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AllaN01Bear

(23,039 posts) Sat Jul 31, 2021, 06:27 PM Jul 2021

i am learning to fly via ms flight sim 1980 version for dos.

for years i have been using a app on apple called boxer app. boxer is a front end app for dos box. i recently swiched to 64 bit big sur and my old copy of boxer wouldnt work. i however found a 64 bit variant for mac . i found the game a while ago and just found the manual for it i also learned i can set the plane up so that the controls arnt so sensitive . anyone else have experiance here . thanks in adance . ps: im going to learn how to just taxi for now and do baby steps . 73 de allan01bear.

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i am learning to fly via ms flight sim 1980 version for dos. (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 OP

Get the Microsoft flight simulator 2020 PuppyBismark Jul 2021 #1

I used to use DosBox for old 1995 games padfun Jul 2021 #2

i dont know . when i switched over to 64 bit big sur,32 bit didnt make the switch AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #3

I bought Microsoft's Flight Simulator for MS7 many years ago... Enter stage left Jul 2021 #4

PuppyBismark

(607 posts)

1. Get the Microsoft flight simulator 2020

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Sat Jul 31, 2021, 06:54 PM

Jul 2021

It’s not that expensive and light years better. Buy the cheapest one and you will be set.

padfun

(1,856 posts)

2. I used to use DosBox for old 1995 games

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Sat Jul 31, 2021, 06:54 PM

Jul 2021

such as Ascendancy, and Conquest of the New World.

If you are playing a 1980 game, I give you credit. Is it a CGA 4 color game?

AllaN01Bear

(23,039 posts)

3. i dont know . when i switched over to 64 bit big sur,32 bit didnt make the switch

Reply to padfun (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 31, 2021, 07:27 PM

Jul 2021

as didnt dosbox. ill get back to u when i can look at the color scheme.

Enter stage left

(3,823 posts)

4. I bought Microsoft's Flight Simulator for MS7 many years ago...

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:22 PM

Jul 2021

I absolutely loved it.

I had the basic knowledge of flight, but not the details. That program was amazing.

I really think that in an emergency I could fly a single engine plane, and probably even land it safely. (Hope that never happens, but could)

I practiced until I could land a single engine Cessna on the aircraft carrier in San Francisco Bay, and then take off and fly back to my original take-off spot.

I'm not a certified pilot, but I did sleep in a "Motel 6" last night.

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