[simpits-tech] MFD data export in Falcon 4 ? Erwin please read this

[Gene Buckle]

It should also be noted that unless you've got a motherboard with an ISA
slot on it, you're not going to use a Monochrome display anyway since I
don't think anyone makes a PCI monochrome video board.

g.


On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Martin Ingold wrote:

> Well whatever. The only thing there is in the code in terms of monochrome herkules
> monitor support is the debug data, and that's it.
>
> Martin
>
> Brian Sikkema wrote:
>
> > >One system also had a Hercules monochrome graphics display attached, >and
> > >you could put one of the MFDs there.
> >
> > This is taken from the design notes posted there... It quite pointedly says
> > MFD, not the debug system that made it into the final product.
> >
> > I think, though, that they didnt leave it in the code - if they had, I'm
> > sure it would have been found by now.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Martin Ingold <pogo@f16cockpit.net>
> > Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] MFD data export in Falcon 4 ? Erwin please read
> > this
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:01:06 +0100
> >
> > I know I'm not Erwin, but thought to reply anyway :-)
> > What they had with the Monochrome displays was debug data... no MFD or other
> > data, just
> > some boring debug data about what plane is flying how fast and everything.
> > Basically all
> > the data that was available in shared memory back in 108 times.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > Ido Dekkers wrote:
> >
> >  > this :
> >  > One system also had a Hercules monochrome graphics display attached, and
> >  > you could put one of the MFDs there.
> >  > was working here :
> >  > http://www.frugalsworld.com/falcon4/f4-design-notes1.shtml
> >  > see E3 update.
> >  >
> >  > if it was working there i find it hard to believe they took it off the
> > code
> >  > ?
> >  >
> >  > If it's still there and just disabled can't we just switch it on ? it
> > won't
> >  > be a code change because it's already there and then we'll have
> > everything
> >  > but the HUD.
> >  >
> >  > Ido
> >  >
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