Re: [Xcsoar-user] Looking for XCSoar 5.2.1 for the Altair

[Robert H. <cri...@gm...>]

Hi

You can indeed run later versions of XCSoar on yhe Altair, but 5.2.1
contains a feature called Big Text (accessed by ESC NAV) that we need for
my nearly blind friend who flies with me in his Nimbus 4DM.

Thus feature is a necessity for him to enjoy his flying.

Does anyone know where i can find this?

Tks

On 6 Nov. 2017 18:02, "Michael Huber" <mic...@gm...> wrote:

> Robert,
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> I have never used an Altair but my understanding is that you can use later
> XCSoar versions than outdated 5.x.x if you load them on a USB thumb drive.
> Link to the latest 6.8.10 is http://download.xcsoar.org/
> releases/6.8.10/ALTAIR/. Use a good quality thumb drive, for example
> https://www.sandisk.de/home/usb-flash/ultra-fit-usb works fine on the
> Openvario and is really small. I don´t know how the two units communicate
> but you could try the NMEAOut driver in the front unit and see if this
> gives you the data you need in the back seat. I hope somone with Altair
> experience will chime in and give you more detailed advice.
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> Michael
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> *Von:* Robert Hart [mailto:cri...@gm...]
> *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 5. November 2017 00:58
> *An:* XCSoar Users <xcs...@li...>
> *Betreff:* [Xcsoar-user] Looking for XCSoar 5.2.1 for the Altair
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> Hi
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> After talking to a couple more people, it seems that there wasn't a
> special build of XCSoar for the two Altairs (front and rear seats) - but I
> need XCSoar 5.2.1 as XCSoar 5.2.2 is known not to work.
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> I have searched the net but can't find 5.2.1 anywhere. Can someone point
> me at this please?
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