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Docking Computers first appeared in the original [[Elite]] game. They were costly, but worth the investment as docking was - for the time - a complex process, during which even experienced players occasionally crashed their ship. Automated docking also was faster. | Docking Computers first appeared in the original [[Elite]] game. They were costly, but worth the investment as docking was - for the time - a complex process, during which even experienced players occasionally crashed their ship. Automated docking also was faster. | ||
During automated docking, the computer would play "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II, a | During automated docking, the computer would play "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II, a homage to the (very slow) docking scene in the 1968 epic science fiction movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' by Stanley Kubrick which was set to the same piece. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||