[simpits-tech] Beta Innovations...

[Gene Buckle]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Roy Coates wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Gene Buckle wrote:
>
>>> Argh!  wtf ?
>>>
>> Yeah, pretty much was my reaction although there were some significant
>> four letter observations involved.
>
> Do we know why ?
>
I have no specifics.  I've got suspicions, but I won't air them in public.

>
> Phidgets seems to have gone the wrong direction for simpits imho. I used a
> few of their toys in the Jetstream sim and all is still working fine. The
> 7-segment LED display was a corker. A complete radio freq or tpndr display
> in one teeny little USB driven board - lovely.
>
I haven't looked at the Phidgets hardware in years...

>
>
>> The CIM project is just too promising of an interface platform for me to
>> let it die on the vine.  I was working on the docs for the beta release
>> when Leo pulled the plug on his business.
>
> Yup, it's a sweet project.  The FDT boards might be making a change to
> direct DLL access which could ramp up their popularity too. The current
> suite is fine if you're running MSFS but is a right pain in the arse for
> anything else.
>
FDT?  Is Peter building his own stuff now?

g.

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