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Stop it! YOU elected to click on, yes? ;-)
Think of it as a flight .... of sorts .... but then, you never quite know what the theme is... OK...straight sim stuff this time around....how about some takers on this current mystery: Naturally, '04 [AKA FS9] is doing its thing and FS2K2 likewise but I rarely dump the older sims because there are certain planes [sim community rendered...naturally!] I still like to fly on the older sim engines...so to speak. Case(s) in point : For FS98, the Chaffin-Rambow-Visser masterpiece [*not to mention the then future planes/panels that followed for the FS series !] for that time frame [*in my view anyway and so stated] -- the DC-3 R4D and yet another masterpiece for FS2K, Paul Golding's MD80 [This all in one DL...panel/plane/sounds is dazzling and I'll wager various of the long time simmers already have it...if not....pgmd80.FS2K.pnl.v2a.zip at Flightsim.com, Avsim, etc. Well worth the DL! Caution: Paul is a purist! Forget the Control E thing. Manual engine start ONLY...by the numbers...or you don't fly! Dunno! That's Paul for you! Anyway, I'm loading up good ol' FS98 on the now SATA drive [with a BIG tip o' the wing to Pete D. for the great info!] and of course the patch for same but when the sim appears the panel is about a third of the size it should be! Why? Dunno! This happens in any screen resolution or sim mode view [docked or full screen mode] and I tried 2 re-installs of the sim...same deal! Other sims are fine but '98 won't cooperate! The panel [of any plane including stock stuff] appears but it's a third of the normal size yet the runway [either mode] remains normal! This has me stymied! Possible clue-- even when taken out completely and a re-installation attempted it wants to install itself in 'Programs/Microsoft Games/FS2000 !!!??? Anyone for a cure or Dx as to what's happening with the sudden shrunken plane panels? Doc Tony [from afar....] Greasy: "Muhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Al "D". : [to Greasy...extends fist, vertical, pinky down...] "Hey G-man, see that?" Greasy: [goes for it...instinct some would muse...] 'RAP!' ... to the fist...self-inflicted head bonk follows forthwith.... ;-) Switching...so, any hunches on the FS98 sort-of end of flick 'Beatlejuice' [remember the head thing? Ahhhh, forget it....] mystery? What's that? Ohhhh, what harm! I write satire, OK? [but then...] Greasy: [nasty like...] "Yeah sure...and I'm the friggin' King of the Siam!" BoB [sic]: "Not quite Mr. G ...there is no Siam...if you wish to get geographically technical about it!" Greasy: "Sez you! This Doc Tony guy is ...ehhh....he's makin' it up! Anyone can make grand claims [*as Greasy does !] ....I want proof!" Sure! Look here and observe the decent company I'm in. Satisfied? Click 'Authors' ... Go to the 'L' .... Enjoy! http://www.mencken.org/files/text/me..._1962_1999.htm [post the above 'flight' ..as it were...] Greasy: "Yo, S-bird [!!!], like what do you know about .... [refers to his notes...] ...ehhh....'Seppuku', man?" S-bird: "Sepp-u-WHO?" ;-) And the finale! As Bro' Al D. pulls a line from one of his old still retained 331/3 RPM vinyl's fer cryin' out loud! To wit, 'JC, Superstar' and bellows to the RAS assembled a la you-know-who in that Webber [UK] musical way back when about yours truly, "I DON'T KNOW HIM!" Note to Dean B. ! [Lurks RAS when time permits!] Hey, the CD idea for CP mag was a great move but, alas, I see that the 'show' by Doc and friend is [unfortunately] going by the boards for, I suppose, want of requisite sheckles...but I wanted to see YOU at interview! Although I thought you-know-who [AKA the 'father of CP', initials "RF" ] did a good job...the PCAv LA and NY scenery plug notwithstanding! ;-) [and more!] John Ward: "That has to be Doc referring to Bob Ferraro!" Greasy: "He said the initials were 'RF', not 'BF', Mr. Ward! Wake up!" John: GROAN "Ohhhh ferrrr..... ." Don P. : "John...hey....with the G-man, not to fret.....I mean, hey, consider the source!" Pete D. "Or 'sauce' ..... !" ;-) |
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