aCIDman Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 You were there. I was there. Back in the days when we were all futzing with IRQ ports on DOS then windows and trying to figure out how to get a simple modem connection to stay connected for our favorite pasttime. On AOL there were 5 of us that traded spots for top gun every week on a ladder of a couple hundred. We became friends Compuserve had WAY more! We all had $300+ phones bills trying to get up to the top and to STAY at the top! ED (SKATER) LYNCH -- My bro! We all had ThrustMaster products then too. :joystick: That was then. This is now. Wow have things changed! Thank God we have the internet now. :thumbup: Graphics... YUM! Some of those friends have since died... (RIP BLACKMAGIC) One thing that hasn't changed??? .......I've spent the last 3 days getting my stick just right. :megalol: Hey guys -- My name is Paul and I'm a flight sim addict. Nice to meet ya. I'm darn glad to see the flame for the true flight sim is still alive and kicking! Looks to me like DCS got this one spot on..
Mud Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Hey and welcome, Paul! Gosh, some of those hassles we used to have ... Back then, living at home still, my poor folks could never be reached on the phone because I was hogging the line. Being single and without children did give me a heck lot more time though :) I wish you a great time in this supurb sim! Spoiler W10-x64 | B650E Gigabyte Aorus Master | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Noctua NH-D15 G.Skill Trident ZS Neo DDR5-6000 64Gb | MSI RTX 3080ti Gaming X Asus Xonar AE | TM Hotas Warthog MFG Crosswind pedals | Valve Index
Chazz_BMF Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Welcome in the air :thumbup: :pilotfly:Wolfpack Production:pilotfly: -=<[WiN 10, I7 3770K @ 4,5 Ghz, Corsair H100i, Sabertooth Z77, 16 GB Dominator, Sapphire 7970 VaporX 6GB, C70 Vengance, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Pro rudder, Track IR, Beyerdynamics MMX 300 ]>=- DCS/FC2/FC3/Arma videos on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/WolfpackproductionDK "Fortes Furtuna Juvat"
TigersharkBAS Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I'll have what Paul is smoking. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Creator of: F-18C VFA-195 "Dambusters" 1998 CAG Livery https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=213788 F-18C VFA-195 "Dambusters" July 2001 CAG Livery https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=215950 Pilot avatars for DCS Logbook https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=221160 How to make a DCS A-10C Panel http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=65998
mvsgas Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 You were there. I was there. Back in the days when we were all futzing with IRQ ports on DOS then windows and trying to figure out how to get a simple modem connection to stay connected for our favorite pasttime. On AOL there were 5 of us that traded spots for top gun every week on a ladder of a couple hundred. We became friends Compuserve had WAY more! We all had $300+ phones bills trying to get up to the top and to STAY at the top! ED (SKATER) LYNCH -- My bro! We all had ThrustMaster products then too. :joystick: That was then. This is now. Wow have things changed! Thank God we have the internet now. :thumbup: Graphics... YUM! Some of those friends have since died... (RIP BLACKMAGIC) One thing that hasn't changed??? .......I've spent the last 3 days getting my stick just right. :megalol: Hey guys -- My name is Paul and I'm a flight sim addict. Nice to meet ya. I'm darn glad to see the flame for the true flight sim is still alive and kicking! Looks to me like DCS got this one spot on.. :D I think you are the first person to claim Skater, most people will not claim to know him, or like me, try to forget it...:smartass: (here comes the facebook hate mail) To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
aCIDman Posted March 9, 2012 Author Posted March 9, 2012 :D I think you are the first person to claim Skater, most people will not claim to know him, or like me, try to forget it...:smartass: (here comes the facebook hate mail) I haven't talked to him in 15 years or so -- I take it he's still a goober then? :lol:
mvsgas Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 He send me spam from time to time in bookface, but yeah, goober To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
aCIDman Posted March 9, 2012 Author Posted March 9, 2012 He send me spam from time to time in bookface, but yeah, goober Well when you see him, tell the ol' bubble butt I said hi. :thumbup: I'm sure he's got twenty kids and 3 ex wives by now.
AtaliaA1 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 I'll have what Paul is smoking. I got a Trojan Redirect Scipt in that first link. Double check it. I think someone got hold of your url link. Could be false alarm but better safe than sorry. This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit.
JJGray Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Acidman, I too am a former Compuserve Falcon 3.0 H2H competitor. Used to love the dogfighting competition, and was great that there were plenty of other's that were into the same thing. Yes, I too had dual $300/month phone bills, one for voice, one for the modem data line. I sometimes miss the friends I knew then, but I don't miss the bills. :) When Falcon 4.0 first came out, I got to participate with the iBeta team, and also flew in some of the online competitions back then. The entire time I used Thrustmaster products, FLCS, TQS and RCS. I stopped flying for quite a few years after the sim community kind of died down, and the COD games got popular. I played those games as well. When I saw the Thrustmaster A-10 Warthog sticks in Fry's before Christmas, I became excited all over again, and checked the net for any latest sims that would be worth starting over again before I made a purchase. After discovering DCS A-10C and convincing a couple friends to jump into learning the sim as well, I made the plunge. After getting the Warthog sticks, Saitek Pro Rudders, a new Dell Alienware machine, three monitors running via Eyefinity, touchscreen running Helios, and a TrackIR, I'm back in business, and making up for lost time. I love the A-10C sim, and learning everything about it. I'm having a great time. Soon, I hope to be flying multiplayer and holding my own. Looking forward to it. I still wonder what my former flying buddies are up to nowadays. If any of them see this, they should give a hello. -John (formerly 'AVENGER') Edited March 10, 2012 by JJGray
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