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From: evans@mhuxt.UUCP (crandall)
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Subject: Flight Simulators
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Date: Sun, 1-Sep-85 11:21:37 EDT
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Have there been any developments in flight simulators that fall between MS
flight simulators that run on PCs and things like the formidable packages
from the likes of Evans & Sutherland? I have seen pictures from a Silicon
Grpahics demo that looked pretty good, but did it model flight well? With
the price/performance ratio of hardware improving so rapidly at some point
it should be possible to add a stick and rudder pedals to a powerful home
machine and get something out of it. Any comments on what is minimal hard-
ware --- is an Amiga with its graphics hardware in the ballpark?

			Steve Crandall
			ihnp4!mhuxt!evans