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TeargasHorse

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  1. 20 hours ago, Stratos said:

    You mean a Saitek X56? My own X52 is 15 years old and is dying of old age, wondering how's the X56 as I don't want to put all that money on a Warthog stick.

    I've used nothing but Saiteks since they came out. Cyborg, X36, 2-X45s, and now my X52 Pro is at least 15 Y.O. and should be replaced, but it keeps on trucking. Yes, some of the buttons need attention, and the J/S is wobbly, but it works. I will get a new one when the boss authorizes a new PC.

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  2. Not my first game, but it was the first game I ever saw on PC. In the late 70s, my friend down the street's dad was a professor at the university and had a TRS80 at his house. Phone cradle modem, reel to reel and cassette tape. Paul (friend) was so excited to show off Star Trek to us! Not exactly the most blood-boiling game, and certainly not to an 8-year-old. 

    My first game was  Microsoft Flight Simulator in 1984 on an Apple IIe. No joystick, and 16 fps [if that] on a green monochrome monitor. Once I moved to IBM, the jig was up for Apple! Then it was Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, Lucas Arts Battle of Britain, SWOTL and MicroProse titles...anything I could get. I still have the 5.25" and 3.5" disks for many of the games. They would likely crumble to dust if I tried to insert them though. Fond memories of being a loner without a guitar.

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  3. My dad found Falcon 4.0 Gold when he moved and gave it to me. I see the patch procedure in your post, but I wonder about disk space and where to get the updates?  Falcon3 was my jam in the days before true online and I got sucked into Jane's world online before Falcon became a thing. I have been watching the changes in Falcon, and now that DCS has an F-16, should I even bother?

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