We used to have:
- Platinum ore field in Pennsylvania
- Iridium ore field nearby Alien Gate in Kansas
- no Gallia at all - and the only French-named system were Bastille
- few variants of Generic Freelancer ID's eg. Civilian, Trader, Smuggler
( I personally still have Independent Trader ID )
Furthermore:
- the most common starter ship by new traders was Rhino ( sold in Erie )
- those who fail under anti-cheat scripts(?) were killed by Schrödinger's cat
( nowdays if I recall there is blue-message <person> is divided by zero )
- there were no that extended system of /restart options
( so in order to get full rep with some faction you had to pay several bribes or fulfill dozens of missions )
- since there was no POB's selling codenames - there were plenty Gun&Equipment mobile shops
( IMHO William Frederick Cody own the most known one )