A blast from the past

Onkel Neal · 03-22-10, 06:05 PM

Yeah, cleaning up some old files and came across this:
Subsims beyond 2000

I had no clue how powerful home PCs would get, nor how utterly awesome subsims would become (even with the bugs).

Written some time in 1998.

Quote:

I use my deck gun whenever possible to conserve my dud torpedoes.

haha, that's me struggling to be witty

Nordmann · 03-22-10, 06:07 PM

Wow, really shows how far we've come, in a relatively short time. Who knows where we'll be in another ten years!

floundericiousWA · 03-22-10, 06:15 PM

soon they'll have 1GHz computers with 128MB video cards, Neal!

You were more right than wrong and that's really saying something!!!

Onkel Neal · 03-22-10, 06:17 PM

Ha ha, thanks. You cannot imagine how happy I was when Silent Hunter II, even with its gimpy campaign, allowed me to look UP and DOWN on the bridge!

03-22-10, 06:26 PM

I know how you feel, I can still remember loving silent service on my commodore amiga and absolutely loving it.
It shows how far we have come.

Sailor Steve · 03-22-10, 06:29 PM

I remember thinking in 1966 how cool it would be to have a Star Trek-type communicator. Captain Kirk, supposedly two hundred years in the future, would have killed-or-died for a modern cell phone just thirty years later.

In 1970 I predicted that someday we might have little cubes that would plug into a machine with music recorded electronically. I-pods? Who knew??

I hope I'm around to see (and still be young enough to enjoy) the next generation of flight, racing and sub sims!

03-22-10, 06:34 PM

If most of the publishers had it their way, god knows where subsims will go!
Thank goodness they keep them away from the consoles.

DedEye · 03-22-10, 06:47 PM

Nice!

SteamWake · 03-22-10, 06:50 PM

That is an absolutly epic find !

Your foresight was right on the mark.

Just wow... so glad that dident end up in the waste bin !

Iron Budokan · 03-22-10, 06:54 PM

Loved it, thank you.

AVGWarhawk · 03-22-10, 07:24 PM

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And what sims they will be, with the power of 500 MHz computers and 64-bit 3D accelerator graphics cards driving them.

Ha ha, right on target. My very first computer was a Emachine Monster 550 gaming machine. These were the basic specs! I forget the RAM...probably 512MB if I was lucky. Janes Combat WWII Simulator started me off on that machine....Windows 98 OS it was. I remember the very first time I connected to the internet with the telephone jack. It had that strange noise it made when dialing and connecting. All of a sudden the world was mine! Good times...good times.

PaulH513 · 03-22-10, 08:40 PM

5 years from now they might have little holes on your monitor to spray water on you when you when you get a water leak in your sub.

Now that's immersion!!

reaper7 · 03-22-10, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barso

I know how you feel, I can still remember loving silent service on my commodore amiga and absolutely loving it.
It shows how far we have come.

used to play it on the Amiga... Just to hear the Ping effect in the music while game was loading. Ahh the good old days

rsvette12 · 03-22-10, 08:44 PM

Great post

Regards, Rich

Nafod81 · 03-22-10, 08:54 PM

In 2004 (I had just graduated) I continually commented that I wouldn't buy a house regardless of how low rates were because I believed they were ridiculously overpriced.

Had similar conversations 2005-2007.

I got laughed at many a time.....

03-22-10, 06:07 PM	#2
Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Wow, really shows how far we've come, in a relatively short time. Who knows where we'll be in another ten years! __________________ "I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea." - H. G. Wells

03-22-10, 06:15 PM	#3
floundericiousWA Medic Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	soon they'll have 1GHz computers with 128MB video cards, Neal! You were more right than wrong and that's really saying something!!! __________________ C.O. - USS Tambor "Defending that which is sincerely good and perfectly divine; Triumphant over death, and chance, and time..."

03-22-10, 06:17 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ha ha, thanks. You cannot imagine how happy I was when Silent Hunter II, even with its gimpy campaign, allowed me to look UP and DOWN on the bridge! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-22-10, 06:29 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I remember thinking in 1966 how cool it would be to have a Star Trek-type communicator. Captain Kirk, supposedly two hundred years in the future, would have killed-or-died for a modern cell phone just thirty years later. In 1970 I predicted that someday we might have little cubes that would plug into a machine with music recorded electronically. I-pods? Who knew?? I hope I'm around to see (and still be young enough to enjoy) the next generation of flight, racing and sub sims! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-22-10, 06:47 PM	#8
DedEye Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Edmonton Posts: 133 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Nice! __________________ U-Boot Spezial Cocktail......neidisch?

03-22-10, 06:26 PM	#5
Barso Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I know how you feel, I can still remember loving silent service on my commodore amiga and absolutely loving it. It shows how far we have come.

03-22-10, 06:34 PM	#7
Barso Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	If most of the publishers had it their way, god knows where subsims will go! Thank goodness they keep them away from the consoles.

03-22-10, 06:50 PM	#9
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That is an absolutly epic find ! Your foresight was right on the mark. Just wow... so glad that dident end up in the waste bin ! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

03-22-10, 06:54 PM	#10
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Loved it, thank you. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-22-10, 08:40 PM	#12
PaulH513 Navy Dude Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 174 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	5 years from now they might have little holes on your monitor to spray water on you when you when you get a water leak in your sub. Now that's immersion!! __________________ No Guts....No Glory

03-22-10, 08:44 PM	#14
rsvette12 Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 263 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Great post Regards, Rich

03-22-10, 08:54 PM	#15
Nafod81 Loader Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Saint Louis MO Posts: 87 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	In 2004 (I had just graduated) I continually commented that I wouldn't buy a house regardless of how low rates were because I believed they were ridiculously overpriced. Had similar conversations 2005-2007. I got laughed at many a time.....

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