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Evans & Sutherland CT5 Simulator circa 1981

Doge · 2012-05-12 23:56:26

Check out how nice the polygon graphics graphics were in this simulator for 1981! At the price of 20 million dollars, it wasn't exactly cheap either.... A nice video of the flight simulator here: And from the same youtube channel, here's a demo of the Link Flight Simulator - 1984

13-05-2012 12:56am

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Check out how nice the polygon graphics graphics were in this simulator for 1981!

At the price of 20 million dollars, it wasn't exactly cheap either....

A nice video of the flight simulator here:

And from the same youtube channel, here's a demo of the Link Flight Simulator - 1984

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#2 16-05-2012 8:27pm

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Looks like each one was about 10-15 years ahead of its PC equivalent. Impressive for 1981.

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