Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Path: utzoo!lsuc!jimomura
From: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Subject: Flight Sims (cont'd)
Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Organization: Consultant, Toronto
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 91 22:26:44 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.222644.6174@lsuc.on.ca>


     As you will recall, the last message I posted reported that
the copy of Falcon I bought was copy protected.  This turns out
to be because I bought an "old stock" copy.  The later distributions
are not copy protected.  I called Spectrum HoloBytes yesterday
and they informed me that by returning the original disks to them,
they will replace it with the latest version.  So for the time
being, I'm stuck with the manual.  The current version of Falcon
is not copy protected, but requires a "Code Wheel" to be used.
This much will be quite satisfactory.

     One thing I've been wondering is whether there's any news
about STE based flight simulators that use proportional joysticks
yet?  This should be a major improvement in IO.  Of course, there
has been an analog joystick adapter for an RC flight simulator
for a long time now, but that program and joystick system was
very elaborate (based on a dual double gimbled joystick system
in an Futaba RC transmitter box) and as such quite expensive.
I've been considering buying that program and hardware kit so I
can have access to a proportional joystick system with my current
ST.

-- 
Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
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