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Avsim.com
AVSIM is a nonprofit flight simulation social networking service that focuses on ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'', ''Prepar3D'', and ''X-Plane''. It features a community forum, file library, and product reviews. The website is maintained by a group of volunteers. Bandwidth and equipment is paid for by donations and advertising. It is one of the world's largest flight simulation websites and provides users access to information and add-ons for the flight simulator series of games. On May 12, 2009, the website was attacked by a hacker which resulted in a catastrophic loss of data. AVSIM was able to fully recover from the hack with the help of IT support from around the world. History The publisher of AVSIM, Tom Allensworth, operated a Bulletin Board System from 1983 until approximately the fall of 1995. Initially named CAPENET because it was located in Cape Cod (a peninsula of Massachusetts) during the early 1980s, it was renamed The Vine (The Virginia Information and Network Exch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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AVSIM is a nonprofit flight simulation social networking service that focuses on ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'', ''Prepar3D'', and ''X-Plane (simulator), X-Plane''. It features a community forum, file library, and product reviews. The website is maintained by a group of volunteers. Bandwidth and equipment is paid for by donations and advertising. It is one of the world's largest flight simulation websites and provides users access to information and add-ons for the flight simulator series of games. On May 12, 2009, the website was attacked by a white hat (computer security), hacker which resulted in a catastrophic loss of data. AVSIM was able to fully recover from the hack with the help of IT support from around the world. History The publisher of AVSIM, Tom Allensworth, operated a Bulletin Board System from 1983 until approximately the fall of 1995. Initially named CAPENET because it was located in Cape Cod (a peninsula of Massachusetts) during the early 1980s, it was renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |