From contrapezist at sportogs.com  Wed Dec  1 17:48:55 2010
From: contrapezist at sportogs.com (Contrapezist)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:48:55 -0500
Subject: [simpits-tech] Best use of a PDP-11/45 *EVER* got itanium?
References: <4CF2FB80.6080104@bitsavers.org> from "Al Kossow" at Nov 28,
	<SNT129-W58EA686C799D14FD08F51BA3240@phx.gbl>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1011291332110.28182@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <DA675D05864D4506936DBDDB4DA6EE13@circustar2>

On a related note,
I just inherited 4 IBM x455's each has 4 1.5 Ghz Itanium2's W/8GB of ram per 
CPU. Formerly the centralized traffic/billing computers for 40 someodd 
television stations. They need to serve a much more noble and cool purpose. 
Anything FS related that will run on them? The bad thing is being servers 
they arnt exactly equipped for visual apps.
Austin

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Subject: [simpits-tech] Best use of a PDP-11/45 *EVER*


>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-DpcvY4aBk
>
> ...but I'm biased. :)
>
> g.
>
>
> -- 
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Wed Dec  1 19:50:24 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:50:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Best use of a PDP-11/45 *EVER* got itanium?
In-Reply-To: <DA675D05864D4506936DBDDB4DA6EE13@circustar2>
References: <4CF2FB80.6080104@bitsavers.org> from "Al Kossow" at Nov 28,
	<SNT129-W58EA686C799D14FD08F51BA3240@phx.gbl>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1011291332110.28182@grumble.deltasoft.com>
	<DA675D05864D4506936DBDDB4DA6EE13@circustar2>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012011949140.32738@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Contrapezist wrote:

> On a related note,
> I just inherited 4 IBM x455's each has 4 1.5 Ghz Itanium2's W/8GB of ram per
> CPU. Formerly the centralized traffic/billing computers for 40 someodd
> television stations. They need to serve a much more noble and cool purpose.
> Anything FS related that will run on them? The bad thing is being servers
> they arnt exactly equipped for visual apps.

Austin, you might want to contact the FlightGear folks (the developers 
list specifically).  There are text base services those machines could 
perform, like multi-player & map servers and maybe even a TerraGear 
generation farm.

g.


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ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
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holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Thu Dec  2 12:57:16 2010
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 09:57:16 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>

Hey guys... does anyone know the FS paint spec for cockpit internals?  I
am specifically looking for the A-4/TA-4 skyhawk, but I guess any
guidance would do...

 

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Thu Dec  2 13:10:50 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:10:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote:

> Hey guys... does anyone know the FS paint spec for cockpit internals?  I
> am specifically looking for the A-4/TA-4 skyhawk, but I guess any
> guidance would do...
>
I don't know that there is one that covers _all_ aircraft.  There would 
likely be service-specific requirements too.

g.

-- 
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holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From cyplesma at aol.com  Thu Dec  2 14:22:31 2010
From: cyplesma at aol.com (cyplesma at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:22:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
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Message-ID: <8CD60868B573BFB-1CFC-7A9@webmail-m011.sysops.aol.com>

maybe find a model of the aircraft and see what color they call out for it. They may not give the federal number but there might be a federal number to testors number cross reference.
 

 


 

 

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Sent: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal


On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote:



> Hey guys... does anyone know the FS paint spec for cockpit internals?  I

> am specifically looking for the A-4/TA-4 skyhawk, but I guess any

> guidance would do...

>

I don't know that there is one that covers _all_ aircraft.  There would 

likely be service-specific requirements too.



g.



-- 

Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007

http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.

http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project



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From cyplesma at aol.com  Thu Dec  2 14:47:15 2010
From: cyplesma at aol.com (cyplesma at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:47:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <8CD6089FFE5B148-86C-411E@webmail-m039.sysops.aol.com>

Or

If you have a digital photo of the cockpit..

You could (with a copy of the original, don't mess up the original)

Open that photo in say MS paint (or whatever), use the color select tool to select the color from the cockpit your trying to get.
 Make a big shape (square or whatever) of that color, print it out 
then take it to a paint supplier (local, HD. Lowes, ACE, Best, whatever) and have them crank out a gallon from that paint chip.
 

retrying got errors last time I sent this one out.


 

 

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From: Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal


On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote:



> Hey guys... does anyone know the FS paint spec for cockpit internals?  I

> am specifically looking for the A-4/TA-4 skyhawk, but I guess any

> guidance would do...

>

I don't know that there is one that covers _all_ aircraft.  There would 

likely be service-specific requirements too.



g.



-- 

Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007

http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.

http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project



ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment

A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.

http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!



Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical

minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which

holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd

by the clean end.

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From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Thu Dec  2 16:00:23 2010
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:00:23 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
In-Reply-To: <8CD6089FFE5B148-86C-411E@webmail-m039.sysops.aol.com>
References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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I have photos,  and you can use sites like
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint  to get matches, but photos (digital or
otherwise) are not terribly accurate for colour matching....  I found a
site which listed the colours used in F-16's once.. but it looked really
dark compared to the old A-4... may be a Navy vs Air Force thing?

 

Wonder if I can find some USN Paint docs..... hmmm

 

SeanG

 

 

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From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of cyplesma at aol.com
Sent: Friday, 3 December 2010 11:47 a.m.
To: simpits-tech at simpits.org
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal

 

Or

If you have a digital photo of the cockpit..

You could (with a copy of the original, don't mess up the original)

Open that photo in say MS paint (or whatever), use the color select tool
to select the color from the cockpit your trying to get.
 Make a big shape (square or whatever) of that color, print it out 
then take it to a paint supplier (local, HD. Lowes, ACE, Best, whatever)
and have them crank out a gallon from that paint chip. 

 

retrying got errors last time I sent this one out.

 

 

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From: Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote:




 





 
> Hey guys... does anyone know the FS paint spec for cockpit internals?
I




 
> am specifically looking for the A-4/TA-4 skyhawk, but I guess any




 
> guidance would do...




 
>




 
I don't know that there is one that covers _all_ aircraft.  There would 




 
likely be service-specific requirements too.




 





 
g.




 





 
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Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007




 
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.




 
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project




 





 
ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment




 
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.




 
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!




 





 
Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical




 
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which




 
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a
turd




 
by the clean end.




 
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From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Thu Dec  2 17:06:57 2010
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:06:57 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D761@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com><8CD6089FFE5B148-86C-411E@webmail-m039.sysops.aol.com>
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A bit of poking around on the net (I *am* working honest!) shows:
http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?fs=36231+36270    the darker
FS36231 is "typical post WWII US cockpit colour", while the lighter
FS36270 is "some F-16 cockpits" and is the same as USN "Haze Grey" which
is the colour they paint surface vessels....

So far I'm liking the lighter grey ;-)

SeanG



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From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Sean Galbraith
Sent: Friday, 3 December 2010 1:00 p.m.
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal

 

I have photos,  and you can use sites like
http://scalemodeldb.com/paint  to get matches, but photos (digital or
otherwise) are not terribly accurate for colour matching....  I found a
site which listed the colours used in F-16's once.. but it looked really
dark compared to the old A-4... may be a Navy vs Air Force thing?

 

Wonder if I can find some USN Paint docs..... hmmm

 

SeanG

 

 

________________________________

From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of cyplesma at aol.com
Sent: Friday, 3 December 2010 11:47 a.m.
To: simpits-tech at simpits.org
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal

 

Or

If you have a digital photo of the cockpit..

You could (with a copy of the original, don't mess up the original)

Open that photo in say MS paint (or whatever), use the color select tool
to select the color from the cockpit your trying to get.
 Make a big shape (square or whatever) of that color, print it out 
then take it to a paint supplier (local, HD. Lowes, ACE, Best, whatever)
and have them crank out a gallon from that paint chip. 

 

retrying got errors last time I sent this one out.

 

 

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From: Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote:









 
 










 
 
> Hey guys... does anyone know the FS paint spec for cockpit internals?
I









 
 
> am specifically looking for the A-4/TA-4 skyhawk, but I guess any









 
 
> guidance would do...









 
 
>









 
 
I don't know that there is one that covers _all_ aircraft.  There would 









 
 
likely be service-specific requirements too.









 
 










 
 
g.









 
 










 
 
-- 









 
 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007









 
 
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.









 
 
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project









 
 










 
 
ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment









 
 
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.









 
 
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!









 
 










 
 
Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical









 
 
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which









 
 
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a
turd









 
 
by the clean end.









 
 
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Thu Dec  2 18:48:37 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:48:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cockpit color - internal
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D769@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D74F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021310150.32406@grumble.deltasoft.com><8CD6089FFE5B148-86C-411E@webmail-m039.sysops.aol.com>
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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012021846590.9246@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote:

> A bit of poking around on the net (I *am* working honest!) shows:
> http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?fs=36231+36270    the darker
> FS36231 is "typical post WWII US cockpit colour", while the lighter
> FS36270 is "some F-16 cockpits" and is the same as USN "Haze Grey" which
> is the colour they paint surface vessels....
>
> So far I'm liking the lighter grey ;-)
>
Sean, take a peek here:http://apps.fas.gsa.gov/pub/fedspecs/

The site wasn't coming up for me when I tried - might be a net issue on 
this end.  Regardless, you can buy whole fan decks of all the FS colors 
for $75.

g.
-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
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Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Thu Dec  2 19:05:44 2010
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:05:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Our new Kansas Aviation Museum Sim Adventure Center
In-Reply-To: <mailman.573.1291338422.2382.simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Message-ID: <804049.60966.qm@web111514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I know some here are already aware of this, but?for the rest, we are opening a jet fighter sim program in Wichita, Kansas. 
?
It is awesome to have a fixed location to network multiple sims. My F-4 had been on a trailer since 2007. Last night I networked FF5 between the 4 sims for the first time, I can see we are going to have a lot of fun there! :)
?
Location also helps with the fun, something about being in an aviation museum makes the sims feel extra special. Its also nice being able to look through the window and see a real B-52 parked beside the building, or go up stares to the real control tower and watch the air traffic at McConnell AFB which is located directly beside the museum. 
?
On a side note, I know someone here will be interested to know there a?private A-4 flying in and out of the Base in support of the 767 tanker program.
?
Im uploading pics of the sim center installation here,
http://nthusim.com/forum-topic/sim-adventure-center
?
Our official website is www.simadventure.com
?
The museum's website is http://www.kansasaviationmuseum.org/
?
Happy simming!
Justin


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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Dec  6 06:21:07 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:21:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Singer-Link trainer auction..
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012060620320.11244@grumble.deltasoft.com>


http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=11921&acctID=226

Hell of a deal too.

g.


-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Mon Dec  6 05:57:06 2010
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:57:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Singer-Link trainer auction..
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012060620320.11244@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1012061356430.1781-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:

>
> http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=11921&acctID=226
>
> Hell of a deal too.
>

I think the freight charges might hurt me.

What a cool little sim though!


--

Roy Coates.

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From rd at ns.sympatico.ca  Mon Dec  6 07:45:23 2010
From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:45:23 -0400
Subject: [simpits-tech] Singer-Link trainer auction..
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1012061356430.1781-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1012061356430.1781-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <316660EAEE524A04A7C6D289DEBFD664@RickPC>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Coates" <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Singer-Link trainer auction..


> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:
> 
>>
>> http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=11921&acctID=226
>>
>> Hell of a deal too.
>>
> 
> I think the freight charges might hurt me.
> 
> What a cool little sim though!
> 
> 
> --
Oh man! I gotta get my letter to Santa back for some modifications!
R

From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Mon Dec  6 06:39:04 2010
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:39:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Singer-Link trainer auction..
In-Reply-To: <316660EAEE524A04A7C6D289DEBFD664@RickPC>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1012061438400.1781-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Rick Davis wrote:

> > What a cool little sim though!
> >
> > --
> Oh man! I gotta get my letter to Santa back for some modifications!


Why not just download X-Sleigh from the App-Store ?


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Roy Coates.

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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Tue Dec  7 05:26:16 2010
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 05:26:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Sim Adventure Center sims test run
Message-ID: <275144.74596.qm@web111506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

We had a Birthday party?Fri night with three of the sims and I posted a video 
here, 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmYk7ptG9PQ

As of last night the T-33 is operational as well. She's really looking 
beautiful. We used a dedicated com box for the T-33 so its two person crew have 
a live mic for talking to each other but have to hit the transmit button to talk 
to the rest of the sims which is cool. All total we have 7 real aircraft 
headsets linked?in our sim comunications network. We have really built up a?some 
large wire bundles around the sims to link every thing.

Tursday we have a special event with media flying the sims in a addition to 80 
school kids. its gonna be busy!

My last big problem is the?computer network. When I link two computers on Free 
Falcon 5.5.3 they work fine, but networking three or four computers causes the 
slave computers to?drop to a super slow framerate after about a minute of 
flying. Adding a host pc didnt change anything. 


Justin


      
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From frank at rezultat.dk  Tue Dec  7 07:09:43 2010
From: frank at rezultat.dk (Frank Riedel)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:09:43 +0100
Subject: [simpits-tech] new screen...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1011291112420.24254@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <938890133.1893155.1291069805043.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1011291112420.24254@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinyRDAUehFebDWsthk48kEo_CP23SfxsgfHnAvq@mail.gmail.com>

Look at this ;o)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4105723/F-16simulator.pdf

Merry Christmas every one ................

/Frank

From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Dec  7 06:54:13 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:54:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] new screen...
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinyRDAUehFebDWsthk48kEo_CP23SfxsgfHnAvq@mail.gmail.com>
References: <938890133.1893155.1291069805043.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1011291112420.24254@grumble.deltasoft.com>
	<AANLkTinyRDAUehFebDWsthk48kEo_CP23SfxsgfHnAvq@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012070652500.24183@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, Frank Riedel wrote:

> Look at this ;o)
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4105723/F-16simulator.pdf
>
> Merry Christmas every one ................

That looks great Frank!

I wanna know how you're doing the projection. :)

g.

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From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Tue Dec  7 06:29:22 2010
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:29:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] new screen...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012070652500.24183@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1012071429090.2491-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, Frank Riedel wrote:
>
> > Look at this ;o)
> >
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4105723/F-16simulator.pdf
> >
> > Merry Christmas every one ................
>
> That looks great Frank!
>
> I wanna know how you're doing the projection. :)

Err, me too!  </AOL>


--

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From dabigboy at cox.net  Tue Dec  7 23:18:29 2010
From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:18:29 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] Working turn coordinator and other coolness
Message-ID: <20101208021829.JI6FA.381686.imail@fed1rmwml40>

I have been quietly making big progress on the sim stuff! Tonight I finally more or less figured out my audio panel....seems a hangar fell on a Navion not long ago, and I've got the AMR-350 audio panel out of it. It's kind of old school, but the price was right. Tonight I made the pleasant discovery that it has the auto-silence function. For instance: if you have COMM1 enabled and also NAV1 audio, NAV1 sounds loud and clear until there is audio coming through COMM1, then NAV1 goes to a lower volume. Cool! I had initially thought I might have to gut the AMR350 and just wire directly into the switches, but it looks like I'll be just fine actually running my various audio sources through the stock unit. This means the audio panel itself has zero modifications: it will be literally a direct swap of a real audio panel from the real plane into my sim. I still can't figure out how to get sound over the SPK (speaker) leads, nothing seems to work. Not a huge issue anyway, headphones are working correctly.

I've also managed to convert a real turn coordinator to my sim. I gutted the internals and used two servos with a Phidget servo board, and some fun code in the X-Plane SDK. From the bezel/support structure forward, there are no more mods to the TC, meaning it appears in my setup exactly as it did in the real plane. Here's a video of the action during testing:

http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/tc.mov
(You can also see my custom instrument display software running on a separate PC here.)

I also managed to get the computer installed into my sim that will run the instrument display, analog instruments, and some of the inputs and instrument audio. It's an old socket A board with 512m RAM on a tiny 13g HD, running Linux. It will be configured to boot directly to my instrument system, in fact the graphical interface isn't even being loaded (I love Linux).

Here's the motherboard tray mounted in the sim initially (old HP computers are AWESOME for cannibalizing these very nicely machined mini-ATX trays from):
http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/back_early.jpg

The sim with the motherboard, HD, and PSU installed:
http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/pc_installed.jpg

I am having a BLAST! There's so much cool stuff to stick in a sim....and this isn't even a full sim enclosure, it's just a desktop unit that mostly just holds the main instruments, radio stack, and controls. I still have a $700+ GPS annunciation unit (which I acquired for $25....ebay rocks) to interface into X-Plane's limited GPS somehow. :)

Matt

From phoenixcomm at gmail.com  Wed Dec  8 00:45:35 2010
From: phoenixcomm at gmail.com (Cris Harrison)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 02:45:35 -0600
Subject: [simpits-tech] Working turn coordinator and other coolness
In-Reply-To: <20101208021829.JI6FA.381686.imail@fed1rmwml40>
References: <20101208021829.JI6FA.381686.imail@fed1rmwml40>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikDfHq9QORXvLsiLF-zCVR+3oY+46PtEteY76fU@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:18 AM, <dabigboy at cox.net> wrote:

> I have been quietly making big progress on the sim stuff! Tonight I finally
> more or less figured out my audio panel....seems a hangar fell on a Navion
> not long ago, and I've got the AMR-350 audio panel out of it. It's kind of
> old school, but the price was right. Tonight I made the pleasant discovery
> that it has the auto-silence function. For instance: if you have COMM1
> enabled and also NAV1 audio, NAV1 sounds loud and clear until there is audio
> coming through COMM1, then NAV1 goes to a lower volume. Cool! I had
> initially thought I might have to gut the AMR350 and just wire directly into
> the switches, but it looks like I'll be just fine actually running my
> various audio sources through the stock unit. This means the audio panel
> itself has zero modifications: it will be literally a direct swap of a real
> audio panel from the real plane into my sim. I still can't figure out how to
> get sound over the SPK (speaker) leads, nothing seems to work. Not a huge
> issue anyway, headphones a
>  re working correctly.
>
> I've also managed to convert a real turn coordinator to my sim. I gutted
> the internals and used two servos with a Phidget servo board, and some fun
> code in the X-Plane SDK. From the bezel/support structure forward, there are
> no more mods to the TC, meaning it appears in my setup exactly as it did in
> the real plane. Here's a video of the action during testing:
>
> http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/tc.mov
> (You can also see my custom instrument display software running on a
> separate PC here.)
>
> I also managed to get the computer installed into my sim that will run the
> instrument display, analog instruments, and some of the inputs and
> instrument audio. It's an old socket A board with 512m RAM on a tiny 13g HD,
> running Linux. It will be configured to boot directly to my instrument
> system, in fact the graphical interface isn't even being loaded (I love
> Linux).
>
> Here's the motherboard tray mounted in the sim initially (old HP computers
> are AWESOME for cannibalizing these very nicely machined mini-ATX trays
> from):
> http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/back_early.jpg
>
> The sim with the motherboard, HD, and PSU installed:
> http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/pc_installed.jpg
>
> I am having a BLAST! There's so much cool stuff to stick in a sim....and
> this isn't even a full sim enclosure, it's just a desktop unit that mostly
> just holds the main instruments, radio stack, and controls. I still have a
> $700+ GPS annunciation unit (which I acquired for $25....ebay rocks) to
> interface into X-Plane's limited GPS somehow. :)
>
> Matt
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>


do you have any more pics? or info on the converted turn coordinator??? I
have a real Colins ADI but have not have had the guts to gut it..Congrats

Cris Harrison
www.phoenixcomm.net/~phnx2000/sim<http://www.phoenixcomm.net/%7Ephnx2000/sim>
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From dabigboy at cox.net  Wed Dec  8 21:57:53 2010
From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:57:53 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] Working turn coordinator and other coolness
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikDfHq9QORXvLsiLF-zCVR+3oY+46PtEteY76fU@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20101209005753.1M0IT.396552.imail@fed1rmwml34>


---- Cris Harrison <phoenixcomm at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> do you have any more pics? or info on the converted turn coordinator??? I
> have a real Colins ADI but have not have had the guts to gut it..Congrats
> 
> Cris Harrison
> www.phoenixcomm.net/~phnx2000/sim<http://www.phoenixcomm.net/%7Ephnx2000/sim>
> www.phoenixaerospace.us

Here ya go:

http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/tc_side.jpg
http://68.12.225.136:81/pics/sim/tc_back.jpg

This worked out really well....I ebay'd this part and just happened to get one that did NOT have the ball floating inside the glass water-filled tube, but instead the "ball" is simply a white-painted raised dot on a metal arm that swings from the top of the instrument. I didn't even realize this when I bought it, I thought I would have to break the glass and rig up some sort of metal arm to hook to the ball. 

Basically, two micro servos (of HS-55 dimensions, in this case) are mounted to a lite ply surface with holes drilled for the servo arms to attach to the mounting shafts of the "wings" and "ball". I epoxied the mounting shafts of these two parts onto the plastic surface of each servo's arm. The only lingering issue is that the ball's metal arm doesn't grasp its smooth mounting shaft very well (it was only designed to hang and swing, not to be actuated by anything, after all), which leads to it slipping on its shaft. I think the solution is to Dremel some grooves into the mounting shaft to give the ball's arm something to lock into (it's a friction fit with about 3 or 4 little notches cut into the arm so that they compress a little bit onto the shaft).

Cris, I had a look at your page. Very interesting stuff there! I don't know how difficult it would be to convert your ADI to servo use, depending on the design of it internally. It seems like I just happened to get the grand king of all turn coordinators for converting to sim use! I am interested to see how well other instruments will convert. What have you worked up for interfacing instruments to your computer? Like I said, I'm using a Phidget servo board. A lot of folks are also going to the PHCC board ( http://phcc.varxec.net ) although it requires a lot more build-up and programming. I seriously considered PHCC, but honestly I just don't have the time to track down all the parts, build/test the thing, and then write the extra C/C++ etc for it. I may still give it a shot some time out of intense interest in the project, but right now I just want to get on with my simming efforts. Phidgets allows me to write in my favorite language (Python) which is incredibly quick and intuitive, and lets me get down to the "fun" stuff....that is, building the actual logic behind the instruments, without worrying about all the low-level USB stuff. Besides, I'm plenty busy with my instrument display app and tweaking my UDP server/client architecture for that program.

Are you still planning to make your own flight simulator software, as your page indicates? The Phidgets API is pretty good, I think it would not be difficult to implement into custom sim software. Whatever route you take, I'd be happy to share my Phidgets code with you. It's pretty simple though...there's really not much to the turn coordinator, once you extract slip data out of your simulator software.

Matt

From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Dec 13 07:19:39 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:19:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Mech cockpit...
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012130719080.26152@grumble.deltasoft.com>


This guy has done some amazing work:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3151112/Mechwarrior_Cockpit.html#Post3151112

The seat itself is a work of art!

g.


-- 
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http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
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ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Mon Dec 13 07:57:57 2010
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:57:57 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Mech cockpit...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012130719080.26152@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1012131557140.1939-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:

>
> This guy has done some amazing work:
>
> http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3151112/Mechwarrior_Cockpit.html#Post3151112
>
> The seat itself is a work of art!
>

Mechwarrior ain't my cup of tea by any stretch of the imagination - but
yep, this guy has done a superb job!  Love that seat :-)


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From david at allen1.net  Mon Dec 13 10:28:21 2010
From: david at allen1.net (David C. Allen)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:28:21 -0700
Subject: [simpits-tech] Mech cockpit...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012130719080.26152@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012130719080.26152@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <20101213182831.52CFA328003@ns2.simpits.org>

At 07:19 AM 12/13/2010 -0800, you wrote:

>This guy has done some amazing work:
>
>http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3151112/Mechwarrior_Cockpit.html#Post3151112
>
>The seat itself is a work of art!

Think what he could have done with access to a bot!

David
www.737FlightSim.com

>g.
>
>
>--
>Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
>http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
>http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project
>
>ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
>A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
>http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!
>
>Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
>minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
>holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
>by the clean end.
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From phoenixcomm at gmail.com  Mon Dec 13 16:32:53 2010
From: phoenixcomm at gmail.com (Cris Harrison)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:32:53 -0600
Subject: [simpits-tech] Mech cockpit...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012130719080.26152@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012130719080.26152@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTik8V=G2MsiHnWk2Y5KEM7Wv8PzUzKvjkpr4JSKK@mail.gmail.com>

Jaw dropping!!

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

>
> This guy has done some amazing work:
>
>
> http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3151112/Mechwarrior_Cockpit.html#Post3151112
>
> The seat itself is a work of art!
>
> g.
>
>
> --
> Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
> http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
> http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project
>
> ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
> A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
> http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!
>
> Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
> minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
> holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
> by the clean end.
> _______________________________________________
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> Simpits-tech at simpits.org
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>



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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Fri Dec 17 14:42:59 2010
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:42:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] LOMAC
Message-ID: <997147.2947.qm@web111502.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Falcon has not worked out well for me so I am going to try LOMAC, which I have never really touch since first purchasing the CD.? Are any of you using it and is there anything interesting going on with it for Simpit projects?? 
?
I hope it is stable and works well on a LAN.
?
justin


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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Fri Dec 17 14:51:02 2010
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:51:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Just got talked out of trying x plane
Message-ID: <468928.70618.qm@web111515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Not being real impressed with FSX, I have stayed with FS9 and have been leaning towards trying Xplanes. However, I had a phone conversation with David today fron V max simulators and they will be releasing a comprehensive combat mod for FSX! This includes full air combat capability with functional weapons systems.? Add on scenery will provide ground targets that can be destroyed. Right now they are developing the software with Lockheed for the Prepar3D project but it will also be released to the general public for FSX. It sounds like the core software is what they use for their sims that they have at the naval aviation museum and the Midway museum, but adopted to use the virtual world of FSX for the cutting edge graphics.
?
Its very exciting news!


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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Fri Dec 17 15:28:16 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:28:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Just got talked out of trying x plane
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Justin Messenger wrote:

> Not being real impressed with FSX, I have stayed with FS9 and have been 
> leaning towards trying Xplanes. However, I had a phone conversation with 
> David today fron V max simulators and they will be releasing a 
> comprehensive combat mod for FSX! This includes full air combat 
> capability with functional weapons systems.? Add on scenery will provide 
> ground targets that can be destroyed. Right now they are developing the 
> software with Lockheed for the Prepar3D project but it will also be 
> released to the general public for FSX. It sounds like the core software 
> is what they use for their sims that they have at the naval aviation 
> museum and the Midway museum, but adopted to use the virtual world of 
> FSX for the cutting edge graphics. ? Its very exciting news!

...and now we know why Lockheed bought ESX from Microsoft...

g.

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From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Fri Dec 17 16:08:06 2010
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:08:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Just got talked out of trying x plane
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Justin Messenger wrote:


Ooooh... interesting. Please please keep us posted. I have the perfect
'pit for that!!


> Not being real impressed with FSX, I have stayed with FS9 and have been leaning towards trying Xplanes. However, I had a phone conversation with David today fron V max simulators and they will be releasing a comprehensive combat mod for FSX! This includes full air combat capability with functional weapons systems.? Add on scenery will provide ground targets that can be destroyed. Right now they are developing the software with Lockheed for the Prepar3D project but it will also be released to the general public for FSX. It sounds like the core software is what they use for their sims that they have at the naval aviation museum and the Midway museum, but adopted to use the virtual world of FSX for the cutting edge graphics.
> ?
> Its very exciting news!
>
>
> www.SimAdventure.com?






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From raysot at comcast.net  Fri Dec 17 20:44:39 2010
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:44:39 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] LOMAC
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I tried various flavors of Falcon4, and LOMAC. Interfacing EPICUSB to 
Falcon(Whatever flavor) was a nightmare on steroids... sure I could have 
done it, but I'd be like... 89 years old by the time I finished it... 
Most hardware interfaces ride on top of FS(X), so I have gone back... 
Love the scenery, the immersion... just wish I could put one up 
someone's tailpipe! (If you know what I mean...... ;-)

Tally-ho!

On 12/17/2010 2:42 PM, Justin Messenger wrote:
> Falcon has not worked out well for me so I am going to try LOMAC, 
> which I have never really touch since first purchasing the CD.  Are 
> any of you using it and is there anything interesting going on with it 
> for Simpit projects?
> I hope it is stable and works well on a LAN.
> justin
>
> www.SimAdventure.com <http://www.simadventure.com/>
>
>
>
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Thu Dec 23 09:37:43 2010
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:37:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Building gears...
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012230926390.25650@grumble.deltasoft.com>

Quite a while ago I pointed out a new gear program I'd found called 
"GearGenerator" - you can find it here: 
http://woodgears.ca/gear/index.html

I found a new program recently called "Gearotic".  It basically wipes the 
floor with GearGenerator.

Take a peek at this new video I found of it today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqvEQIUajsA

The software is $75 and can be purchased from http://www.gearotic.com - 
I'll be getting my copy soon. :)

g.


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Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.