holland@mips.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) (07/09/88)
It's great! It supports 16 colors - so we don't have to wait for Microsoft or Spectrum Holobyte. Even without color, the images are much better than Falcon, which I was never really pleased with on the Mac II. You can select from a number of views either internal or external to the cockpit. This makes a good trainer for RC flying. There are 14 different planes you can fly. You can perform stunts (and record them), race (and record and compete against recorded flights), and take lessons from Chuck. I've noticed one bug. The sound cuts off occasionally. Could be multifinder. Also, it's got a nifty "copy protection" scheme although it might not work on aircraft enthusiasts. Every day it asks you about the specs on a particular plane. If you're wrong, the program exists. So, you need to refer to the manual once a day. If you've got a Mac II, buy it! Fred Hollander Computer Science Center Texas Instruments, Inc. holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.
ted@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ted Jardine) (07/12/88)
Fred Hollander writes in praise of Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer on
the Mac II. I agree very strongly with his comments. I've tried Microsoft
Flight Simulator (uh, yes sir, it runs fine on a Mac SE, but not on a II).
I've also tried Falcon. AFT has more flexibility and better performance. I
wouldn't be surprised to find that much of the performance has to to with the
Mac II I'm running it on. As an Instrument Flight Instructor for the past
twenty years (not full time though), it is quite sobering to find that I can
'auger in' while trying to keep the F-18 dirty side up!
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TJ {With Amazing Grace} The Piper
aka Ted Jardine CFI-ASME/I
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Internet: ted@boeing.comtedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) (07/14/88)
>Fred Hollander writes in praise of Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer on >the Mac II. I agree very strongly with his comments. I've tried Microsoft How does it run on an SE? How much does it cost? -Ted