By
- default, the ATP "airline" is always "subLOGIC Airlines", and no
- mechanism is provided by sL to change it. Using a real airline name
- adds another small touch of realism to the simulation.
-
- COMPANY does three things:
-
- 1. As mentioned, it allows you to change the name of the
- airline.
-
- 2. It eliminates the word "flight" from ATC communications; real
- life controllers would generally say "Delta 816" rather than
- "Delta Flight 816". By a total coincidence (ha!),
- eliminating "flight" provides enough room for the third
- change:
-
- 3. It allows you to designate your equipment as being "heavy".
- This terminology is used by ATC when communicating with large
- aircraft such as the Boeing 747. When talking to a 747, ATC
- would commonly say "Delta 816 heavy" rather than simply
- "Delta 816".
-
- COMPANY affects only ATC communications, not the logo that appears
- on the aircraft (just imagine that the equipment is leased
- temporarily from subLOGIC!).
-
- To change the company name, simply ensure that ATP.EXE is in the
- current directory and run COMPANY, specifying a new company name
- of 22 characters or fewer:
-
- company Pan American
- company Eastern
- company Federal Express
- company Pacific Southwest
- company Air Jordan
-
- If you want ATC to refer to you as "heavy", add the /H option, which
- must appear BEFORE the company name:
-
- company /H Pan American
-
- If you're heavy, the maximum length of the company name is 16
- characters instead of 22.
-
- To remove "heavy", just run COMPANY again and omit the /H
- (specifying the company name only).
-
- NOTE: after the first time you use COMPANY, ATIS will display "TEMP
- nn" for the current temperature instead of "TEMPERATURE nn". This
- change is permanent.
-
-
- Version history
- ---------------
- 1.02 9/25/91
- - Recognizes 3/11/91 version of ATP.EXE
-
- 1.01 9/12/91
- - Recognizes 12/21/90 version of ATP.EXE
- - Retains true ATP.EXE file date/time
- - Fixes problem with long names if /H has never been used
-
- 1.00 9/5/91
- Initial release (valid only for 12/19/90 version of ATP.EXE)
-
- ****************
-
- As with any binary file modification program, don't use COMPANY on
- your only copy of ATP.EXE, and >>NEVER<< use it on the ATP
- distribution disk! If subLOGIC should ever release a new version of
- ATP, COMPANY will not operate correctly with it (though we will
- certainly try to release a new version of COMPANY).
-
- COMPANY is donated to the public domain without warranty express or
- implied. Neither the author nor The Cove Software Group are
- responsible for any problems, real or imagined, caused by the
- program.
-
- Enjoy this little added touch of realism.
-
- Chris Dunford
- The Cove Software Group
- PO Box 1072
- Columbia, MD 21044
- 301/992-9371
-
- CompuServe 76703,2002
-