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Mar 8th, 2002 at 3:04pm

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I was recently going through some old floppys & found a backup of 'baby simviation' - known as 'the strip'
It was hosted on one of those hosts that boast 'unlimited traffic & space' for about $20 pm. The date was Sept 1998 & each section had one page. At the time I got my files from a setup called 'the mining corporation' checked 'em all out & reconfigured them for easy install & thought it would be fun to set up a site with good files, easy navigation & instructions ..... I knew very little about it apart from my own experience of 10 years of being a MSFS fanatic (yes - since 1988 ) & a real life pilot within very restricted airspace who fantasised about what only FS can offer.

It was like looking at a picture of my baby ( although my real baby is .. just... a little more beautiful.... !!)

If anyone is interested I may pack it up - or post it as a kind of momento - for old times sake - .........

I seem to remember Grumpy1 (Doug) started to write to me around this time & he became the best partner anyone could ask for.  Cool
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Reply #1 - Mar 8th, 2002 at 5:01pm

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I'd very much like to take a look Pete, I would have thought many others would too!

I suppose a "Simviation Archive" is the next addition then!  Smiley
 
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Reply #2 - Mar 8th, 2002 at 5:10pm

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I'd like very much to see it!! Grin
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Reply #3 - Mar 8th, 2002 at 9:23pm

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Me too!! Sounds great!!!

Why not put up an "Old times" page to look back in the past!

 
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Reply #4 - Mar 8th, 2002 at 9:34pm

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i would be very interested
i remember first comming to the site in 2000, wish i had come to the forum when it opened, never did click that link Wink
 
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Reply #5 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 1:48pm

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OK - I uploaded the files to a folder & here they are......

http://www.simviation.com/thestrip/flightsimdownload.htm


Wonder if anyone here was here then?? Doubt it...... Doug may remember.... ??
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 2:42pm

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OK - I uploaded the files to a folder & here they are......

http://www.simviation.com/thestrip/flightsimdownload.htm


Wonder if anyone here was here then?? Doubt it...... Doug may remember.... ??

Wow, that brings back some memories Pete.  Cheesy
It's like looking at some long-lost photos. Not sure I was around here then either.
I started off with CFS1 & didn't get FS98 until much later.

I first found The Strip sometime after Jan 99 which was when I purchased CFS1.
Simviation was born only a few days afterwards. I became involved just before the Easter weekend of that year. April 99? Surely not, it seems like only yesterday. Not sure we had a forum at that time. Things have certainly changed.

Oh dear, where's my tissues. I've come over all sentimental.  Cry
 
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Thanks Pete, I often wondered on the old "Ultraboard" what the Strip was... Now I know! Smiley

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Reply #8 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 4:57pm

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Oh dear, where's my tissues. I've come over all sentimental.  Cry

Then maybe you could, if not reconsider, at least drag your feet a bit in your attempt to "go sane" and lessen your Simviation involvement ??? Cry
 
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Reply #9 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 5:09pm

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WOW, thats even before I got here.  I remember first comming here when I got CFS1 from my firend Adam about 2 or 3 years ago, I think it was in Sept. 1999 when I met him in my first week of high school.  I guess that was about a year after this all started.  I can't believe I've been around here for that long.
 
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Reply #10 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 7:09pm

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wow, i remember a younger site, but not that much younger! that is pretty amazing Wink
 
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Reply #11 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 9:49pm

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OK - I uploaded the files to a folder & here they are......
http://www.simviation.com/thestrip/flightsimdownload.htm
The Strip looks like a great site.  Things were so much simpler then.  I wish I'd found your site back then and got in on FS before the information overload and grown with the FS boom.  Having just started, I'm pretty overwhelmed by it all now Tongue  Thanks for all you did back then, Pete, and all you are doing now.

I presume you're going to put the Strip link in a more prominent place that this thread ???
 
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Reply #12 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 11:35pm

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Goshdang Smiley

I think it was early 2000 when I first found simviation and its cool to see how it all got going.

Pete I haven't done very well with my controller for some time but have a new mb to go in and some other goodies due so I hope soon I can be back to my original ways soon. I've been very quiet over the last year though and seeing this thread makes me sad because I've missed so much but happy because it shows all the to me originality and strong foundations of the best.

I remember your 1st Gazelle with fondness and have aquired a great colllection of aircraft thanks to simviation.

Part of the spirit of simviation is the openess and coolness of the huge cummunity it's/you've spawned. Long may it continue and your dreams come true buddy.

When shooting for the moon, even if you miss you still land in the stars. Never lose heart, always be ready and stay open to new things. You do these things well, so carry on the great site work and thank you.

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Reply #13 - Mar 10th, 2002 at 11:55pm

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Gosh! I thught Simviation started out as Simviation. I remember the night I found Simviation...

   Boredom overran the boy as he sat in the livingroom, wondering what he could do on this late summer's eve. He lowered the legprop of the recliner and proceeded towards the computer room. The farmiliar sign-on noises filled his ears. This sound used to annoy him, until he finally got used to it. He had gotten FS 2000 for Christmas, and had been getting his extra aircraft from another site.
   He had always had an interest in airplanes, but had only known that FS existed only when he opened up that heavy package from under the tree, while his mother's eyes gleamed bright, knowing she had purchased the right gift for her son.
   Once online, he commenced a long, hard search for a decent aircraft site, when he saw a link on about the tenth page, among all of the others that for some reason alien to the boy told him to click there. When he did click there, he discovered a whole new world that he would be involved with for two years, and many more to come.

                             Thanks, Pete!
 
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Reply #14 - Mar 11th, 2002 at 12:44am

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I didn't have a nearly "poetic" discovery of simviation.  My soon to be best friend (whom I had just met at the time because I was attending a new school) introduced me to the M$ FS games thorugh CFS1 and told me about this great site.  I can safely say the first addon I downloaded for an FS game was from here.
 
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