heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu (Todd) (09/20/89)
In a recent _Air_Force_ magazine, there was an article on a battle simulation system named Simnet. It networked flight simulators, tank simulators, and a few other simulators across the world. The article mentioned that the system was built around the Macintosh computer (although they never mentioned the Mac or showed any Macs after that one sentence). The papers have recently mentioned the the Air Force's decision to purchase 10 to 80 thousand Mac IIs (I have no idea if this is related to Simnet). The paper said they would be used for everything from word processing to battle management. I hope some game manufatures picks up on this and designs some battle simulation games. I think it would very interesting to be playing a battle game on the SAME computers the Air Force uses to plan their battle strategy. Todd Heberlein heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu 128.120.57.20 PS. Anyone know of any battle simulation programs out there already. I would love to get the Ancient Art of War, but it won't run on an SE/30.
KIrwin@cup.portal.com (Kent Thomas Irwin) (09/26/89)
In article <5357@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu (Todd) writes >PS. Anyone know of any battle simulation programs out there already. >I would love to get the Ancient Art of War, but it won't run on an >SE/30. ...and the Ancient Art of War at Sea won't run on a Mac II (what I have), so it's boring too. I can recommend the Universal Military Simulator as a fun product. It works on my machine, and probably works on the SE/30, though I don't know for sure. UMS is a system that allows many historical and fantastical scenarios to be modeled. If you're familiar with board game or miniatures simulations, much of the system will be familiar to you, including the fairly standard unit designations. I have downloaded many custom scenarios from various networks, simulating everything from the Romans to Star Fleet. It's been fun, though of course I wish for bigger, faster, and more flexibility! ----------------------------------------------------------------- :-) Kent T. Irwin Usenet: kirwin@cup.portal.com :-) Egoware, Ltd. UUCP: sun!cup.portal.com!kirwin :-) CIS: 76703,3007 GEnie: KENT.IRWIN