History of Ballistic Explorer™

Copyright 1988 to 2007
by
Dexadine, Inc.

Ballistic Explorer was developed as a DOS program in cooperation with Oehler Research, Inc. and was first released in January, 1988 and shown at that year's SHOT show. Other's may claim an earlier date for their product, but none can claim being exhibited at the shooting industry's premier trade show before 1988.

Version 3.00 added a graphical ammo library and was released in 1990.

Version 4.00 was a complete redevelopment of the program, which added a window look to the text interface, a graphical bullet library, and new ballistic models. Version 4.00 was released in 1992.

Version 5.00 was the first version designed for Windows®, and was a complete redevelopment of the program. Version 5.00 was released in January, 1997.

Version 5.5.0 made a number of improvements and was released in January, 1998.

Version 5.5.1 was the first 32-bit version and was released in January, 2000.

Version 5.5.1b includes a calculator under the tools menu and was also released in January, 2000.

Version 5.5.1c fixed the problem of having to re-enter the S/N and access code when running on Windows 2000. Version 5.5.1c was released in February, 2000.

Version 5.5.2 displayed energy values under 100 foot-pounds to 1 DP for those using the program for air guns, made some fixes and incremental improvements and was released in January, 2002.

Version 5.5.2a adds the ability to display loads in the Ammo Library for which there are no case dimensions. Version 5.5.2a was released in December, 2002.

Version 5.5.3 added the Web Update and Wind Drift in MOA features and introduced a higher security "Key" system to replace the dated Access Code system. Version 5.5.3 was released in October, 2003.

Version 5.5.3a added many new calibers and Swift bullets. Version 5.5.3a was released in March, 2004.

Version 5.5.4 added 185 new loads and 150 new bullets and the Trace Catalog feature. Version 5.5.4 was released in January, 2005.

Version 5.5.5 added just 8 new loads, but fixed a bug in the Trace Catalog feature. Also, all of the missing caliber drawings were added. Version 5.5.5 was released in January, 2006.

Version 6.0.0 is the first non-Oehler version and combines the demo and full versions of the program into one. Versions 6.0.0. was also released in January, 2006.

Version 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 were bug fixes released in the spring and summer of 2006.

Version 6.1.0 added the Explore display, and removed non-color, MAS model, and the old trace catalog option. Version 6.1.0 also added the ability to import trace data from version 6.x.x and 5.x.x trace files into the current trace file. Version 6.1.0 was released in September of 2006.

Version 6.2.0 fixed some bugs in the Explore display and greatly improved the helps as well as making them compatible with Windows® Vista. Redeveloped and expanded the tutorials. Added Ken Oehler's equal TOF method of BC conversion. Version 6.2.0 was released in November 2007.