How do Fdev, CMDR "fishgotnosole" relating his ramblings.
My first memory of Elite was way back in the time of the flared nostril and the square wheel, when the BBC model B was the platform of choice. We had a B+ and a RGB cub monitor. It was my parents, I was around 10-11 years old at that time. Sadly no math co-processor.
After waiting for what seemed like an age for Elite to load from the cassette copy I had at first, before our set up was upgraded with a (wait for it...) 5 and a quarter inch floppy drive. Back then stuff came with manuals, instructions printed on paper for those who may not be familiar these ancient devices.
After being mouth agog in awe at the rotating wire-frame 3D space ship in front of me, I had no new commander to load, and had a flick around the various screens. Info, local and galaxy maps, trading and so on. Wondering what I should invest my starter 100 CR on. So I bought a few tons of commodoties, hoping to make a tidy profit from them. With my analogue joystick in hand, button key strip inserted above the red function keys. I decided that I should follow the directions in the booklet on getting acquainted with docking. Obviously without the slightest clue of what I was doing. Hit the launch key, and departed from the station, laden with my precious cargo. Needless to say that cargo never did arrive. Than began a very long learning curve with flight mechanics, using the side view cameras to line up stations, and so on. I finally earned enough CR to buy a docking computer, over in Zaonce.
How things have evolved. I'm proud to be part of what was a revolution back then. I always wanted a python back in those BBC B days. We were locked to the C Mk III, some 35 years later I flew my first Python in Lave station. Before picking up some cargo, jumping over to Zaonce.
My first memory of Elite was way back in the time of the flared nostril and the square wheel, when the BBC model B was the platform of choice. We had a B+ and a RGB cub monitor. It was my parents, I was around 10-11 years old at that time. Sadly no math co-processor.
After waiting for what seemed like an age for Elite to load from the cassette copy I had at first, before our set up was upgraded with a (wait for it...) 5 and a quarter inch floppy drive. Back then stuff came with manuals, instructions printed on paper for those who may not be familiar these ancient devices.
After being mouth agog in awe at the rotating wire-frame 3D space ship in front of me, I had no new commander to load, and had a flick around the various screens. Info, local and galaxy maps, trading and so on. Wondering what I should invest my starter 100 CR on. So I bought a few tons of commodoties, hoping to make a tidy profit from them. With my analogue joystick in hand, button key strip inserted above the red function keys. I decided that I should follow the directions in the booklet on getting acquainted with docking. Obviously without the slightest clue of what I was doing. Hit the launch key, and departed from the station, laden with my precious cargo. Needless to say that cargo never did arrive. Than began a very long learning curve with flight mechanics, using the side view cameras to line up stations, and so on. I finally earned enough CR to buy a docking computer, over in Zaonce.
How things have evolved. I'm proud to be part of what was a revolution back then. I always wanted a python back in those BBC B days. We were locked to the C Mk III, some 35 years later I flew my first Python in Lave station. Before picking up some cargo, jumping over to Zaonce.
