From jjmessenger at yahoo.com Mon May 3 13:00:10 2010 From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger) Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 13:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] more instrument updates Message-ID: <833488.45807.qm@web111514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> VSI video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisYLsJFuW4 ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsA-bo73W0 ? Tach video ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvXW_L549aI Justin Messenger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100503/b2489a97/attachment.html From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Mon May 3 13:24:12 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 08:24:12 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] 737 200 flaps In-Reply-To: <928603.89249.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <928603.89249.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC435F@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Assuming the flaps are working as designed then they both move together... unless there is some asymmetry going on :-) SeanG ________________________________ From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Justin Messenger Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 7:52 a.m. To: Simpits Tech Subject: [simpits-tech] 737 200 flaps When the flaps gauge needles go up and down do the needles move in such a way that one covers the other, or are they offset a bit so that both are visible? Justin Messenger Flight Simulators and Aircraft Instruments www.nu-tekinc.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2850 - Release Date: 05/03/10 18:27:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100504/86d3a815/attachment.html From brian at sikkema.us Mon May 3 17:18:10 2010 From: brian at sikkema.us (Brian Sikkema) Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 09:18:10 +0900 Subject: [simpits-tech] 737 200 flaps In-Reply-To: <928603.89249.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <928603.89249.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4BDF67C2.9080603@sikkema.us> On 5/4/2010 4:51 AM, Justin Messenger wrote: > When the flaps gauge needles go up and down do the needles move in > such a way that one covers the other, or are they offset a bit so that > both are visible? > > *Justin Messenger* > > /*Flight Simulators and Aircraft Instruments*/ > > www.*nu*-*tek*inc.com > > Ours completely overlap, so I think it would be a safe bet the 737's do as well. That being said the alignment is not always perfect, and they don't always track at the exact same speed, either. Sometimes one side lags behind the other a bit, but they both end up at the same spot. That way you can tell if you have an assymetric flap condition. Brian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100504/0ac2b277/attachment.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 4 10:30:07 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 18:30:07 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] more instrument updates In-Reply-To: <833488.45807.qm@web111514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 3 May 2010, Justin Messenger wrote: > VSI video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisYLsJFuW4 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsA-bo73W0 > ? > Tach video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvXW_L549aI Superb stuff Justin! Must be great having the real thing to play with - and the time to do it all ! Can't wait to see the full 'pit :-) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jjmessenger at yahoo.com Wed May 19 09:36:57 2010 From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger) Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:36:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] 737 Throttle servos test Message-ID: <430295.27778.qm@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mlm1OTQqig ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MAfm6tnv88 ? Throttle converion by Art at Northern Flight Sims Justin Messenger Flight Simulators and Aircraft Instruments www.nu-tekinc.com ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100519/efc53bea/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 20 05:55:39 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 05:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... Message-ID: http://geneb.simpits.org - misc stuff and a gem or two. :) tnx all. 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_! From bjones at pipecomp.com.au Thu May 20 06:59:25 2010 From: bjones at pipecomp.com.au (Ben Jones) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 21:59:25 +0800 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... References: Message-ID: <012101caf824$a8d394b0$0200a8c0@BenLaptop> Nice work Gene, keep it up !!! Ben West Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Buckle" To: Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:55 PM Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... > http://geneb.simpits.org - misc stuff and a gem or two. :) > > tnx all. > > g. > > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project > > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! > From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 20 07:28:48 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 07:28:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: <012101caf824$a8d394b0$0200a8c0@BenLaptop> References: <012101caf824$a8d394b0$0200a8c0@BenLaptop> Message-ID: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Ben Jones wrote: > > > Nice work Gene, keep it up !!! > > > > Ben > West Oz > Thanks Ben. With any luck I'll get the first screen segment built on Saturday. Each one is three curved sections, three vertical supports and two 2x4 "legs". 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 20 06:34:06 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:34:06 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > http://geneb.simpits.org - misc stuff and a gem or two. :) > Superb stuff as always gene :-) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 20 07:40:29 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 07:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> http://geneb.simpits.org - misc stuff and a gem or two. :) >> > > > Superb stuff as always gene :-) > Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 20 06:41:02 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:41:02 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Superb stuff as always gene :-) > > > Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the end of your street if I wanted to! Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 20 08:29:03 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:29:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > end of your street if I wanted to! > Neat. :) > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri May 21 07:18:07 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 07:18:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... Message-ID: It dawned on me this morning that I can't recall ever having posted a picture of the revised throttle quadrant I did: http://www.simpits.org/geneb/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/new_quadrant.jpg It's skinned with .080 black ABS plastic that I heat-formed with a heat gun and a straight edge. 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_! From echotech1452 at gmail.com Fri May 21 08:09:04 2010 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 11:09:04 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: help!!! lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga monitor? thanks and have a great weekend. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) > >>> > >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > > end of your street if I wanted to! > > > Neat. :) > > > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? > > Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. > > 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_! > _______________________________________________ > 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/20100521/9a5a068b/attachment.html From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Fri May 21 08:16:39 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:16:39 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... References: Message-ID: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit and no problems. http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... help!!! lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga monitor? thanks and have a great weekend. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > end of your street if I wanted to! > Neat. :) > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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/20100521/8353cd03/attachment-0001.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri May 21 07:50:26 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:50:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Fri, 21 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > It dawned on me this morning that I can't recall ever having posted a > picture of the revised throttle quadrant I did: > > http://www.simpits.org/geneb/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/new_quadrant.jpg > > It's skinned with .080 black ABS plastic that I heat-formed with a heat > gun and a straight edge. Well it certainly doesn't look "home made" does it! Nice work gene :) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri May 21 09:25:34 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 09:25:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, 21 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> It dawned on me this morning that I can't recall ever having posted a >> picture of the revised throttle quadrant I did: >> >> http://www.simpits.org/geneb/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/new_quadrant.jpg >> >> It's skinned with .080 black ABS plastic that I heat-formed with a heat >> gun and a straight edge. > > > Well it certainly doesn't look "home made" does it! Nice work gene :) > Thanks. The funny thing is I had to buy a 4x8 sheet of it because my local plastic monger didn't have anything smaller. :) 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_! From echotech1452 at gmail.com Fri May 21 15:21:09 2010 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 18:21:09 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass cockpit instruments. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: > You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit > and no problems. > > > http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* delor lauchang > *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List > *Sent:* Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM > *Subject:* Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... > > help!!! > > lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold > here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga > monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga > monitor? > > thanks and have a great weekend. > > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: >> >> > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: >> > >> >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >> >>> >> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? >> > >> > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 >> > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the >> > end of your street if I wanted to! >> > >> Neat. :) >> >> > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big >> > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? >> >> Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. >> >> 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_! >> _______________________________________________ >> 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! > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20100521/0c667495/attachment.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri May 21 14:33:12 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 22:33:12 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Fri, 21 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> It's skinned with .080 black ABS plastic that I heat-formed with a heat > >> gun and a straight edge. > > > > > > Well it certainly doesn't look "home made" does it! Nice work gene :) > > > Thanks. The funny thing is I had to buy a 4x8 sheet of it because my > local plastic monger didn't have anything smaller. :) Like you'll never find another use for it... hmm.... Thinks . o O ( Nice G1000 Bezel! ) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Fri May 21 15:38:40 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 19:38:40 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried somehow electronically. Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful for anything except spare parts. R thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass cockpit instruments. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit and no problems. http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... help!!! lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga monitor? thanks and have a great weekend. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > end of your street if I wanted to! > Neat. :) > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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! _______________________________________________ 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/20100521/7e2401cd/attachment-0001.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri May 21 21:12:29 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:12:29 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com> Roy Coates wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>>> It's skinned with .080 black ABS plastic that I heat-formed with a heat >>>> gun and a straight edge. >>> >>> Well it certainly doesn't look "home made" does it! Nice work gene :) >>> >> Thanks. The funny thing is I had to buy a 4x8 sheet of it because my >> local plastic monger didn't have anything smaller. :) > > > Like you'll never find another use for it... hmm.... > > > Thinks . o O ( Nice G1000 Bezel! ) Hehe. It's actually too thin for that. I'll find a use for it at some point for sure. Worst case, it forces me to build a vacu-forming table so I can put it to serious use. :) g. From echotech1452 at gmail.com Sat May 22 07:29:48 2010 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 10:29:48 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: <00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: Thanks Rick, Thought its just that easy, but going on to all those trouble, it might come out more expensive to make them work. Its always good to seek advice from expert simmers. Saved me from going all the troubles. By the way, been to Taipei and got this ipad clone thats a PC for $200, check it out Moonse e-7001 called the a-pad, it interfaced with my flight simulator. Again thanks for the info. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Rick Davis wrote: > > > Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to > the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried > somehow electronically. > > Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them > even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, > you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd > interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs > and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, > you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate > stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an > hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, > and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of > those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful > for anything except spare parts. > > R > > > thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the > screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass > cockpit instruments. > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: > >> You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit >> and no problems. >> >> >> http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* delor lauchang >> *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List >> *Sent:* Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... >> >> help!!! >> >> lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being >> sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a >> vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to >> vga monitor? >> >> thanks and have a great weekend. >> >> >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: >>> >>> > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: >>> > >>> >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >>> >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? >>> > >>> > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 >>> > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at >>> the >>> > end of your street if I wanted to! >>> > >>> Neat. :) >>> >>> > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the >>> big >>> > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? >>> >>> Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. >>> >>> 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_! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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! > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20100522/4e7d52fc/attachment.html From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Sat May 22 08:08:32 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 12:08:32 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b><00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <019e01caf9c0$a51ae240$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> I wouldn't say I was an expert simmer by any stretch of the imagination, but have just gone through what you were trying to do myself not so long ago. Only I was trying to get digital picture frames to work. Just buying another monitor was a lot cheaper. For some reason, small monitors are outrageously expensive. I even tried unsuccessfully to find a supplier for the little 7-8 inch LCD TV's they use in the seat backs of commercial airliners. They must make millions of them and probably cost dirt. Couldn't find any anywhere. R ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... Thanks Rick, Thought its just that easy, but going on to all those trouble, it might come out more expensive to make them work. Its always good to seek advice from expert simmers. Saved me from going all the troubles. By the way, been to Taipei and got this ipad clone thats a PC for $200, check it out Moonse e-7001 called the a-pad, it interfaced with my flight simulator. Again thanks for the info. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Rick Davis wrote: Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried somehow electronically. Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful for anything except spare parts. R thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass cockpit instruments. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit and no problems. http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... help!!! lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga monitor? thanks and have a great weekend. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > end of your street if I wanted to! > Neat. :) > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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. 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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/20100522/28f00ce6/attachment-0001.html From echotech1452 at gmail.com Sat May 22 10:55:02 2010 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 13:55:02 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] new update posted... In-Reply-To: <019e01caf9c0$a51ae240$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <019e01caf9c0$a51ae240$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: thank god someone already had the same idea, otherwise i would have suffered. thinking might just settle with saitek instrument display, until LCD's get cheap. still i will try to see if any of those chinese OEM lcd manufacturers have considered selling in small quantities. have a good weekend. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Rick Davis wrote: > I wouldn't say I was an expert simmer by any stretch of the imagination, > but have just gone through what you were trying to do myself not so long > ago. Only I was trying to get digital picture frames to work. Just buying > another monitor was a lot cheaper. For some reason, small monitors are > outrageously expensive. I even tried unsuccessfully to find a supplier for > the little 7-8 inch LCD TV's they use in the seat backs of commercial > airliners. They must make millions of them and probably cost dirt. Couldn't > find any anywhere. > > R > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* delor lauchang > *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List > *Sent:* Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:29 AM > *Subject:* Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... > > Thanks Rick, > > Thought its just that easy, but going on to all those trouble, it might > come out more expensive to make them work. Its always good to seek advice > from expert simmers. Saved me from going all the troubles. > > By the way, been to Taipei and got this ipad clone thats a PC for $200, > check it out Moonse e-7001 called the a-pad, it interfaced with my flight > simulator. > > Again thanks for the info. > > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Rick Davis wrote: > >> >> >> Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to >> the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried >> somehow electronically. >> >> Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them >> even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, >> you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd >> interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs >> and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, >> you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate >> stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an >> hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, >> and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of >> those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful >> for anything except spare parts. >> >> R >> >> >> thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the >> screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass >> cockpit instruments. >> >> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: >> >>> You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit >>> and no problems. >>> >>> >>> http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* delor lauchang >>> *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List >>> *Sent:* Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... >>> >>> help!!! >>> >>> lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being >>> sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a >>> vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to >>> vga monitor? >>> >>> thanks and have a great weekend. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: >>>> >>>> > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: >>>> > >>>> >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>>> >>> >>>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? >>>> > >>>> > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 >>>> > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at >>>> the >>>> > end of your street if I wanted to! >>>> > >>>> Neat. :) >>>> >>>> > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the >>>> big >>>> > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? >>>> >>>> Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. >>>> >>>> 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_! >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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! >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100522/e2dcffb5/attachment.html From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Sat May 22 14:06:18 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 18:06:18 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] monitors References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b><00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <022401caf9f2$9f8b2a60$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Delor, This is as close as I got to solving the problem. Using a 50.00 photo player with composite and/or SVHS " in " would do fine. Sometimes you can find those car DVD players with two monitors cheap too. The second monitor is ready to go, and the first can be used with a bit of jigging around as well. Total about 75.00 a screen. But only one screen per computer unfortunately. If your only looking to make two glass instrument panels that shouldn't be a problem. (only two computers) Great video about the product a bit down the page: http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp Hey, 29 bucks? I can't get a half decent bottle of Scotch for that. ;) R ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang Thanks Rick, Thought its just that easy, but going on to all those trouble, it might come out more expensive to make them work. Its always good to seek advice from expert simmers. Saved me from going all the troubles. By the way, been to Taipei and got this ipad clone thats a PC for $200, check it out Moonse e-7001 called the a-pad, it interfaced with my flight simulator. Again thanks for the info. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Rick Davis wrote: Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried somehow electronically. Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful for anything except spare parts. R thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass cockpit instruments. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit and no problems. http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... help!!! lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga monitor? thanks and have a great weekend. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > end of your street if I wanted to! > Neat. :) > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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. 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100522/9b8766cb/attachment-0001.html From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Sat May 22 14:07:24 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 18:07:24 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] monitors References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b><00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <022401caf9f2$9f8b2a60$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <023a01caf9f2$c7600100$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> "player with composite and/or SVHS " OOOPS! Meant S-Video ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Davis To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 6:06 PM Subject: [simpits-tech] monitors Delor, This is as close as I got to solving the problem. Using a 50.00 photo player with composite and/or SVHS " in " would do fine. Sometimes you can find those car DVD players with two monitors cheap too. The second monitor is ready to go, and the first can be used with a bit of jigging around as well. Total about 75.00 a screen. But only one screen per computer unfortunately. If your only looking to make two glass instrument panels that shouldn't be a problem. (only two computers) Great video about the product a bit down the page: http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp Hey, 29 bucks? I can't get a half decent bottle of Scotch for that. ;) R ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang Thanks Rick, Thought its just that easy, but going on to all those trouble, it might come out more expensive to make them work. Its always good to seek advice from expert simmers. Saved me from going all the troubles. By the way, been to Taipei and got this ipad clone thats a PC for $200, check it out Moonse e-7001 called the a-pad, it interfaced with my flight simulator. Again thanks for the info. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Rick Davis wrote: Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried somehow electronically. Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful for anything except spare parts. R thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass cockpit instruments. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit and no problems. http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA ----- Original Message ----- From: delor lauchang To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... help!!! lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to vga monitor? thanks and have a great weekend. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? > > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at the > end of your street if I wanted to! > Neat. :) > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the big > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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. 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100522/0fee650c/attachment.html From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Sat May 22 14:16:16 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 18:16:16 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com> Message-ID: <024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> >> Thanks. The funny thing is I had to buy a 4x8 sheet of it because my >> local plastic monger didn't have anything smaller. :) > Gene, Don't you guys have a recycling depot? You wouldn't beleive the amount of little knobs and bits of wonderful jewells of hardware I've picked up at ours. Every once in awhile I'll drop off a couple of spent printers, and bring home a bag of goodies. Some nice commercial grade rack mount cases too. (I always take the belts out of dead printers (unless their broken) Very handy little items. That is a nice job man. You are an artist. Are you at the point yet where you can count the days to the end? LOL R From geneb at deltasoft.com Sat May 22 14:49:03 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 14:49:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com> <024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Sat, 22 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: >>> Thanks. The funny thing is I had to buy a 4x8 sheet of it because my >>> local plastic monger didn't have anything smaller. :) >> > > > That is a nice job man. You are an artist. Are you at the point yet where > you can count the days to the end? > Thanks. :) Every time I see the end of one project on the horizon, another one pops up and says, "Hey! Don't forget me!" This is is why I'm currently creating disk images from 5.25" floppies at the moment. (Commodore disks) *sigh* 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_! From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Sat May 22 14:52:34 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 18:52:34 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com><024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <025b01caf9f9$166d1160$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> > This is is why I'm currently creating disk images from 5.25" floppies at > the moment. (Commodore disks) *sigh* > > g. > You're not serious ... I haven't even SEEN one of those in at least ten years. I hope it's valuable!!! From geneb at deltasoft.com Sat May 22 15:50:48 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 15:50:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <025b01caf9f9$166d1160$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com><024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <025b01caf9f9$166d1160$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Sat, 22 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >> This is is why I'm currently creating disk images from 5.25" floppies at >> the moment. (Commodore disks) *sigh* >> >> g. >> > > You're not serious ... I haven't even SEEN one of those in at least ten > years. I hope it's valuable!!! http://www.geneb.org/cbm_disks I use a specially hacked 1571 drive to create the images. It's a special cable that connects to the parallel port on the PC and uses a fancy direct-to-chip interface: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/1571port.html Here's what I've got stashed in the shop: http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection1.jpg http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection2.jpg http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection3.jpg That doesn't include the Amiga stuff I've got. (2 1000's, 1 500 and 1 2000) 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sat May 22 15:13:25 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 23:13:25 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sat, 22 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > Here's what I've got stashed in the shop: > > http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection1.jpg > http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection2.jpg > http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection3.jpg > > That doesn't include the Amiga stuff I've got. (2 1000's, 1 500 and 1 > 2000) You really _really_ need to get out more... -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Sat May 22 16:33:33 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 20:33:33 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: Message-ID: <026401cafa07$325cd460$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Ahhh. Video Toaster. Those were the days ... You don't happen to have an Atari kicking around with a copy of Sun Dog do you? That was my very first sim experience. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Coates" To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... > On Sat, 22 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Here's what I've got stashed in the shop: >> >> http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection1.jpg >> http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection2.jpg >> http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection3.jpg >> >> That doesn't include the Amiga stuff I've got. (2 1000's, 1 500 and 1 >> 2000) > > > You really _really_ need to get out more... > > > -- > > Roy Coates. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 Sat May 22 18:40:01 2010 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 21:40:01 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] monitors In-Reply-To: <022401caf9f2$9f8b2a60$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <006b01caf8f8$9cd45760$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <00ea01caf936$5c885830$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <022401caf9f2$9f8b2a60$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: Thanks Rick, Thats an idea that will work, anyways I still have four computers sitting around, the only drawback, the heat. Iam integrating the MFD cougar twin pack, thats why I need extra screen for each on top of the EICAS screen, and GPS. Again, thanks for your time. Delor On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Rick Davis wrote: > Delor, > > This is as close as I got to solving the problem. Using a 50.00 photo > player with composite and/or SVHS " in " would do fine. Sometimes you can > find those car DVD players with two monitors cheap too. The second monitor > is ready to go, and the first can be used with a bit of jigging around as > well. Total about 75.00 a screen. But only one screen per computer > unfortunately. If your only looking to make two glass instrument panels that > shouldn't be a problem. (only two computers) > > Great video about the product a bit down the page: > > http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp > > Hey, 29 bucks? I can't get a half decent bottle of Scotch for that. ;) > > R > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* delor lauchang > > Thanks Rick, > > Thought its just that easy, but going on to all those trouble, it might > come out more expensive to make them work. Its always good to seek advice > from expert simmers. Saved me from going all the troubles. > > By the way, been to Taipei and got this ipad clone thats a PC for $200, > check it out Moonse e-7001 called the a-pad, it interfaced with my flight > simulator. > > Again thanks for the info. > > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Rick Davis wrote: > >> >> >> Good luck with that. They are all so different. Then add ribbon cables to >> the equation. What do you mean by broken? The cases? Or are they fried >> somehow electronically. >> >> Most of those things are composite (RCA) or perhaps S-Video. Some of them >> even have mini 1/8" phone plugs for video in. Depending on what they are, >> you can either get a TV card (all in wonder etc), but I don't know how you'd >> interface that with X-Plane or FS. Alternative is to search for the pin-outs >> and try to wire them up the way you like. But if the monitor won't turn on, >> you have bigger issues to deal with. Stripping the screen out to operate >> stand-alone is paramount to asking a car to go down the road 60 miles an >> hour without an engine. The "screen" being the "car". There is an inverter, >> and a PSU and backlighting and everything else in an LCD monitor. If none of >> those things work, that is why they are cheap. Because they aren't useful >> for anything except spare parts. >> >> R >> >> >> thank you for your quick reply, however is there a way to separate the >> screen and wire it from there? i would like to use them to create glass >> cockpit instruments. >> >> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Rick Davis wrote: >> >>> You might try poking around on here. I have dealt with them quite a bit >>> and no problems. >>> >>> >>> http://sewelldirect.com/CablesandAdapters/AudioVideo/-AudioVideoInterface-VGA >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* delor lauchang >>> *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List >>> *Sent:* Friday, May 21, 2010 12:09 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [simpits-tech] new update posted... >>> >>> help!!! >>> >>> lots of broken portable dvd players with working lcd screens are being >>> sold here for cheap. does anybody here knows how to convert the monitor to a >>> vga monitor? or is there an adapter or modules that can bought to convert to >>> vga monitor? >>> >>> thanks and have a great weekend. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 20 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: >>>> >>>> > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: >>>> > >>>> >>> Superb stuff as always gene :-) >>>> >>> >>>> >> Thanks Roy. How is the X1000 coming along? >>>> > >>>> > Been working hard on the mapping data. Processed something like 250 >>>> > billion data items so far. Can produce maps that show the mailbox at >>>> the >>>> > end of your street if I wanted to! >>>> > >>>> Neat. :) >>>> >>>> > Curbing the size of the database without losing too much info is the >>>> big >>>> > issue here. Work progresses as time permits - sound familiar !? >>>> >>>> Hehe. All too familiar unfortunately. >>>> >>>> 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_! >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100522/dfac2b57/attachment-0001.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 07:20:44 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 07:20:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 22 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Here's what I've got stashed in the shop: >> >> http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection1.jpg >> http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection2.jpg >> http://www.geneb.org/cbm/cbm_collection3.jpg >> >> That doesn't include the Amiga stuff I've got. (2 1000's, 1 500 and 1 >> 2000) > > > You really _really_ need to get out more... > Hehe. Did I mention the IBM collection? 1 each of the 5150, 5160 and 5170? Or the Ampro Littleboard, the TRS-80 Model 4, 3 H-89's and an Apple IIe? (The IIe runs Age of Reason - telnet to aor.retroarchive.org - it's the only telnet reachable BBS running on real Apple 8 bit hardware) Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the menagerie. :) 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 07:21:40 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 07:21:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <026401cafa07$325cd460$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <026401cafa07$325cd460$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Sat, 22 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > Ahhh. Video Toaster. Those were the days ... > > You don't happen to have an Atari kicking around with a copy of Sun Dog do > you? That was my very first sim experience. > Nope. I do have a Video Toaster board for the 2000 though. 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_! From brian at sikkema.us Mon May 24 07:44:45 2010 From: brian at sikkema.us (Brian Sikkema) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:44:45 +0900 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> > Hehe. Did I mention the IBM collection? 1 each of the 5150, 5160 and > 5170? Or the Ampro Littleboard, the TRS-80 Model 4, 3 H-89's and an > Apple IIe? (The IIe runs Age of Reason - telnet to aor.retroarchive.org - > it's the only telnet reachable BBS running on real Apple 8 bit hardware) > > Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the > menagerie. :) > > g. > > Seek help.... From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 07:48:59 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 07:48:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> References: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Brian Sikkema wrote: > >> Hehe. Did I mention the IBM collection? 1 each of the 5150, 5160 and >> 5170? Or the Ampro Littleboard, the TRS-80 Model 4, 3 H-89's and an >> Apple IIe? (The IIe runs Age of Reason - telnet to aor.retroarchive.org - >> it's the only telnet reachable BBS running on real Apple 8 bit hardware) >> >> Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the >> menagerie. :) >> >> g. >> >> > Seek help.... Forgot one... http://www.simpits.org/~geneb/hayes.jpg That anti-static bags hold both versions of the DC Hayes 103 300 baud modem, S-100 bus and a Hayes MicroModem II for the Apple II line. The little box on top is the telco interface for the MMII. :D 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Mon May 24 13:04:11 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 08:04:11 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> References: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A6@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> >> Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the >> menagerie. :) >> >> g. >> >> >Seek help.... NOW! From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 13:25:26 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A6@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A6@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>> Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the >>> menagerie. :) >>> >>> g. >>> >>> >> Seek help.... > > NOW! What about this: http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/ I haven't built one of those yet. They're neat. *huge grin* 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Mon May 24 13:31:31 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 08:31:31 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A6@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Ok, that's cool :) Oh, and your menagerie makes mine look a little weak really :( I have a couple of ZX81's (even have the 16k memory upgrade, and the cool stick-on keyboard), a pair of Sanyo MBC-675 Lug-able PC's, a portable with the really cool gas-plasma screen, and even a MAC Classic... sadly these are all just for loading really old versions of FS... which I collect... Does this lot get me an entry into the "No I am not entirely sane" club? SeanG -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 8:25 a.m. To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... On Tue, 25 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>> Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the >>> menagerie. :) >>> >>> g. >>> >>> >> Seek help.... > > NOW! What about this: http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/ I haven't built one of those yet. They're neat. *huge grin* 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_! _______________________________________________ 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! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2892 - Release Date: 05/24/10 18:26:00 From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 14:01:28 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:01:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A6@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Ok, that's cool :) > Yep. They've just finished a 4MB S-100 RAM board and they're going to be working on a new Z-80 S-100 processor card soon. > Oh, and your menagerie makes mine look a little weak really :( I have a > couple of ZX81's (even have the 16k memory upgrade, and the cool > stick-on keyboard), a pair of Sanyo MBC-675 Lug-able PC's, a portable > with the really cool gas-plasma screen, and even a MAC Classic... sadly > these are all just for loading really old versions of FS... which I > collect... > I've got a Compaq III - it's got an orange gas-plasma screen. I think it's a 286. > Does this lot get me an entry into the "No I am not entirely sane" club? > Sean, you fell into that particular category the instant you subscribed to this list. :) 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon May 24 13:17:04 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 21:17:04 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > You really _really_ need to get out more... > > > Hehe. Did I mention the IBM collection? 1 each of the 5150, 5160 and > 5170? Or the Ampro Littleboard, the TRS-80 Model 4, 3 H-89's and an > Apple IIe? (The IIe runs Age of Reason - telnet to aor.retroarchive.org - > it's the only telnet reachable BBS running on real Apple 8 bit hardware) At one time, I'd have given my left arm for a TRS-80 Model 4p I thought that was the sexiest techno beast on the planet. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon May 24 13:17:37 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 21:17:37 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <4BFA90DD.8040900@sikkema.us> Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Brian Sikkema wrote: > > > Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the > > menagerie. :) > > > > g. > > > > > Seek help.... I think it's too late for gene, brian. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon May 24 13:19:32 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 21:19:32 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44A7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > > Does this lot get me an entry into the "No I am not entirely sane" club? > Ask gene, he's the Chairman! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Mon May 24 14:25:54 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 18:25:54 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: Message-ID: <014e01cafb87$b1801b40$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> > At one time, I'd have given my left arm for a TRS-80 Model 4p > > I thought that was the sexiest techno beast on the planet. > > -- > > Roy Coates. > My very first computer was a Sinclair. It might even be kicking around here. From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon May 24 13:18:10 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 21:18:10 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Ah ha! You don't have a CoCo !! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 14:31:39 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:31:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Mon, 24 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> You really _really_ need to get out more... >>> >> Hehe. Did I mention the IBM collection? 1 each of the 5150, 5160 and >> 5170? Or the Ampro Littleboard, the TRS-80 Model 4, 3 H-89's and an >> Apple IIe? (The IIe runs Age of Reason - telnet to aor.retroarchive.org - >> it's the only telnet reachable BBS running on real Apple 8 bit hardware) > > At one time, I'd have given my left arm for a TRS-80 Model 4p > I've got a 4D(Desktop) model. There's a guy that is in the process of cloning the hi-res board for it too. At some point I'm going to refit mine with 3.5 drives using the HSFE board here: http://www.lesbird.com/sebhc/storage/storage.html It can be jumpered to turn off the AVR in order to use it as a simple adapter board. You still have to use 720k media with them, but it beats rotting 5-1/4" media. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 14:33:02 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:33:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Mon, 24 May 2010, Brian Sikkema wrote: > >> >>> Later this summer I'll be adding a Kaypro 10 and a Kaypro 4 to the >>> menagerie. :) >>> >>> g. >>> >>> >> Seek help.... > > > I think it's too late for gene, brian. > Hehe. Ya think? :) 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 14:33:36 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:33:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <014e01cafb87$b1801b40$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <014e01cafb87$b1801b40$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >> At one time, I'd have given my left arm for a TRS-80 Model 4p >> >> I thought that was the sexiest techno beast on the planet. >> >> -- >> >> Roy Coates. >> > > > My very first computer was a Sinclair. > > It might even be kicking around here. > If it was, "kicking" is the right activity. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 14:34:36 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:34:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > > Ah ha! You don't have a CoCo !! > Yet. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Mon May 24 14:37:00 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 18:37:00 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: <014e01cafb87$b1801b40$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <016c01cafb89$3e434dd0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> did you mean "ticking?" Gotta love Mr Timex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Buckle" To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... > On Mon, 24 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: >> >>> At one time, I'd have given my left arm for a TRS-80 Model 4p >>> >>> I thought that was the sexiest techno beast on the planet. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Roy Coates. >>> >> >> >> My very first computer was a Sinclair. >> >> It might even be kicking around here. >> > If it was, "kicking" is the right activity. :) > > 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_! > _______________________________________________ > 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 idekkers at gmail.com Mon May 24 15:20:14 2010 From: idekkers at gmail.com (Ido Dekkers) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 01:20:14 +0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <016c01cafb89$3e434dd0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <014e01cafb87$b1801b40$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <016c01cafb89$3e434dd0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: i still have an 8" floppy at home, though no drive to put it in ... On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Rick Davis wrote: > did you mean "ticking?" Gotta love Mr Timex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Buckle" > To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... > > > > On Mon, 24 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >> > >>> At one time, I'd have given my left arm for a TRS-80 Model 4p > >>> > >>> I thought that was the sexiest techno beast on the planet. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Roy Coates. > >>> > >> > >> > >> My very first computer was a Sinclair. > >> > >> It might even be kicking around here. > >> > > If it was, "kicking" is the right activity. :) > > > > 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_! > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/20100525/43242d58/attachment-0001.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon May 24 15:14:17 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:14:17 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <014e01cafb87$b1801b40$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > > My very first computer was a Sinclair. > > It might even be kicking around here. > I threw out my Sinclar Spectrum only a few months back. I've kept my Dragon's for sentimental reasons - wish I knew what happened to my Coco :/ -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon May 24 15:15:55 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:15:55 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Ido Dekkers wrote: > i still have an 8" floppy at home, though no drive to put it in ... > LOL! I had a brand new unopened pack of 8" disks until I moved labs a few years back - they got lost in the move. Don't they seem absolutely HUGE now? -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon May 24 19:41:56 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 19:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Mon, 24 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >> >> My very first computer was a Sinclair. >> >> It might even be kicking around here. >> > > > I threw out my Sinclar Spectrum only a few months back. I've kept my > Dragon's for sentimental reasons - wish I knew what happened to my Coco :/ > Was the Dragon more popular over there than the CoCo was? 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 03:01:24 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:01:24 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Mon, 24 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > I threw out my Sinclar Spectrum only a few months back. I've kept my > > Dragon's for sentimental reasons - wish I knew what happened to my Coco :/ > > > Was the Dragon more popular over there than the CoCo was? Yup. The Dragon was manufactured at St Austell down in Cornwall. I think they might have been made in Spain too - later on. As far as I can recall, the only difference between the Dragon and the Coco was a slight difference in the keyboard matrix layout. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 06:26:22 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 06:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Mon, 24 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> I threw out my Sinclar Spectrum only a few months back. I've kept my >>> Dragon's for sentimental reasons - wish I knew what happened to my Coco :/ >>> >> Was the Dragon more popular over there than the CoCo was? > > Yup. The Dragon was manufactured at St Austell down in Cornwall. I think > they might have been made in Spain too - later on. As far as I can > recall, the only difference between the Dragon and the Coco was a slight > difference in the keyboard matrix layout. > If this is the machine, California Digital is selling new ones (NOS I suspect) for $45 a pop: http://www.cadigital.com/computer.htm I checked eBay last night and there's a whole pile of CoCo stuff there. 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_! From adm.design at verizon.net Tue May 25 08:09:07 2010 From: adm.design at verizon.net (Alan D. Mazurka) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:09:07 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com> <024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <0L2Z004M9E3FV6YB@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> At 05:49 PM 5/22/2010, you wrote: >This is is why I'm currently creating disk images from 5.25" floppies at >the moment. (Commodore disks) *sigh* if they are your personal data, keep plugging. however, TheGameArchives http://thegamearchives.com/ has miraculously returned. my Amiga has long since packed it in, but i run my favorite games (on an emulator) from disk images over there. if you've never been, check it out. he's got images for everything. - adm - ---------- Alan D. Mazurka adm.design at verizon.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100525/5a446064/attachment.html From adm.design at verizon.net Tue May 25 08:19:28 2010 From: adm.design at verizon.net (Alan D. Mazurka) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:19:28 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0L2Z00EG2EKNMSN1@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> hi, all this talk is really starting to hurt in the wrong places... my first squeeze was an apple][ plus. i had the 6502 instruction set and apple's memory map memorized. i couldn't afford an assembler, so i would write out assembler output by hand - had pads full of them. gene's collection could be used as the set for any possible re-release of "The IT Crowd". watch the series if you haven't yet - you'll definitely enjoy it. - adm - At 09:26 AM 5/25/2010, you wrote: >If this is the machine, California Digital is selling new ones (NOS I >suspect) for $45 a pop: >http://www.cadigital.com/computer.htm ---------- Alan D. Mazurka adm.design at verizon.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100525/9e510e77/attachment.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 07:26:30 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 15:26:30 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > If this is the machine, California Digital is selling new ones (NOS I > suspect) for $45 a pop: > http://www.cadigital.com/computer.htm > > I checked eBay last night and there's a whole pile of CoCo stuff there. Har! Yep, that's the puppy :-) Ah, happy memories! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 07:27:38 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 15:27:38 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <0L2Z00EG2EKNMSN1@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: As a brief aside: windows 3.0 is now twenty years old. Scary how time flies eh !! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 08:57:40 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 08:57:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <0L2Z004M9E3FV6YB@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com> <024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <0L2Z004M9E3FV6YB@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Alan D. Mazurka wrote: > At 05:49 PM 5/22/2010, you wrote: > >> This is is why I'm currently creating disk images from 5.25" floppies at >> the moment. (Commodore disks) *sigh* > > if they are your personal data, keep plugging. > It's misc. stuff. I've been getting a pile of media from a defunct user group and I image the interesting stuff and store the rest. I've also given away about 500 disks to locals that need 'em. > my Amiga has long since packed it in, but i run my favorite games (on an > emulator) from disk images over there. > WinUAE is pretty good from what I hear. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 09:00:00 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:00:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > As a brief aside: windows 3.0 is now twenty years old. > > Wanna bet v7 has common code? *laughs* Get a load of this guy: http://www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Index%20Page.htm THAT is hard core. :) 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 08:02:05 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:05 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > > > As a brief aside: windows 3.0 is now twenty years old. > > > Wanna bet v7 has common code? *laughs* LMAO! I'll bet it does ! > > Get a load of this guy: > http://www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Index%20Page.htm > > THAT is hard core. :) > No. That is dull. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 08:08:11 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:08:11 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <0L2Z00EG2EKNMSN1@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Alan D. Mazurka wrote: > i couldn't afford an assembler, so i would write out assembler output > by hand - had pads full of them. Heh. I do remember that I did all the graphics for manic miner and jetset willy on graph paper, then hand converted them into binary for inclusion in the code. I still have the listings somewhere! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 09:24:45 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:24:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: >> Get a load of this guy: >> http://www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Index%20Page.htm >> >> THAT is hard core. :) >> > > No. That is dull. ?! The guy scratch built his own S-100 IDE interface and a bunch of other things. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 09:26:17 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Alan D. Mazurka wrote: > >> i couldn't afford an assembler, so i would write out assembler output >> by hand - had pads full of them. > > Heh. I do remember that I did all the graphics for manic miner and jetset > willy on graph paper, then hand converted them into binary for inclusion > in the code. I still have the listings somewhere! > Roy if you can find that stuff anywhere, please scan it - that's very cool digital history there. 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 10:26:49 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 18:26:49 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Heh. I do remember that I did all the graphics for manic miner and jetset > > willy on graph paper, then hand converted them into binary for inclusion > > in the code. I still have the listings somewhere! > > > > Roy if you can find that stuff anywhere, please scan it - that's very cool > digital history there. Errr, you think ? -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 12:11:12 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 12:11:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Heh. I do remember that I did all the graphics for manic miner and jetset >>> willy on graph paper, then hand converted them into binary for inclusion >>> in the code. I still have the listings somewhere! >>> >> >> Roy if you can find that stuff anywhere, please scan it - that's very cool >> digital history there. > > > Errr, you think ? > Yes Mr. Sarcasti, I do. :) g. (and I want copies!) -- 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 11:16:15 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 19:16:15 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Roy if you can find that stuff anywhere, please scan it - that's very cool > >> digital history there. > > > > Errr, you think ? > > > > Yes Mr. Sarcasti, I do. :) > > g. > (and I want copies!) Hmm, JSW was written under Flex and I suspect I've still got the disks. I also think I've got a PC program to read Flex disks... that, I could try. The listing is on std fanfold paper and is probably about 3/4" thick so I ain't scanning it !! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 12:22:46 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 12:22:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > > Hmm, JSW was written under Flex and I suspect I've still got the disks. I > also think I've got a PC program to read Flex disks... that, I could try. > Fantastic! > The listing is on std fanfold paper and is probably about 3/4" thick so I > ain't scanning it !! Burst it and load it into a sheet fed scanner! If you don't have access to one I would be happy to help. I have access to a monster Canon i5570 that will even duplex scan. B&W only unfortunately. 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 11:22:52 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 19:22:52 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > Burst it and load it into a sheet fed scanner! If you don't have access > to one I would be happy to help. I have access to a monster Canon i5570 > that will even duplex scan. B&W only unfortunately. The only colour I had back in '84-'85 was a titchy little Radio Shack pen plotter!! I came across some of the tiny pens for that only the other day. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From adm.design at verizon.net Tue May 25 13:38:51 2010 From: adm.design at verizon.net (Alan D. Mazurka) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:38:51 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: <4BF759AD.8060601@deltasoft.com> <024601caf9f4$041ac480$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> <0L2Z004M9E3FV6YB@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <0L2Z00LGVTD0QBD4@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> hi, yes - thumbs up on WinUAE. that's what i use - with very good results. - adm - At 11:57 AM 5/25/2010, you wrote: >WinUAE is pretty good from what I hear. >g. ---------- Alan D. Mazurka adm.design at verizon.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20100525/67d2c70a/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 14:53:56 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 14:53:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Burst it and load it into a sheet fed scanner! If you don't have access >> to one I would be happy to help. I have access to a monster Canon i5570 >> that will even duplex scan. B&W only unfortunately. > > The only colour I had back in '84-'85 was a titchy little Radio Shack pen > plotter!! I came across some of the tiny pens for that only the other > day. Those were neat. I've got the Commodore version - they called it the 1520. Has a little turret that holds four different pens. I was lamenting the lack of color on the scanner because some of the old docs I've scanned would have come out better for being in color. 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue May 25 14:25:05 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 22:25:05 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > Those were neat. I've got the Commodore version - they called it the > 1520. Has a little turret that holds four different pens. > > I was lamenting the lack of color on the scanner because some of the old > docs I've scanned would have come out better for being in color. Heh... it all seemed like sc-fi come true back then. I've just re-acquired an A1 Hewlett Packard pen plotter (RS232) which I loaned to someone about 10 years ago. Can't wait to get some code working with that baby! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Tue May 25 16:22:32 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:22:32 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: Message-ID: <034901cafc61$272f50c0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Those were neat. I've got the Commodore version - they called it the >> 1520. Has a little turret that holds four different pens. >> >> I was lamenting the lack of color on the scanner because some of the old >> docs I've scanned would have come out better for being in color. > > Heh... it all seemed like sc-fi come true back then. > > I've just re-acquired an A1 Hewlett Packard pen plotter (RS232) which I > loaned to someone about 10 years ago. Can't wait to get some code working > with that baby! > > And the TI 99(4a)? That had a memory card! First program in BASIC. Lol. R From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue May 25 17:27:43 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 17:27:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Those were neat. I've got the Commodore version - they called it the >> 1520. Has a little turret that holds four different pens. >> >> I was lamenting the lack of color on the scanner because some of the old >> docs I've scanned would have come out better for being in color. > > Heh... it all seemed like sc-fi come true back then. > > I've just re-acquired an A1 Hewlett Packard pen plotter (RS232) which I > loaned to someone about 10 years ago. Can't wait to get some code working > with that baby! > Those are neat! I've got an HP DesignJet 430 that I got used a number of years ago. Unfortunately I use it so little that it costs me $40 per run because the stupid ink cart dries out before I can use it up! The L-188 Electra simulator at STI had a plot board that would trace your ground track on a map. It was a pretty awesome bit of hardware, especially considering there wasn't a semiconductor in the whole thing - it was all either mechanical or tubes. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Wed May 26 08:49:58 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 08:49:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Cougar for sale... Message-ID: http://cgi.ebay.com/Thrustmaster-HOTAS-Cougar-high-end-F-16-joystick-/270584329468?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Joysticks_Game_Controllers&hash=item3f001534fc Now normally I wouldn't post a link to a Cougar auction, but the description the guy wrote up is nearly as awesome as the Cougar itself. :) 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_! From crease-guard at sbcglobal.net Wed May 26 10:59:22 2010 From: crease-guard at sbcglobal.net (Joseph Fagner) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:59:22 -0500 Subject: [simpits-tech] Cougar for sale... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <142AAE05AD7C4B259479551FA5BF1F08@flightsystems> That was funny as shit. Jay Show me a man who cannot be bothered to do the little things, and I will show you a man who cannot be trusted to do the big ones. --Lawrence Bell, Founder Bell Helicopter -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:50 AM To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Subject: [simpits-tech] Cougar for sale... http://cgi.ebay.com/Thrustmaster-HOTAS-Cougar-high-end-F-16-joystick-/270584 329468?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Joysticks_Game_Controllers&hash=item3f001534fc Now normally I wouldn't post a link to a Cougar auction, but the description the guy wrote up is nearly as awesome as the Cougar itself. :) 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_! _______________________________________________ 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 geneb at deltasoft.com Wed May 26 12:08:51 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:08:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Cougar for sale... In-Reply-To: <142AAE05AD7C4B259479551FA5BF1F08@flightsystems> References: <142AAE05AD7C4B259479551FA5BF1F08@flightsystems> Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Joseph Fagner wrote: > That was funny as shit. > Jay I really hope the guy makes bank on that auction. It looks like the stick has spring issues though - it's leaning a bit to the right. g. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Thrustmaster-HOTAS-Cougar-high-end-F-16-joystick-/270584 > 329468?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Joysticks_Game_Controllers&hash=item3f001534fc > > Now normally I wouldn't post a link to a Cougar auction, but the > description the guy wrote up is nearly as awesome as the Cougar itself. > :) > > 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Wed May 26 11:36:39 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:36:39 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <034901cafc61$272f50c0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > > I've just re-acquired an A1 Hewlett Packard pen plotter (RS232) which I > > loaned to someone about 10 years ago. Can't wait to get some code working > > with that baby! > > > > > And the TI 99(4a)? That had a memory card! First program in BASIC. Lol. Didn't that sucker talk too ? -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Wed May 26 11:37:22 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:37:22 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > The L-188 Electra simulator at STI had a plot board that would trace your > ground track on a map. It was a pretty awesome bit of hardware, > especially considering there wasn't a semiconductor in the whole thing - > it was all either mechanical or tubes. Heh... happy days !! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Wed May 26 13:33:13 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 17:33:13 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: Message-ID: <001401cafd12$aadd9f10$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> >> And the TI 99(4a)? That had a memory card! First program in BASIC. Lol. > > > Didn't that sucker talk too ? > > > -- I don't remember that, but I remember writing an inventory program for a video rental store in basic and it was pretty slick. Each video (100's of them) had their own file and input line. They could just type in the video number and input who rented it or if it came back or lost or whatever. Somehow things seemed much simpler back then. 1000 INPUT (x) 1010 If x="Y" goto 5000 1020 If x="N" goto 5010 ..... Been a long time. LOL From geneb at deltasoft.com Wed May 26 13:46:06 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 13:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <001401cafd12$aadd9f10$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <001401cafd12$aadd9f10$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >>> And the TI 99(4a)? That had a memory card! First program in BASIC. Lol. >> >> >> Didn't that sucker talk too ? >> >> >> -- > > I don't remember that, but I remember writing an inventory program for a > video rental store in basic and it was pretty slick. Each video (100's of > them) had their own file and input line. They could just type in the video > number and input who rented it or if it came back or lost or whatever. > Somehow things seemed much simpler back then. > > 1000 INPUT (x) > 1010 If x="Y" goto 5000 > 1020 If x="N" goto 5010 > ..... > > Been a long time. LOL > Yep. 1000 INPUT X$ :) g. -- 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_! From crease-guard at sbcglobal.net Wed May 26 14:21:45 2010 From: crease-guard at sbcglobal.net (Joseph Fagner) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:21:45 -0500 Subject: [simpits-tech] Cougar for sale... In-Reply-To: References: <142AAE05AD7C4B259479551FA5BF1F08@flightsystems> Message-ID: <3C90DB5D9B5640FC84D4B12492180597@flightsystems> Even if it was new, first thing you do is gut the gimbles and put in as FSSB. My sticks get gutted for the electronics. I'll keep an eye on it and bid if it doesn't go too high. Jay Show me a man who cannot be bothered to do the little things, and I will show you a man who cannot be trusted to do the big ones. --Lawrence Bell, Founder Bell Helicopter -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:09 PM To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cougar for sale... On Wed, 26 May 2010, Joseph Fagner wrote: > That was funny as shit. > Jay I really hope the guy makes bank on that auction. It looks like the stick has spring issues though - it's leaning a bit to the right. g. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Thrustmaster-HOTAS-Cougar-high-end-F-16-joystick-/270584 > 329468?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Joysticks_Game_Controllers&hash=item3f001534fc > > Now normally I wouldn't post a link to a Cougar auction, but the > description the guy wrote up is nearly as awesome as the Cougar itself. > :) > > 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_! _______________________________________________ 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 Wed May 26 15:08:06 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 23:08:06 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <001401cafd12$aadd9f10$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > > >> And the TI 99(4a)? That had a memory card! First program in BASIC. Lol. > > > > Didn't that sucker talk too ? > > I don't remember that, but I remember writing an inventory program for a > video rental store in basic and it was pretty slick. Each video (100's of > them) had their own file and input line. They could just type in the video > number and input who rented it or if it came back or lost or whatever. > Somehow things seemed much simpler back then. > > 1000 INPUT (x) > 1010 If x="Y" goto 5000 > 1020 If x="N" goto 5010 > ..... > > Been a long time. LOL *grin* It would seem every single "geek of the day" wrote a program for the local video store!! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Wed May 26 15:09:00 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 23:09:00 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > 1000 INPUT (x) > > 1010 If x="Y" goto 5000 > > 1020 If x="N" goto 5010 > > ..... > > > > Been a long time. LOL > > > Yep. > > 1000 INPUT X$ > Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Wed May 26 18:03:56 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 18:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> 1000 INPUT (x) >>> 1010 If x="Y" goto 5000 >>> 1020 If x="N" goto 5010 >>> ..... >>> >>> Been a long time. LOL >>> >> Yep. >> >> 1000 INPUT X$ >> > > > Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" > > > (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) > I was going easy on him. :) 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Wed May 26 18:08:59 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:08:59 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> >> Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" >> >> >> (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) >> >I was going easy on him. :) > >g. Crazy world this is.. I just got back into writing simple (like me) programs in BASIC, using "Just Basic"..... can't remember last time I wrote anything :) SeanG Remember I'm a hammer and welder kinda guy, I'm not good at 1's and 0's From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Wed May 26 18:16:51 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:16:51 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: <001401cafd12$aadd9f10$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <00ce01cafd3a$49f601b0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> >>>> And the TI 99(4a)? That had a memory card! First program in BASIC. Lol. >>> >>> >>> Didn't that sucker talk too ? >>> >>> >>> -- >> >> I don't remember that, but I remember writing an inventory program for a >> video rental store in basic and it was pretty slick. Each video (100's of >> them) had their own file and input line. They could just type in the >> video >> number and input who rented it or if it came back or lost or whatever. >> Somehow things seemed much simpler back then. >> >> 1000 INPUT (x) >> 1010 If x="Y" goto 5000 >> 1020 If x="N" goto 5010 >> ..... >> >> Been a long time. LOL >> > Yep. > > 1000 INPUT X$ > > :) It was a lot of fun. Had a Commodore Vic 20 and 64 too, but the TI was the stealth bomber of that breed. The first one that had a memory card I think. Then came the MAC Classic. "Lunch Box" computer. Keep in mind, that's only about 25 years ago. Maybe if I live another 25 years they'll be able to Nano stitch my head onto a computer with wheels, where I can tell the computer to do whatever I want to my brain. Need to get a buzz on? Ctrl+B. Getting too dark out? Turn up the brightness - FN+F4. Feel like a nap? "Standby" Bwahahaha. R From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 04:01:07 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:01:07 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" > > > > > > (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) > > > I was going easy on him. :) LOL!! If I remember correctly, the TI actually reported things like "Sorry, I don't understand that" which was a far cry from the register dump we were getting from the PDP-11's at the time ! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 04:03:38 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:03:38 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Crazy world this is.. I just got back into writing simple (like me) > programs in BASIC, using "Just Basic"..... can't remember last time I > wrote anything :) I wrote my first ever code back in 1977 (basic) using a 110 baud tty connection to a computer about 150 miles away. The only storage was on paper tape - I used miles of the stuff. After all these years, coding still excites me. Now that's crazy! > Remember I'm a hammer and welder kinda guy, I'm not good at 1's and 0's I do that too, when the 1's and 0's don't work! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 04:04:29 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:04:29 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <00ce01cafd3a$49f601b0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > It was a lot of fun. Had a Commodore Vic 20 and 64 too, but the TI was the > stealth bomber of that breed. The first one that had a memory card I think. > Then came the MAC Classic. "Lunch Box" computer. Keep in mind, that's only > about 25 years ago. Maybe if I live another 25 years they'll be able to Nano > stitch my head onto a computer with wheels, where I can tell the computer to > do whatever I want to my brain. Need to get a buzz on? Ctrl+B. Getting too > dark out? Turn up the brightness - FN+F4. Feel like a nap? "Standby" > Bwahahaha. Chips under the skin using RFID (at least) won't be too far away. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 06:03:36 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 06:03:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>> Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" >>> >>> >>> (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) >>> >> I was going easy on him. :) >> >> g. > > Crazy world this is.. I just got back into writing simple (like me) > programs in BASIC, using "Just Basic"..... can't remember last time I > wrote anything :) > That's kinda neat Sean. I hadn't heard of that before. If you want to play with something more powerful, you can download the VB.Net version of Visual Studio Express for free. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 06:29:52 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 06:29:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" >>> >>> >>> (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) >>> >> I was going easy on him. :) > > LOL!! > > If I remember correctly, the TI actually reported things like "Sorry, I > don't understand that" which was a far cry from the register dump we were > getting from the PDP-11's at the time ! > The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party developement. 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 06:25:04 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:25:04 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the > stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party > developement. I seem to recall that the TI came along a bit too late too - the market was already full of spectrums, bbc's, dragons, commodores etc etc -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 07:49:09 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 07:49:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the >> stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party >> developement. > > I seem to recall that the TI came along a bit too late too - the market > was already full of spectrums, bbc's, dragons, commodores etc etc > Actually the 99/4A hit the street in June of 1981 which actually beat the C-64 to market. As soon as the '64 showed up it was all over but the cryin' for the TI. :) On an actual on-topic note, I _finally_ won the LCD lottery on Tuesday! (My wife referred to it as me finding the golden LCD in the chocolate bar...) This means that I'll be able to finish off the third projector on Saturday! I'm really looking forward to that. After I've got that finished I'm going to start creating legs for the screen segments. I still need to decide how I'm going to build the feet - they need to have adjusters on them because of the poor pour quality of my shop floor. I'll probably go the simple route and use 1/4-20 bolts in to t-nuts for that. With the exception of being able to change the board ID code function, the Gazoutta 16 firmware is completed and tested. I got the sockets I needed for the bus transceivers so I should be able to fully test the daisy-chain feature as well. The firmware takes up less than 3k of the available 30k space on the AVR so there is plenty of room for making the board do more - especially since I've included pins for an I2C interface on the board itself. There's an I2C interface library for Arduino that makes that easy to use. 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_! From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Thu May 27 07:49:52 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:49:52 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: Message-ID: <017501cafdab$dd7ad4d0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> >> The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the >> stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party >> developement. > > I seem to recall that the TI came along a bit too late too - the market > was already full of spectrums, bbc's, dragons, commodores etc etc > > -- I think that when IBM finally decided it was time to get in on the action, TI abandoned the unit because they felt they were licked, or, they were paid to abandon the unit. (I'm going with the latter) Of course, IBM had at it's disposal a scatter gun, so the death of that and the Tandy line and the Atari line and all of them were eliminated in one quick shot. Except Apple, who gained their foothold by supplying the PET to all the schools. R From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 07:59:07 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 07:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <017501cafdab$dd7ad4d0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> References: <017501cafdab$dd7ad4d0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >>> The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the >>> stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party >>> developement. >> >> I seem to recall that the TI came along a bit too late too - the market >> was already full of spectrums, bbc's, dragons, commodores etc etc >> >> -- > > I think that when IBM finally decided it was time to get in on the action, > TI abandoned the unit because they felt they were licked, or, they were paid > to abandon the unit. (I'm going with the latter) Of course, IBM had at it's > disposal a scatter gun, so the death of that and the Tandy line and the > Atari line and all of them were eliminated in one quick shot. Except Apple, > who gained their foothold by supplying the PET to all the schools. > Psst. The PET was made by Commodore. :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 07:02:09 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:02:09 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <017501cafdab$dd7ad4d0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > I think that when IBM finally decided it was time to get in on the action, > TI abandoned the unit because they felt they were licked, or, they were paid > to abandon the unit. (I'm going with the latter) Of course, IBM had at it's > disposal a scatter gun, so the death of that and the Tandy line and the > Atari line and all of them were eliminated in one quick shot. Except Apple, > who gained their foothold by supplying the PET to all the schools. Oh my, the Commodore PET !! the very first true 'micro' I ever used. Remember the horrible calculator-style keyboard? Har !! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 07:03:14 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:03:14 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Heh! http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 08:15:07 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 08:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > > > Heh! > > http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg > Some people were convinced that PET stood for Peddle's Ego Trip.:) 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 07:05:55 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:05:55 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > Actually the 99/4A hit the street in June of 1981 which actually beat the > C-64 to market. As soon as the '64 showed up it was all over but the > cryin' for the TI. :) I guess the TI made a late appearance here in the UK. > This means that I'll be able to finish off the third projector on > Saturday! I'm really looking forward to that. After I've got that > finished I'm going to start creating legs for the screen segments. I > still need to decide how I'm going to build the feet - they need to have > adjusters on them because of the poor pour quality of my shop floor. I'll > probably go the simple route and use 1/4-20 bolts in to t-nuts for that. Oh arse. I've got a huge box here full of adjustable feet with 8mm threads that I swiped from an old 'false floor' computer room. > The firmware takes up less than 3k of the available 30k space on the AVR > so there is plenty of room for making the board do more - especially since > I've included pins for an I2C interface on the board itself. There's an > I2C interface library for Arduino that makes that easy to use. I wish I could remember half of what I've forgotten about electronics. There's so much I'd like to do with the stuff now. Can't wait to see the whole projection system set up. That is gonna be so impressive. what you need now is a carousel to load your cockpit of choice into the "arena" ;-) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 08:31:05 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 08:31:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > >> This means that I'll be able to finish off the third projector on >> Saturday! I'm really looking forward to that. After I've got that >> finished I'm going to start creating legs for the screen segments. I >> still need to decide how I'm going to build the feet - they need to have >> adjusters on them because of the poor pour quality of my shop floor. I'll >> probably go the simple route and use 1/4-20 bolts in to t-nuts for that. > > Oh arse. I've got a huge box here full of adjustable feet with 8mm > threads that I swiped from an old 'false floor' computer room. > I'd love to have the floor from a dinosaur cage. :) Since each segment is pretty light the 1/4-20 bolts should be just fine. > >> The firmware takes up less than 3k of the available 30k space on the AVR >> so there is plenty of room for making the board do more - especially since >> I've included pins for an I2C interface on the board itself. There's an >> I2C interface library for Arduino that makes that easy to use. > > I wish I could remember half of what I've forgotten about electronics. > There's so much I'd like to do with the stuff now. > Get an Arduino board. They're fun to play with. > Can't wait to see the whole projection system set up. That is gonna be so > impressive. what you need now is a carousel to load your cockpit of choice > into the "arena" ;-) > I'd need a building twice the size I have now to pull THAT particular trick off. :) I'm re-thinking (again) the projector support - originally I was going to build a cantilevered platform that the 109F/X would actually sit on, but due to clearance issues, I think I might be better served with some thing different. I think I'll end up with something that looks like this: PJ ------+ \ | \| |\ | \ballast +------- It'll be pretty wide at the top - probably close to 72" wide due to the length of the projector cases. I can put it on 4" wheels and with the proper amount of ballast it won't tip over. A narrower version would fit in the back bay of the F-15. For right now I'll be using a canvas drop cloth as the screen material - I can clip it along the top and it should hang fairly well. 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_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 07:21:44 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:21:44 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/commodore/pet-n-peddle.jpg > > > Some people were convinced that PET stood for Peddle's Ego Trip.:) I spent many happy hours writing blocky video games for the PET :) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rd at ns.sympatico.ca Thu May 27 08:33:32 2010 From: rd at ns.sympatico.ca (Rick Davis) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:33:32 -0300 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... References: <017501cafdab$dd7ad4d0$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> Message-ID: <018c01cafdb1$f7311c30$0c02a8c0@your384jh9sv0b> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Buckle" To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... > On Thu, 27 May 2010, Rick Davis wrote: > >> >>>> The sad thing is that the TI was a pretty cool machine, except for the >>>> stupid keyboard and the fact that TI pretty much locked out third party >>>> developement. >>> >>> I seem to recall that the TI came along a bit too late too - the market >>> was already full of spectrums, bbc's, dragons, commodores etc etc >>> >>> -- >> >> I think that when IBM finally decided it was time to get in on the >> action, >> TI abandoned the unit because they felt they were licked, or, they were >> paid >> to abandon the unit. (I'm going with the latter) Of course, IBM had at >> it's >> disposal a scatter gun, so the death of that and the Tandy line and the >> Atari line and all of them were eliminated in one quick shot. Except >> Apple, >> who gained their foothold by supplying the PET to all the schools. >> > Psst. The PET was made by Commodore. :D > That's right! My memory isn't bad ... it's just full. From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 13:24:49 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:24:49 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Yeah, JB is pretty cool... makes nice GUI apps, and creates standalone exe's which is nice. For me it was a no brainer since I knew how to work in BASIC, then I just had to learn the GUI bits... but it does have its limitations :) Now I am going to have to download Vis Studio Express.... which I am sure will put my sim building on hold for a while... till I either create something meaningful in vb or get bored with it! Speaking of sim building (which I heard a rumour that we do that here...) I finally, after years of procrastinating, got the 7 segs installed in my APX-100, and ARC-159 panels for the Skyhawk... Now, it's taken me 7 years.. (and the guy who built the electronics has moved on from sim building) so how long do you recon it'll take to get the encoders wired up now? Oh, and in other news... I'm getting a nice shiny new desktop CNC Mill/Engraver to play with at work.... big enough to do all my panels, but small and cheap enough for work to cough up the money for! SeanG -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 1:04 a.m. To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... On Thu, 27 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>> Surely you mean "Syntax Error in Line 1000" >>> >>> >>> (and of course, in lines 1010 and 1020 too) >>> >> I was going easy on him. :) >> >> g. > > Crazy world this is.. I just got back into writing simple (like me) > programs in BASIC, using "Just Basic"..... can't remember last time I > wrote anything :) > That's kinda neat Sean. I hadn't heard of that before. If you want to play with something more powerful, you can download the VB.Net version of Visual Studio Express for free. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2896 - Release Date: 05/27/10 06:26:00 From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 13:28:39 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:28:39 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E8@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> > I wrote my first ever code back in 1977 (basic) using a 110 baud tty > connection to a computer about 150 miles away. The only storage was on > paper tape - I used miles of the stuff. After all these years, coding > still excites me. Now that's crazy! > Writing something that works, and does what you want is pretty cool ;-) I've only dabbled, but when something works well I get a big grin on my face! :) > > > Remember I'm a hammer and welder kinda guy, I'm not good at 1's and 0's > > I do that too, when the 1's and 0's don't work! > I worked with a codie (is that a Kiwi-ism or are software guys known as codies, softies, cone-heads, the world over?) who used to start hitting the keyboard and or mouse buttons harder and *harder* and HARDER when something wasn't working... was really humorous...especially the look I used to get when I'd make helpful suggestions ;-) SeanG From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 13:33:09 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Now I am going to have to download Vis Studio Express.... which I am > sure will put my sim building on hold for a while... till I either > create something meaningful in vb or get bored with it! > You'll have fun with it. The .Net assemblies take a lot of work out of things. > Speaking of sim building (which I heard a rumour that we do that > here...) I finally, after years of procrastinating, got the 7 segs > installed in my APX-100, and ARC-159 panels for the Skyhawk... Now, > it's taken me 7 years.. (and the guy who built the electronics has moved > on from sim building) so how long do you recon it'll take to get the > encoders wired up now? > Cool! Pix! Pix! :) > Oh, and in other news... I'm getting a nice shiny new desktop CNC > Mill/Engraver to play with at work.... big enough to do all my panels, > but small and cheap enough for work to cough up the money for! > What brand of machine is it? 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 13:53:45 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:53:45 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> > > Speaking of sim building (which I heard a rumour that we do that > > here...) I finally, after years of procrastinating, got the 7 segs > > installed in my APX-100, and ARC-159 panels for the Skyhawk... Now, > > it's taken me 7 years.. (and the guy who built the electronics has moved > > on from sim building) so how long do you recon it'll take to get the > > encoders wired up now? > > > Cool! Pix! Pix! :) Coming soon to a simpits blog near you ;-) Since its been a while..... > > Oh, and in other news... I'm getting a nice shiny new desktop CNC > > Mill/Engraver to play with at work.... big enough to do all my panels, > > but small and cheap enough for work to cough up the money for! > > > What brand of machine is it? > It's that well known brand "Madeinchina"..... SeanG From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 14:01:55 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>> Oh, and in other news... I'm getting a nice shiny new desktop CNC >>> Mill/Engraver to play with at work.... big enough to do all my > panels, >>> but small and cheap enough for work to cough up the money for! >>> >> What brand of machine is it? >> > It's that well known brand "Madeinchina"..... > Hehe. How big is the bed? Does it use a spindle? 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 14:18:56 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:18:56 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> > >> What brand of machine is it? > >> > > It's that well known brand "Madeinchina"..... > > > Hehe. How big is the bed? Does it use a spindle? The bed is tiny, about 12" x 9" or similar, and I'm not sure about too much more. It came down to price, work area, price, and software compatibility, oh and price :) I hope to have it here for a demo next week, then assuming it does what I want (I mean.. what the company wants it to do... obviously ) then we'll buy it. On paper the specs are good enough, we plan on doing mostly plastics with it, and the accuracy and repeatability are good. It is designed for doing fine engraving, but with some hardware and software upgrades it can do 3 axis milling. And did I mention that it was cheap? :) SeanG From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 14:26:29 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:26:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>>> What brand of machine is it? >>>> >>> It's that well known brand "Madeinchina"..... >>> >> Hehe. How big is the bed? Does it use a spindle? > > The bed is tiny, about 12" x 9" or similar, and I'm not sure about too > much more. It came down to price, work area, price, and software > compatibility, oh and price :) > I hope to have it here for a demo next week, then assuming it does what > I want (I mean.. what the company wants it to do... obviously eyes>) then we'll buy it. > On paper the specs are good enough, we plan on doing mostly plastics > with it, and the accuracy and repeatability are good. It is designed > for doing fine engraving, but with some hardware and software upgrades > it can do 3 axis milling. And did I mention that it was cheap? :) > Make sure you can consistantly control the cutter speed - you have to be really careful with plastics or it will gum up and snap the bit. 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 14:33:41 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:33:41 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> >> The bed is tiny, about 12" x 9" or similar, and I'm not sure about too >> much more. It came down to price, work area, price, and software >> compatibility, oh and price :) >> I hope to have it here for a demo next week, then assuming it does what >> I want (I mean.. what the company wants it to do... obviously > eyes>) then we'll buy it. >> On paper the specs are good enough, we plan on doing mostly plastics >> with it, and the accuracy and repeatability are good. It is designed >> for doing fine engraving, but with some hardware and software upgrades >> it can do 3 axis milling. And did I mention that it was cheap? :) >> >Make sure you can consistantly control the cutter speed - you have to be >really careful with plastics or it will gum up and snap the bit. Yup. Feed and spindle speeds.. and using the right cutter I've been using a bigger CNC Mill owned by a friend of mine (who is building an ATR72 in his garage... http://kickthetyresandlightthefires.blogspot.com/ ) and have done my learning on his ;-) SeanG From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 14:39:03 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:39:03 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44ED@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> ...and actually while talking about my mate with the CNC Mill... shameless plug for his products time: http://www.ruscool.co.nz/prod_list.html SeanG -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Sean Galbraith Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 9:34 a.m. To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) >> The bed is tiny, about 12" x 9" or similar, and I'm not sure about too >> much more. It came down to price, work area, price, and software >> compatibility, oh and price :) >> I hope to have it here for a demo next week, then assuming it does what >> I want (I mean.. what the company wants it to do... obviously > eyes>) then we'll buy it. >> On paper the specs are good enough, we plan on doing mostly plastics >> with it, and the accuracy and repeatability are good. It is designed >> for doing fine engraving, but with some hardware and software upgrades >> it can do 3 axis milling. And did I mention that it was cheap? :) >> >Make sure you can consistantly control the cutter speed - you have to be >really careful with plastics or it will gum up and snap the bit. Yup. Feed and spindle speeds.. and using the right cutter I've been using a bigger CNC Mill owned by a friend of mine (who is building an ATR72 in his garage... http://kickthetyresandlightthefires.blogspot.com/ ) and have done my learning on his ;-) SeanG _______________________________________________ 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! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2896 - Release Date: 05/27/10 18:25:00 From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 14:43:51 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:43:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: >> really careful with plastics or it will gum up and snap the bit. > > Yup. Feed and spindle speeds.. and using the right cutter rings a bell> > I've been using a bigger CNC Mill owned by a friend of mine (who is > building an ATR72 in his garage... > http://kickthetyresandlightthefires.blogspot.com/ ) and have done my > learning on his ;-) > Very cool project! 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Thu May 27 14:47:12 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:47:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44ED@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44ED@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > ...and actually while talking about my mate with the CNC Mill... > shameless plug for his products time: > http://www.ruscool.co.nz/prod_list.html > The site isn't responding. 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_! From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Thu May 27 14:58:28 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:58:28 +1200 Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44ED@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EE@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Bugger... it is from here... but then I can just about see the server from where I'm sitting SeanG -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 9:47 a.m. To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > ...and actually while talking about my mate with the CNC Mill... > shameless plug for his products time: > http://www.ruscool.co.nz/prod_list.html > The site isn't responding. 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_! _______________________________________________ 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! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2896 - Release Date: 05/27/10 18:25:00 From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu May 27 14:02:53 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:02:53 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > > What brand of machine is it? > > > It's that well known brand "Madeinchina"..... Ah, that'll be the Itchyfanny-2000 :) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri May 28 00:52:24 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:52:24 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E8@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > I worked with a codie (is that a Kiwi-ism or are software guys known as > codies, softies, cone-heads, the world over?) Just "Coders" over here. But given that NZ spawned the BOFH, codie works for me :) > who used to start hitting > the keyboard and or mouse buttons harder and *harder* and HARDER when > something wasn't working... was really humorous...especially the look I > used to get when I'd make helpful suggestions ;-) We had a pretty tightly wound postgrad working here. When he went to answer the call of nature, we hit Shift-Printscreen, then minimised all his open windows and set his desktop image to be the screen capture we just took. When he came back, no amount of clicking would do anything - obviously! He completely flipped out and trashed his keyboard and monitor. Our rolling around laughing probably didn't help :-) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri May 28 04:23:44 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:23:44 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > I'd love to have the floor from a dinosaur cage. :) Since each segment is > pretty light the 1/4-20 bolts should be just fine. Dinosaur cage? > > I wish I could remember half of what I've forgotten about electronics. > > There's so much I'd like to do with the stuff now. > > > Get an Arduino board. They're fun to play with. dude... I've got so much on my plate right now I barely have time to wipe after I crap. > > Can't wait to see the whole projection system set up. That is gonna be so > > impressive. what you need now is a carousel to load your cockpit of choice > > into the "arena" ;-) > > > I'd need a building twice the size I have now to pull THAT particular > trick off. :) Got you thinking though hasn't it... ;-) > I'm re-thinking (again) the projector support - originally I was going to > build a cantilevered platform that the 109F/X would actually sit on, but > due to clearance issues, I think I might be better served with some thing > different. I think I'll end up with something that looks like this: And the ballast is.... an F15 cockpit! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri May 28 06:02:07 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 06:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EE@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44ED@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EE@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Bugger... it is from here... but then I can just about see the server > from where I'm sitting > It's working now Sean. Nice product line! 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri May 28 06:03:23 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 06:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Programming... (was RE: quadrant update...) In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EE@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E1@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E7@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44E9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EA@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EC@PS-CH1.pacsim.local><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44ED@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC44EE@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Bugger... it is from here... but then I can just about see the server > from where I'm sitting > Can you find me a larger version of the picture of the board shown on this page: http://www.ruscool.co.nz/64_ip.html Thanks. 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_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri May 28 06:31:44 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 06:31:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] quadrant update... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, 28 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> I'd love to have the floor from a dinosaur cage. :) Since each segment is >> pretty light the 1/4-20 bolts should be just fine. > > Dinosaur cage? > I'm surprised you've never heard the term. A Dinosaur Cage is what you call the room where mini and mainframe computers live. They have raised floors that have nice, cool places to store beer, food and the bodies of users that become too annoying to be allowed to continue processing valueable oxygen. :D > >>> I wish I could remember half of what I've forgotten about electronics. >>> There's so much I'd like to do with the stuff now. >>> >> Get an Arduino board. They're fun to play with. > > dude... I've got so much on my plate right now I barely have time to wipe > after I crap. > Well that's just a priorities problem. :) >>> Can't wait to see the whole projection system set up. That is gonna be so >>> impressive. what you need now is a carousel to load your cockpit of choice >>> into the "arena" ;-) >>> >> I'd need a building twice the size I have now to pull THAT particular >> trick off. :) > > Got you thinking though hasn't it... ;-) > Yes. And that scares me. > > >> I'm re-thinking (again) the projector support - originally I was going to >> build a cantilevered platform that the 109F/X would actually sit on, but >> due to clearance issues, I think I might be better served with some thing >> different. I think I'll end up with something that looks like this: > > And the ballast is.... an F15 cockpit! > Actually, no. I'm going to use a thing called "tube sand". It's literally a 30" long tube of sand about 7" in diameter and they weigh 60lbs each. They're double-bagged so you don't get sand everywhere. 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_!