Re: Hello

On 2026-08-13, Pierre <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sebastian Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello there! This is my first time ever using one of these systems. It
>> seems quite cool. I just learned about Elite earlier today. I've never
>> heard of a Newsgroup before, this took quite a lot of setup, haha! It
>> is cool to be on a message board like those I had heard of from the past.
>> (I hope I don't make anyone feel too old...) My favorite text editor is
>> Vim, so that is what I will be editing on.
>> It took awhile to learn how to get everything set
>> up through slrn and eternal-september, but it was fun!
>
> Hello Sebastian,
>
> Welcome to the world of Elite.  It is very quiet around here now, there 
> were once many Commanders on Usenet but they have long since moved on.  
> If you are a GNU/Linux user (since you are using slrn and vim you 
> probably are) your distro will likely have a BBC Micro Computer, 
> Commodore 64, or ZX Spectrum emulator which will let you run one of the 
> many 8-bit versions of Elite.  If your distro has an Amiga emulator you 
> can run Elite and the follow up Frontier: Elite II.
>
> Safe travels through hyperspace Commander.
>
> Pierre

My distro comes with hardly anything, but it should be quite easy to
install an emulator.