I Mistakenly gave the version of X-Plane that I first had. I had got some previous versions but that was back when I was duel-booting so I could get that thing to run on a windows box of course… I remember that I had a deep yearning and I used to regret that X-Plane did not work except on a Microsoft or Macintosh machine. And then one day in a brand of very high class and high priced things in a grocery store that offered things like that I saw a little box full of CDs and it said on the front in red letters this works in Linux….. or something like that! The first version I bought for Linux was X-Plane 7. That was the first version of it that I bought for one simple reason and that was it was the first version of the X-Plane that supported Linux. I recall having to order all sorts of parts. Things that were supported and could thrive in the Linux world. One thing I remember vividly was ordering and then installing a NVidea card priced right for me. I think that was before the conquering of the world by the web…
I'm somewhat sad about Targetware. It was such a promising sim. Are there any modern multiplayer combat sims that are comparable? Maybe newer incarnations of Il-2? (back then, in comparison to TW flight models felt scripted) Those fixed gunsights were a downer, but I really loved the flight model. You could really take advantage of air flow around each wing. It was all about the pilot not the plane. A good pilot could manipulate P-39 to outturn Zero.
Where has the time gone. Wow, long time not being on here. And, what's up with this??? Nobody online! ::sigh::
The glory days have passed. I still miss them and frequently finding myself wondering whether this game is up...
That's the most important thing. The strength of the community shows; we're still here posting after twenty years or so.