canas@ut-sally.UUCP (Daniel Canas) (04/02/84)
I have read all the nonesense about software piracy and whatsoever.
I did not give any importance to the message asking about a copy of
the doc. of Flight Simulator. I tried later, to find out who send the
message but was not sucessfull. Whoever did send me a message and I will be
glad to send you the docs.
I have "pirated" some software but mainly as a hobby. If and when I find a
decent piece of software which I can use I will eventlually buy it. But
FIRST I have to try it and not go by advertisement.
That is why I BUY ALL PENGUIN SOFTWARE (by the way Penguin Software is
unprotected) and other software which I consider usefull. Piracy is mainly
a hobby (from my point of view at least) (couldn't care less about the flames)
The "not so lonely sole" who asked for Flight Simulator send me your address.
(By the way I PAID for Flight Simulator and for Flight Simulator I , A2-3D1,
A2-3D2, A2-GE1, etc. SuBlogic has excellent Software)
Daniel
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Daniel Canas, Computer Sciences Dept. University of Texas at Austin,
{ihnp4,kpno,ut-ngp}!ut-sally!canasray@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/Neuropharmmikem@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
BRAIL@SEISMO.CSS.GOV (08/20/85)
I once saw the flight simulator on a Silicon Graphics Iris, a super-expensive Unix machine with 1024 X 1024 resolution and 256 displayable colors. It simulated a Cessna, and an F-15, F-16, or F-18. If you had an Ethernet, you could have a dogfight between two (or maybe more) computers. Unfortunately, that computer is probably out of your price range. Maybe the Amiga flight simulator will have something besides the slow, boring Cessna. -------
phil@sdcsvax.UUCP (Phil Cohen) (08/24/85)
I saw an Amiga at SIGGRAPH and it IS an impressive machine. What attracted me to the booth initially was the wonderfully raspy sound of an electric guitar being played through some sort of effects box...wrong...it was the Amiga synth chip. I honestly thought someone had a guitarist playing in their booth as a marketing stunt! One of the demos was a flight simulator that, while nowhere near as good as dogfight on the Iris, is still MUCH better than anything I have seen on machines in the same price range as the Amiga. It was hard to get close enough for a real good look, but the color graphics view out the front window consisted of beautiful shaded surfaces that were smoothly animated as the plane rolled and pitched arround. At this point, I am hoping that COMPLETE documentation will be available for, what appears to me to be, a milestone in personal computing. This is the affordable computer that I, and a lot of other professional programmers, have been waiting for... Phil Cohen
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------