October 23, 201312 yr 800x600 and 256 colours is a LOT more recent than the late 1970s/early 1980s timeframe that I was thinking about. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
October 23, 201312 yr 800x600 and 256 colours is a LOT more recent than the late 1970s/early 1980s timeframe that I was thinking about. VGA monitor 256 colors was big thing no more 16 bit color monitors lol.
October 23, 201312 yr This site has a sequence of screenshots of all the versions of SL/MS Flight Simulator http://web.telecom.cz/josef.havlik/screenshots1.htm The ZX81 was very popular here in the UK, though I had its bigger brother the Spectrum. First Sim, typed in from a magazine, was an IMC airliner simulation, where the only 3D view was of the runway and that just on finals. That would be very early 80's. I had to debug some machine code to make it work... :-) Keith I had a 28k flight sim for the BBC computer. It converted the Basic language into code an ran it in the memory space available for two lines of basic. No stutters! I had to re-write the destination if I wanted to change it. Also I could programme in VORs etc. There was never any complaint about cloud stutters - It didn't have any! Super VC10 into LOWI with PF3 at a cinema near you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298UDyNmgUA
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