If you want to play a flight simulator today, you'll probably reach for Microsoft Flight Simulatoryou will be with mechat photorealistic graphics. But how about taking a look at what such a simulator looked like in 1983 on a computer he built himself? Steve Wozniak?
Computer Apple II The 1979 Plus featured an 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor that ran at 1 MHz and compared to the classic version Apple The II had a full 48 KB of RAM, which could be expanded to 64 KB. The standard version only offered 4 KB of RAM, and because of the "large" RAM, it was ideal for playing games such as Flight. Simulator II by sublogic from 1983. By the way, Apple II Plus is a computer that he worked on directly Steve Wozniak... and it was he who expanded it with a 5,25″ floppy disk drive, which allowed data to be recorded and also stored conveniently.
Entire interface Appple II, which he constructed Steve Wozniak, is considered a technological and engineering gem of the time. Wozniak created a so-called open computer design with expansion slots that allowed the connection of accessories from other manufacturers. Among them was a game controller, or joystick, with which it was possible to play onen FLight Simulator II.
