From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri Aug 1 22:07:20 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 22:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] CIM update... Message-ID: Here's a video of CIM driving a Beta Innovations AC360 indicator from IL2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SapI9nZBajQ See guys, this thing is real and it's coming along nicely. Not as fast as I'd like but not nearly as slow as it could be. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From frank at rezultat.dk Mon Aug 4 12:31:18 2008 From: frank at rezultat.dk (Frank Riedel) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:31:18 +0200 Subject: [simpits-tech] The F-16 simulators in action In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00da01c8f668$bd427520$0401a8c0@frankzepto> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNICzvCF3k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZceXwuK1QIU Injoy Frank From frank at rezultat.dk Tue Aug 5 07:26:20 2008 From: frank at rezultat.dk (frank at rezultat.dk) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:26:20 +0200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Simulator Video Message-ID: <40f75ff8e131e0584d2d22421ee96ade@rezultat.dk> The hole channel http://www.youtube.com/f16cockpit Frank -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I would be most grateful for any help Many thanks Eshan From idekkers at gmail.com Wed Aug 6 04:48:59 2008 From: idekkers at gmail.com (Ido Dekkers) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:48:59 +0200 Subject: [simpits-tech] F4 Allied Force data extraction In-Reply-To: <025701c8f7a7$87983f00$677ae783@lboro.ac.uk> References: <025701c8f7a7$87983f00$677ae783@lboro.ac.uk> Message-ID: <39e5de8d0808060448x5005aa86j65c2e21841f20a20@mail.gmail.com> Hey Eshan welcome to the mad house the most info in the subject you can find at http://www.viperpit.org and http://www.frugalsworld.com in the forums but mainly the first - it's all about the viper and F4 what exactly do you want to extract ? Ido On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:33 AM, E.Rajabally wrote: > Hi > I'm a novice programmer but very interested in building a cockpit simulator > using F4 Allied Force. I'm guessing this topic has come up before but I'm > looking for information and sample code on data extraction, particularly > using Java or C++? 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Thanks Eshan ----- Original Message ----- From: Ido Dekkers To: Simulator Cockpit tech list Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] F4 Allied Force data extraction Hey Eshan welcome to the mad house the most info in the subject you can find at http://www.viperpit.org and http://www.frugalsworld.com in the forums but mainly the first - it's all about the viper and F4 what exactly do you want to extract ? Ido On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:33 AM, E.Rajabally wrote: Hi I'm a novice programmer but very interested in building a cockpit simulator using F4 Allied Force. I'm guessing this topic has come up before but I'm looking for information and sample code on data extraction, particularly using Java or C++? I would be most grateful for any help Many thanks Eshan _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20080806/5845c6d1/attachment-0001.html From it_developer at hotmail.com Wed Aug 6 10:12:46 2008 From: it_developer at hotmail.com (David Lazar) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:12:46 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] F4 Allied Force data extraction In-Reply-To: <02a401c8f7c6$5b0ca600$677ae783@lboro.ac.uk> References: <025701c8f7a7$87983f00$677ae783@lboro.ac.uk> <39e5de8d0808060448x5005aa86j65c2e21841f20a20@mail.gmail.com> <02a401c8f7c6$5b0ca600$677ae783@lboro.ac.uk> Message-ID: Falcon's shared memory gives you the status of many of the cockpit lights, as well as basic flight data such as airspeed/position, etc. Also you get the raw values presented on the instrumentation (excluding MFD graphics and button labels, in F4:AF). As for HOTAS control actions and button presses, etc., you can't capture those directly from Falcon's shared memory flight data -- but there are other ways of doing that. One way is to actually read the keyboard layout file programmatically and then watch for those specific keystrokes and/or DirectX button presses (the ones that are actually configured in the key file); correlating these inputs via the keyboard layout file will tell you which actions are being triggered in Falcon based on user inputs on the HOTAS or keyboard (i.e. which callbacks in Falcon are being activated). Falcon does not acquire the keyboard or joystick exclusively, so it is possible to register with DirectX alongside of Falcon, for receiving updates when keyboard, mouse, and joystick events occur. When an event occurs, you just look through your key map (in memory) to determine the callback in Falcon that would have been activated due to that event. Source code and binaries for an F4 keyboard layout reader, compatible with all Falcon releases (accessible programmatically via COM, or .NET) can be found on my Assembla project site at www.assembla.com/spaces/lightningstools. You can also find source code and binaries there for a Falcon shared memory reader (again, accessible programmatically via COM or .NET). From: E.Rajabally at lboro.ac.ukTo: simpits-tech at simpits.orgDate: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:14:28 +0100Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] F4 Allied Force data extraction Hey Ido I'd really like to extract positional data such as that listed at http://www.eagle9.nl/redirtest.asp?lokatie=/main/Programming/F4%20Data%20Extraction/default.asp (which is the main info source I've found, but is sketchy on implementation details for a novice like myself) but also cockpit interaction (i.e. button presses) and HOTAS control actions. Thanks Eshan ----- Original Message ----- From: Ido Dekkers To: Simulator Cockpit tech list Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] F4 Allied Force data extraction Hey Eshanwelcome to the mad housethe most info in the subject you can find at http://www.viperpit.organd http://www.frugalsworld.com in the forumsbut mainly the first - it's all about the viper and F4what exactly do you want to extract ?Ido On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:33 AM, E.Rajabally wrote: HiI'm a novice programmer but very interested in building a cockpit simulatorusing F4 Allied Force. I'm guessing this topic has come up before but I'mlooking for information and sample code on data extraction, particularlyusing Java or C++? 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3a0a6c680808071619p2654a186yeac37bdff0122247@mail.gmail.com> Gene you just made my day thank you very much! so X-plane is now 1680x3 5040x1050 or 4320x900 wow WOWie! Bill On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > There is a firmware update for TH2G users that will allow you to use 3 > 1680x1050 or 3 1440x900 displays via a firmware update to the device. > More news here: > > http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38745/135/ > > Note that this is only for the "digital" edition and not the standard > "analog" edition. > > g. > > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20080807/3e3777b2/attachment.html From pascal at pascal.org Thu Aug 7 19:38:08 2008 From: pascal at pascal.org (Freeman P. Pascal IV) Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:38:08 -0600 Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <489BB190.5070201@pascal.org> Hey Gene, Could you try an experiment for me with the TH2G? Do all the monitors have to be the same resolution, or can you get a way with 2 17" (1280x1024) and a 22" (1680x1050). If that works, I will put the money down for one now. -Freeman Gene Buckle wrote: > There is a firmware update for TH2G users that will allow you to use 3 > 1680x1050 or 3 1440x900 displays via a firmware update to the device. > More news here: > > http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38745/135/ > > Note that this is only for the "digital" edition and not the standard > "analog" edition. > > g. > > > From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu Aug 7 20:21:07 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:21:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: <489BB190.5070201@pascal.org> References: <489BB190.5070201@pascal.org> Message-ID: > > Could you try an experiment for me with the TH2G? Do all the monitors > have to be the same resolution, or can you get a way with 2 17" > (1280x1024) and a 22" (1680x1050). If that works, I will put the money > down for one now. > Freeman I only have the analog version of this device. It would be my assumption however that it will treat all three displays the same - setting them to 1280x1024 (at least for the Analog edition) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Aug 8 02:01:44 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:01:44 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > > > Could you try an experiment for me with the TH2G? Do all the monitors > > have to be the same resolution, or can you get a way with 2 17" > > (1280x1024) and a 22" (1680x1050). If that works, I will put the money > > down for one now. > > > > Freeman I only have the analog version of this device. It would be my > assumption however that it will treat all three displays the same - > setting them to 1280x1024 (at least for the Analog edition) Gene is right. Your PC doesn't 'see' the three monitors, what it is fooled into seeing is one huuuuuuge monitor having the combined resolutions of the three you've connected. -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jimsturs at parambus.com Fri Aug 8 14:26:55 2008 From: jimsturs at parambus.com (Jims Parambus Account) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 23:26:55 +0200 Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00d201c8f99d$7be97be0$0416a8c0@RITASYS1> Just to add to what Gene and Roy have said, for the analog version. The three monitors must all run at the same display resolution but do not need to be the same physical size, although I can't immediately think of a reason for different physical size monitors. Maybe somebody has a special application? Anyway, who said size counts? Jim. -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates Sent: 08 August 2008 11:02 To: Simulator Cockpit tech list Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > > > Could you try an experiment for me with the TH2G? Do all the monitors > > have to be the same resolution, or can you get a way with 2 17" > > (1280x1024) and a 22" (1680x1050). If that works, I will put the money > > down for one now. > > > > Freeman I only have the analog version of this device. It would be my > assumption however that it will treat all three displays the same - > setting them to 1280x1024 (at least for the Analog edition) Gene is right. Your PC doesn't 'see' the three monitors, what it is fooled into seeing is one huuuuuuge monitor having the combined resolutions of the three you've connected. -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! From echotech1452 at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 15:03:06 2008 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:03:06 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: iam using two 32 inches widescren tv/monitor from BROKSONIC, and two 22 inches widescreen as my left and right windows, works better, the costs of the TH2G is almost the cost of one 32 inches BROKSONIC, and with NVIDIA Display manager, its more realistic, one to one instrument scale. On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > There is a firmware update for TH2G users that will allow you to use 3 > 1680x1050 or 3 1440x900 displays via a firmware update to the device. > More news here: > > http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38745/135/ > > Note that this is only for the "digital" edition and not the standard > "analog" edition. > > g. > > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20080808/1429c1c4/attachment.html From catalina299 at gmail.com Sun Aug 10 11:18:25 2008 From: catalina299 at gmail.com (William Segal) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:18:25 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3a0a6c680808101118n3370693j2d8e108f5d17eef6@mail.gmail.com> Gene I have the digital 3 -2go and 3 -24 inch LCD monitors but no PC to run it on as off yet . I can not decide how much computing I will need to those 3 monitors + maybe 2 more on the same pc enlarged front view thinking about this Asus L1N64-SLI WS/B DUAL SOCKET 1207/NFORCE 680A SLI/A&2GBE/CEB regards Bill On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM, delor lauchang wrote: > iam using two 32 inches widescren tv/monitor from BROKSONIC, and two 22 > inches widescreen > as my left and right windows, works better, the costs of the TH2G is almost > the cost of one 32 inches BROKSONIC, and with NVIDIA Display manager, its > more realistic, one to one instrument scale. > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> There is a firmware update for TH2G users that will allow you to use 3 >> 1680x1050 or 3 1440x900 displays via a firmware update to the device. >> More news here: >> >> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38745/135/ >> >> Note that this is only for the "digital" edition and not the standard >> "analog" edition. >> >> g. >> >> >> -- >> Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 >> http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. >> _______________________________________________ >> Simpits-tech mailing list >> Simpits-tech at simpits.org >> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech >> To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above >> page. Thanks! >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20080810/581b4462/attachment.html From catalina299 at gmail.com Sun Aug 10 11:21:33 2008 From: catalina299 at gmail.com (William Segal) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:21:33 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] TripleHead2Go update... In-Reply-To: <3a0a6c680808101118n3370693j2d8e108f5d17eef6@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a0a6c680808101118n3370693j2d8e108f5d17eef6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3a0a6c680808101121y3bbc632dh80e5efe5f3a47df5@mail.gmail.com> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:18 AM, William Segal wrote: > > Gene > I have the digital 3 -2go and 3 -24 inch LCD monitors but no PC to run it > on as off yet . > I can not decide how much computing I will need to those 3 monitors +maybe > a side view or 2 all from the > same system this one down here motherboard like opinions > > Asus L1N64-SLI WS/B DUAL SOCKET 1207/NFORCE 680A SLI/A&2GBE/CEB > > regards > > Bill > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM, delor lauchang wrote: > >> iam using two 32 inches widescren tv/monitor from BROKSONIC, and two 22 >> inches widescreen >> as my left and right windows, works better, the costs of the TH2G is >> almost the cost of one 32 inches BROKSONIC, and with NVIDIA Display manager, >> its more realistic, one to one instrument scale. >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: >> >>> There is a firmware update for TH2G users that will allow you to use 3 >>> 1680x1050 or 3 1440x900 displays via a firmware update to the device. >>> More news here: >>> >>> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38745/135/ >>> >>> Note that this is only for the "digital" edition and not the standard >>> "analog" edition. >>> >>> g. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 >>> http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Simpits-tech mailing list >>> Simpits-tech at simpits.org >>> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech >>> To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above >>> page. Thanks! >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Simpits-tech mailing list >> Simpits-tech at simpits.org >> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech >> To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above >> page. Thanks! >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20080810/953e1157/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Aug 10 13:17:44 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... Message-ID: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPKtc_p08I Another demo with IL2. Aircraft is a P-51. Added 7 segment RPM display to existing airspeed example. Not quite beta-worthy yet, but getting there. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon Aug 11 10:36:25 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:36:25 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPKtc_p08I > > Another demo with IL2. Aircraft is a P-51. > > Added 7 segment RPM display to existing airspeed example. > > Not quite beta-worthy yet, but getting there. > Looking pretty good there gene ! -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Aug 11 12:03:37 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPKtc_p08I >> >> Another demo with IL2. Aircraft is a P-51. >> >> Added 7 segment RPM display to existing airspeed example. >> >> Not quite beta-worthy yet, but getting there. >> > > > Looking pretty good there gene ! > Thanks. I've got a dial face done that is similar to the one used in the Cessna 172, so I'll try to get a demo done for that soon. I blew three channels on the DAC board on Saturday when I inadvertantly shorted out the board on a bit of metal that was on my desk. :( For that video I never set the "damping" feature of the gauge via the device controller so it "Ticks" a bit when moving around. That should be easy to clear up. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon Aug 11 15:49:36 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:49:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Looking pretty good there gene ! > > > Thanks. I've got a dial face done that is similar to the one used in the > Cessna 172, so I'll try to get a demo done for that soon. the "real thing" always looks better. Don't know about you but after all these years, whenever I get a light to go on/off or a servo to move under software control I can't help but smile :-) > I blew three channels on the DAC board on Saturday when I inadvertantly > shorted out the board on a bit of metal that was on my desk. :( Easily done - almost fired up a board sitting on a conductive anti-static bag the other day - oops. > For that video I never set the "damping" feature of the gauge via the > device controller so it "Ticks" a bit when moving around. That should be > easy to clear up. You can spend a lot of time giving instruments a personality to match the physical characteristics of the real thing. Quite good fun though ! -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Aug 11 18:02:26 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:02:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >> Thanks. I've got a dial face done that is similar to the one used in the >> Cessna 172, so I'll try to get a demo done for that soon. > > the "real thing" always looks better. Don't know about you but after all > these years, whenever I get a light to go on/off or a servo to move under > software control I can't help but smile :-) > Yah. I had a lot of fun making the relays make morse code on one of the output boards. :) The dial in the new demo is actually for a P-51. Four different scales on that sucker too. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From sean.g at paradise.net.nz Mon Aug 11 20:37:31 2008 From: sean.g at paradise.net.nz (Sean Galbraith) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:37:31 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0K5G009U2Y2MTU20@smtp4.clear.net.nz> > > Thanks. I've got a dial face done that is similar to the one used in the > > Cessna 172, so I'll try to get a demo done for that soon. > >the "real thing" always looks better. Don't know about you but after all >these years, whenever I get a light to go on/off or a servo to move under >software control I can't help but smile :-) Smile? You mean dancing around giggling like a schoolgirl? Yup, thought that's what you meant :) > > I blew three channels on the DAC board on Saturday when I inadvertantly > > shorted out the board on a bit of metal that was on my desk. :( > >Easily done - almost fired up a board sitting on a conductive anti-static >bag the other day - oops. Yeah.. anti-static, not "Non-Conductive"... ask me how I learned THAT lesson! SeanG From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue Aug 12 04:30:18 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:30:18 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: <0K5G009U2Y2MTU20@smtp4.clear.net.nz> Message-ID: On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Sean Galbraith wrote: > >the "real thing" always looks better. Don't know about you but after all > >these years, whenever I get a light to go on/off or a servo to move under > >software control I can't help but smile :-) > > Smile? You mean dancing around giggling like a schoolgirl? Yup, > thought that's what you meant :) damnit... you been reading my diary? ;-) -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue Aug 12 05:13:39 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:13:39 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > the "real thing" always looks better. Don't know about you but after all > > these years, whenever I get a light to go on/off or a servo to move under > > software control I can't help but smile :-) > > > Yah. I had a lot of fun making the relays make morse code on one of the > output boards. :) The dial in the new demo is actually for a P-51. Four > different scales on that sucker too. I sometimes think that my mental age stuck at about 12 ... My back on the other hand is definitely 48 and aches like a bastard today after shifting the battery from our bomb tractor and loading two file-servers into the car. *wince* -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From mcollins at null.net Tue Aug 12 07:39:36 2008 From: mcollins at null.net (Mark Collins) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:39:36 -0500 Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: hehehe...I agree. I went Mountain Biking yesterday and bit the dust. I was cruising along, slowed down at a tight turn and dumped in to the foliage along the side of the trail. I jumped back up on the bike and after about 5 minutes, noticed my knee was "leaking"...5 minutes later I noticed it as "leaking a lot". Ended up with 10 stitches and a soft brace. Now my knee hurts and my back is starting to kill me from having to lug a leg is a brace all over. getting old sucks! Mark P.S. Gene...looks great! -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org]On Behalf Of Roy Coates Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:14 AM To: Simulator Cockpit tech list Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] New demo... On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > the "real thing" always looks better. Don't know about you but after all > > these years, whenever I get a light to go on/off or a servo to move under > > software control I can't help but smile :-) > > > Yah. I had a lot of fun making the relays make morse code on one of the > output boards. :) The dial in the new demo is actually for a P-51. Four > different scales on that sucker too. I sometimes think that my mental age stuck at about 12 ... My back on the other hand is definitely 48 and aches like a bastard today after shifting the battery from our bomb tractor and loading two file-servers into the car. *wince* -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue Aug 12 07:03:33 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:03:33 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Mark Collins wrote: > hehehe...I agree. I went Mountain Biking yesterday and bit the dust. I was > cruising along, slowed down at a tight turn and dumped in to the foliage > along the side of the trail. I jumped back up on the bike and after about 5 > minutes, noticed my knee was "leaking"...5 minutes later I noticed it as > "leaking a lot". Ended up with 10 stitches and a soft brace. Now my knee > hurts and my back is starting to kill me from having to lug a leg is a brace > all over. getting old sucks! I'm finding now, that injuries sustained during my youthful motorcycling years are coming back to haunt me. I was invincible back then... *sigh* -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From catalina299 at gmail.com Tue Aug 12 08:39:44 2008 From: catalina299 at gmail.com (William Segal) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:39:44 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3a0a6c680808120839n5f35386fk14ebd9f524d984ac@mail.gmail.com> Just like me when I ran the Baja 500 and hit a tree at 90mph with my left leginjury does not happened over night.Back then they operated on my triple compound fractures .My leg looked like a Pretzel so I gave up motorcycle racing and went to sports car racing ,35 years later it came back to me in the form of HEP C no cure though its been fun! Regards Bill On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Mark Collins wrote: > > > hehehe...I agree. I went Mountain Biking yesterday and bit the dust. I > was > > cruising along, slowed down at a tight turn and dumped in to the foliage > > along the side of the trail. I jumped back up on the bike and after > about 5 > > minutes, noticed my knee was "leaking"...5 minutes later I noticed it as > > "leaking a lot". Ended up with 10 stitches and a soft brace. Now my > knee > > hurts and my back is starting to kill me from having to lug a leg is a > brace > > all over. getting old sucks! > > I'm finding now, that injuries sustained during my youthful motorcycling > years are coming back to haunt me. > > I was invincible back then... *sigh* > > > -- > > Roy Coates. > Dept of Engineering. > Liverpool University. > E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk > Tel: 0151 794 4862 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs > meter. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20080812/a135d8c7/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue Aug 12 09:14:09 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >> Yah. I had a lot of fun making the relays make morse code on one of the >> output boards. :) The dial in the new demo is actually for a P-51. Four >> different scales on that sucker too. > > > I sometimes think that my mental age stuck at about 12 ... > *Innocent Look* > My back on the other hand is definitely 48 and aches like a bastard today > after shifting the battery from our bomb tractor and loading two > file-servers into the car. > Yikes. Bad Roy! :) Found yet another new distraction. A gadget called a Keyrah that turns a Commodore 64 into a USB keyboard. *Huge Grin* I'll post pics later on in the week. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue Aug 12 13:19:21 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:19:21 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > I sometimes think that my mental age stuck at about 12 ... > > > *Innocent Look* sod :p > > My back on the other hand is definitely 48 and aches like a bastard today > > after shifting the battery from our bomb tractor and loading two > > file-servers into the car. > > > Yikes. Bad Roy! :) Yeah, but the kid in me lurves playing with things like old bomb tractors! Anyone got a water pump for a 1963 chrysler engine? :-) > Found yet another new distraction. A gadget called a Keyrah that turns a > Commodore 64 into a USB keyboard. *Huge Grin* I'll post pics later on in > the week. ok - that's just plain SAD. Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue Aug 12 14:30:58 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >>> I sometimes think that my mental age stuck at about 12 ... >>> >> *Innocent Look* > > sod :p > > What? :) >> Found yet another new distraction. A gadget called a Keyrah that turns a >> Commodore 64 into a USB keyboard. *Huge Grin* I'll post pics later on in >> the week. > > ok - that's just plain SAD. > *ahem* http://www.answers.com/topic/dragon-manic-miner-gif-1 *huge grin* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Wed Aug 13 05:12:08 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:12:08 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Found yet another new distraction. A gadget called a Keyrah that turns a > >> Commodore 64 into a USB keyboard. *Huge Grin* I'll post pics later on in > >> the week. > > > > ok - that's just plain SAD. > > > *ahem* > http://www.answers.com/topic/dragon-manic-miner-gif-1 > > *huge grin* oh you sneaky sob.... wow... memories! I can almost smell the pot.... -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Wed Aug 13 14:35:33 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:35:33 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48A353A5.9010203@deltasoft.com> Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>>> Found yet another new distraction. A gadget called a Keyrah that turns a >>>> Commodore 64 into a USB keyboard. *Huge Grin* I'll post pics later on in >>>> the week. >>> ok - that's just plain SAD. >>> >> *ahem* >> http://www.answers.com/topic/dragon-manic-miner-gif-1 >> >> *huge grin* > > > oh you sneaky sob.... wow... memories! I can almost smell the pot.... > Careful Roy, the Nannies will come after you. :) g. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu Aug 14 02:04:08 2008 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:04:08 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: <48A353A5.9010203@deltasoft.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Careful Roy, the Nannies will come after you. :) > Are they the green ones, about 24 pixels high? -- Roy Coates. Dept of Engineering. Liverpool University. E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk Tel: 0151 794 4862 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu Aug 14 07:11:43 2008 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:11:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] New demo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > >> >> Careful Roy, the Nannies will come after you. :) >> > > Are they the green ones, about 24 pixels high? > Nope, they're all over 5' high and wear these ungodly bright green vest things. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. From jjmessenger at yahoo.com Fri Aug 15 21:21:43 2008 From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:21:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] 727 website updates Message-ID: <169263.64693.qm@web52011.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.geocities.com/cap17.geo/AF1.html ? Enjoy! ? Justin ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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