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Historical article #251

FS Addon Sharing Network announced for April 1st, 2003

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(Mar. 24, 2003) I'm very pleased to announce the availability of the first flightsim-dedicated peer-to-peer addon sharing service: FS Addon Sharing Network (FS-ASN). After the results of the current beta-testing, FS-ASN will be released April 1st, 2003.FULL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

The FS Addon Sharing Network (FS-ASN) is a separately installable software option that gives Users of FS Addon Manager an unvaluable new source for aircraft and sceneries for their Microsoft Flight Simulator. FS-ASN allows users to share their valuable collection of freeware addons with other fellow Users around the globe. It delivers the features of a full-fledged peer-to-peer (P2P) network with features such as:
  • Search by keywords with exlusion option
  • Multiple transfers from several Users at the same time
  • Automatic resume of interrupted downloads
  • 32-bit CRC intergrity check of transfered files
  • Server part run as separate application for better stability and less memory usage
  • Configurable bandwidth management
  • Each single addon (payware for instance) can be blocked from sharing
  • "BuddyList" to see online status of special friends
  • Realtime chat with users
  • ... and many more!
FS-ASN is not intended for and cannot replace the existing download and community sites such as AVSIM and FlightSim.com. It is however a valuable source when it comes to the recurring situation of "Where could I find that particular aircraft that I love so much...". Also, these downloaded FS-AOM Hangar Packages have many advantages such as:
  • Already packaged for one-click installation within FS-AOM Hangar
  • Usually correctly configured
  • Most packages aleady contain correct FS-AOM Screenshots of the addons
FS-ASN adds an important functionality to the impressing set of features already available in FS Addon Manager. And I hope it can also bring a new technology to the benefit of our great Simming Community!

FS-ASN will be available beginning April 1st, 2003 free of charge for users of the most current major version of FS Addon Manager.