So is this the same marketing BS they are doing with the new Top Gun movie...
Release late Q2 2020 (and then more like Q4)?
(or the 787 or the release of the 737-MinLav?)
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So is this the same marketing BS they are doing with the new Top Gun movie...
Nice. But I will wait until Service Pack 1 and until I find the money, the courage and room for a $2000+ computer plus accessories.OOOH OOOH OOOH OOOH (repeat 200 more times)
https://www.flightsimulator.com/microso ... r-pc-beta/
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So you already have your $2000 computer? I would be ordering it now too if I already had the rig.Heh... not me! I preordered the new one yesterday. FSX is nice, but dated and I find its issues annoying. I'm sure the new one will have glitches, but at least they'll be *new* glitches. Y'know, just like a 737 max which flies exactly like the previous-generation 737 except every once in a while when it doesn't.
Oh, I remember 1998, I can't believe it's been 30 years already . That should actually encourage you: building/configuring a modern PC is easier than a 486.I guess I could build one myself and save some $$$ but it scares me. Last time I did that it was like 30 years ago, a 486 DX2 with math co-porcessor running Windows 98.
I hate youI've got a Ryzen 7 2700 8-core processor, 32 gigs of RAM, 64-bit OS, and a 512 gig NVMe SSD. Oh and an 80 megabit Internet connection.... I may end up getting a 3070 or possibly even 3080 card for Christmas...
What? (honest question)Ryzen Pro?! i7-9800X?!* "interesting" choices... (*evidently the list was made before Intel had "regular" , Not_HEDT 8-core CPUs)
Yes. I mean, that was my 2nd PC. First one was I don't remember if a 286 or a 386 (and before that a Talent that I still keep in a corner of my hart), so if things are as you say (which I don't doubt) I must be confusing which one had the FPU.Honest question, Not_Smartass: 486DX had an integrated FPU. Is that what you meant, or did you maybe have another CPU? (Not_Karlie digs old-computerie talk )
Ah... kids today... so spoiled!Yes. I mean, that was my 2nd PC. First one was I don't remember if a 286 or a 386 (and before that a Talent that I still keep in a corner of my hart), so if things are as you say (which I don't doubt) I must be confusing which one had the FPU.
Well the computer of course is of the specification necessary to engage in high-quality parlour talk in internet fora.I hate youI've got a Ryzen 7 2700 8-core processor, 32 gigs of RAM, 64-bit OS, and a 512 gig NVMe SSD. Oh and an 80 megabit Internet connection.... I may end up getting a 3070 or possibly even 3080 card for Christmas...
As I mentioned, my first computer was a Talent, but I don't consider those "PC" (a PC would be "IBM-compatible" and run MS-DOS)Ah... kids today... so spoiled!Yes. I mean, that was my 2nd PC. First one was I don't remember if a 286 or a 386 (and before that a Talent that I still keep in a corner of my hart), so if things are as you say (which I don't doubt) I must be confusing which one had the FPU.
This was my first "PC": http://oldcomputers.net/osi-600.html (the "Superboard", not one of the fancy-schmancy models with a case and stuff).
Hey, watch your mouth. This thing could run floppys double side - double density. It was cutting-edge technology (and look at the massive shoe-box size). Especially when compared with the alternative means of storage: A cassette player with a TDK blank music cassette and a data transfer rate of 2400 baud max (but 1200 baud more typical).OMG $700 for a floppy drive? $700 for a computer is almost reasonable but the price for that drive is nuts. How many terabytes of storage would that buy you now? Not even taking into account that $700 today != $700 back then.
Hmm... how long would it take to read 75,000 floppies? https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/ ... -ten-dvds/Hey, watch your mouth. This thing could run floppys double side - double density. It was cutting-edge technology (and look at the massive shoe-box size). Especially when compared with the alternative means of storage: A cassette player with a TDK blank music cassette and a data transfer rate of 2400 baud max (but 1200 baud more typical).
Not as much as it would take a Z80 to render 1 frame while calculating the aerodynamic equations on the 1000 surfaces that the plane is divided in.Hmm... how long would it take to read 75,000 floppies? https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/ ... -ten-dvds/
Yes!Carb heat?
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