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UPGRADE PROCEDURE

To order by phone, call 1-800-695-4263 anytime from the USA or
Canada to order with Visa or MasterCard. Have your original disk
1 (or the VHS tape from Art of the Kill) ready for each of the following programs that you own:

Falcon 3.0
Operation: Fighting Tiger
MiG-29 stand-alone
MiG-29 add-on
Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter
Art of the Kill

To order by fax, make a xerox copy of the label on your original disk 1 (or the label on the VHS tape from Art of the Kill) along with your name daytime shipping address daytime phone
Visa/MC number and expiration date

Fax all of the above to 408-644-2001 anytime from anywhere.

To order by mail, make a xerox copy of the label on your original disk 1 (or the label on the VHS tape from Art of the Kill) along with name daytime shipping address daytime phone
Visa/MC number and expiration date
OR check/money order (U.S. funds, U.S. or Canadian bank) payable to
'Spectrum HoloByte' and mail to

Spectrum HoloByte Direct
PO Box 3941
Salinas, CA 93912

Karl "The Cat" Maurer - SHI On-Line Support Rep


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Sounds good, no? Read on:

I next asked if I could still get the discount in the form of a rebate since (being a loyal F3 follower for many years now) I already went out and bought the cd a couple of weeks ago. The answer was NO! Now this wouldn't upset me so much if SH had let the buy know this discount was going to happen.  If I had missed a magazine add, a label on the CD box, a coupon in the box, etc. etc....I wouldn't have leg to stand on.  But I feel I'm being taken to the cleaners for being "quick off the mark" and supporting SH.

Are there others out there in net land in my predicament? Why don't we all let SH know how we feel being treated this way? Who knows, they may decide rebates are a good idea!


Mike.

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From: n.johnston2@genie.geis.com
Message-Id:
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 04:12:00 UTC
To: falcon3@neon.k9.com
Cc: 76004.2144@compuserve.com
Subject: Falcon Gold at retail
X-Genie-Id: 5995638
X-Genie-From: N.JOHNSTON2
Status: RO

Michael Dobbs wrote about buying Falcon Gold at retail prior to knowing about SH's direct sales upgrade offer.

I believe it's fair to remind the dlist that SH customer support has publicly responded to requests for an upgrade offer since shortly after Falcon Gold shipped in early summer. The gist of the response was "we are going to offer a special upgrade price, but we haven't got the offer finalized and approved yet; we will make it known when it has been approved."  Unfortunately the offer could not be finalized before the ad was done or the product shipped, so there was no prior way to notify users via advertising or in the package.

On the one hand, I'm sympathetic to Michael's plight; on the other hand, I too have been in the place of the afficionado who rushed to buy product as soon as possible, only to see lower prices available thereafter. Witness Strike Commander, which I bought at retail on Day 1 for $72 and change, and whose price declined shortly thereafter.  The situation is endemic to both software and hardware. The early buyers pay the most.  And unfortunately SH does not have the mechanism in place to handle a rebate program.

Nevertheless, I'm interested to know how many subscribers to the dlist were caught in Michael's situation.  If you bought Falcon
Gold at retail prior to the customer support announcement (and can prove it) please send me a brief email
[N.JOHNSTON2@GENIE.GEIS.COM].

Best regards,
Neil Johnston
Product Marketing Manager, Simulations
Spectrum HoloByte aka "Waxer"

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3.0 FALCON UTILITIES

There are several software utilities available for sale, as freeware, or as shareware that extend the capabilities of Falcon
3.0. As new versions of Falcon 3.0 were introduced, the utilities likewise had to be revised to accomodate changes made by SH to the game files. With the introduction of Falcon 3.02 and MiG-29
Fulcrum, new versions of some of the formerly freeware or shareware utilities became available only as commercial products.

The freeware and shareware versions, in many cases compatible only with Falcon 3.0D or 3.01, are available for downloading from
FTP.K9.COM or its mirrors. See section 4.2 for information about dowloading by anonymous FTP.


3.1 UTILITIES FOR FALCON 3.0D - 3.01


3.1.1 FALCONER

The freeware version of Falconer is a utility created by Rob
Heittman for use with Falcon 3.0 version D and Falcon 3.0: OFT.
It allows you to edit all pilot stats, replenish of weapons and supplies in campaign play, and print out pilot and squadron information. Available from FTP.K9.COM and mirrors as FALCNR.ZIP.


3.1.2 F3MAPS

Shareware version 4.1 of Falcon Mapper for Falcon 3.01.1 is a utility created by Greg Prete that allows you to set Red Flag or
Instant action to any campaign theater, permanently set default scale to 1x magnification, declutter the HUD, and randomly generate Red Flag missions. Available from FTP.K9.COM and mirrors as F3MAPR.ZIP.


3.1.3 FALCCALC

Shareware version 2.51 of FalCalc, The Falcon 3.01 Mission
Planning Assistant, was  written using the data given in the various charts and pages of both Falcon manuals, the original and
OFT.  It gives you a lot of information to help you fly successful missions and wage a successful campaign. With Version
2.51, FalcCalc has been expanded to include:

- A Set of Intelligence Dispatches, which offer both Strategic and Tactical data about your campaign.
- FalcCalc will now automatically examine your campaign files and warn you if you're getting dangerously low on specific stores.
- You can Change Waypoint Speeds from directly within FalcCalc.
- You have the ability to pick which Pilots' names appear on your
Knee Board Sheet.
- "Bingo Fields" will now print directly on the Knee Board Sheet.
- The interface has been standardized.

Version 2.51 of FalcCalc is available from FTP.K9.COM and its mirrors as FLCLC251.ZIP.


3.1.4 F3PAD

Although Falcon 3.02 added indicators for afterburner and airbrake in padlock view, for owners of Falcon 3.01 Ken
Richardson's TSR utility shows indicators in padlock and SCROLL-
FORWARD views for afterburner, brake, radar, and ECM. Available from FTP.K9.COM and its mirrors as F3PAD.ZIP and F3PAD2.ZIP.


3.1.5 FCE - Falcon Campaign Editor

This is email I received from Frank Racis...

Here's the Promo file I posted to the Netnews Flight-Sim group.
This should be on cactus.org as fce11.txt

The current version is actually 1.1a (1.1 had a compiler error).
This is fce11a.zip on cactus.org.

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New version of Falcon Campaign Editor

Available at: cactus.org  /incoming/fce11a.zip

Falcon Campaign Editor (FCE) is a squadron/campaign editor for
Falcon 3.04 and MiG-29 1.03.  It has a basic menu-selection interface in DOS, and a full graphical Windows interface.

New for version 1.1:
* Bug fixes:
Fuel consumption calculation corrected (actually 2 bugs)
No more "missing" squadrons
* Fly your next campaign mission in Red Flag (great for intel...)
* Print hard copy of roster and flight plan
* Edit medals earned by a pilot
* Limited Hornet 1.01 support (Roster/Supply editing only)

Features of DOS version:
* Fully supports Falcon 3.04, MiG 1.03
* Make all pilots unfatigued or perfect
* Add 20 to inventory of all types of ordnance
* Resurrect all dead pilots
* Give squadron all 18 planes
* Fuel estimates
* Command line parameters allow automatic use in batch files.

Windows version allows:
* All features of DOS version
* Edit individual pilots / abilities
* Complete control over all ordnance and supplies
* Rename squadrons (even create new names)
* Much nicer user interface than DOS
* Time-on-Target lets you adjust speed to co-ordinate flights

Still free, asking only for an E-Mail with comments.

-Frank Racis   (FWR100@psuvm.psu.edu)


3.2 UTILITIES FOR FALCON 3.02, MIG-29 FULCRUM, AND F-18 HORNET


3.2.1 KEYBOARD COMMANDER CORPS UTILITIES

Keyboard Commander Corps offers keyboard templates and utilities