Re: Newton, James Cook and the Archi.

On 3 Oct 2007 as I do recall,
          Alex' A. Interrants wrote:

> Is "Pirates" available for RISC OS? Or any comparative software?
> 
> I want to cruise the world, you know, and I haven't a lot of money.
> 
> Very interesting for me would be a "very simple programme" which allows
> us to navigate a ****p around the world. The physics in the background is
> relativ simple, isn't it (?). We just have the wind, the velocity of the
> ****p and the streams of the seas. So one window with one compass and a
> steering wheel would be enough to controll it.
> 
I came across a downloadable sailing simulator for the Apple Mac
in 1994 or thereabouts;  I've never been able to track it down again or
seen anything even vaguely like it.   In fact, the ****p-to-****p combat
in "Pirates" is actually the nearest I've ever got!

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