scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper ) (08/08/85)
I have recently acquired a copy of "Flight Simulator." Unfortunately, it did not come with instructions. Could someone mail me some instructions on how to play it? I would appreciate it, cause I don't have any idea how. -Steve scooper@brl-tgr
ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn) (08/09/85)
In article <519@brl-tgr.ARPA> in net.games, scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper ) writes: > >I have recently acquired a copy of "Flight Simulator." Unfortunately, it >did not come with instructions. > >Could someone mail me some instructions on how to play it? > >I would appreciate it, cause I don't have any idea how. > Well Steve, I think your best bet now is to (very) quickly rush down to your local computer store and lay down your $'s to receive a shiny new copy of the disk and its extremely well produced documentation. In that way you can show us all that this is really only a joke, and that you really haven't *stolen* that fine product from Microsoft (who, by the way, will have read your posting by now), and that you're really *not* trying to incite one of us to break the copywrite laws, and that anyway, your employers have really *not* got anything to do with it, even though you posted the request on their machine, and that, no, there is really no need for their corporate lawyers to become involved, and that it is such a small thing, so why should you be fired for it, and .... (Cross posted to net.micro and net.micro.pc for the interest (amazement?) of all those taking part in the "Software protection .." discussions). Ray Dunn ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray
dowdy@cepu.UUCP (Dowdy Jackson) (08/15/85)
I'm sure that he didn't steal the program but it was merely given to him by evil spirits. As for copyright violations, a few helpful hints are not in violation of copyright laws. For example, if someone should say that you use the arrows on the keyboard to either make the plane turn or rise or dive. Or if someone should mention that you use the function keys to control the throttle (F2) (F4) (F6) (F8) and (F10) then this is in no way a violation of copyright laws because the information was not copied from the book verbatum nor was the wording similar to the wording used in the instruction manual.... Dowdy Jackson UCLA Neurology/Neuropharm
mikem@tekcae.UUCP (Michael E. Meyer) (08/17/85)
Speaking of Flight Simulators, does anyone know if there are any new ones planned...or any others as good as MS FS? I was told that MS was working on a jet version (Boeing 747) and a helicopter version... Michael E. Meyer ________________________________________ USENET: ...!tektronix!tekcae!mikem ARPA: tekcae!mikem.tek@CSNET-RELAY USnail: TEKTRONIX, Inc. P.O. Box 500, MS 19-075 Beaverton, OR 97077 USA (503) 627-2628
judith@proper.UUCP (Judith Abrahms) (08/25/85)
In article <> mikem@tekcae.UUCP (Michael E. Meyer) writes: >Speaking of Flight Simulators, does anyone know if there are any new >ones planned...or any others as good as MS FS? I was told that MS >was working on a jet version (Boeing 747) and a helicopter version... See the August 26 issue of InfoWorld, p. 20. "A Dogfight in the Making," subtitled, "Lone programmer wants to battle giant Microsoft etc. etc."... "Donald A. Hill, Jr.... has developed a flight simulation program for the Macintosh that may challenge the famous Bruce Artwick version for the IBM PC... Hill's flight simulator, which he plans to market himself at $49.95, is based on flying a WWI plane, the Fokker Triplane. 'I first went for responsiveness to make it feel good, then added realism from there...'" Well, even if it is only for the Mac so far, you might want to check it out. He's already marketed it at Macworld in Feb. in S.F. -- it's self-published under his own label, Bullseye Software, a divison of Gray Matter Ltd. They don't give an address for him, but do refer to him as "a programmer from Incline Village, Nevada." Not clear whether that's where he is. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Judith Abrahms "The sames should stay with the sames, and {ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!proper!judith the differents should stay with the differents." -- A. Bunker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------