[simpits-tech] BETA Innovations PLASMA Board from around 2003

[Matt Bailey]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 06:35:38 -0700 (PDT)
geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Matt Bailey wrote:
> 
> > It's just a standard joystick device, so it should show up as normal
> > axis/buttons. If you want to bypass MSFS's default joystick
> > handling, just map the Plasma's axis to arbitrary memory offsets in
> > FSUIPC, then read those offsets with your own software.
> >
> > I got all excited when I saw the title of your post...for a second I
> > thought maybe you were SELLING a Plasma. :) I love these old boards,
> > there is still nothing like them on the market today.
> >
> A Teensy++ 2.0 and GenericHID come really close.
> 
> I'm _still_ pissed off at Leo for taking his ball and going home,
> leaving me high and dry with the Cockpit Interface Manager program I
> had nearly ready for beta testers.
> 
> g.

Tell me about it! I am not as constricted now as I was back in the
early 2000s, as I've learned a ton more stuff and can run a wider
variety of interfaces...but it would have been really nice to keep
running Plasma boards and some of the other goodies Leo was
selling/working on back then. Sometimes all I really need is just a
good flexible joystick interface (for throttles and primary flight
controls, for instance). For that matter, it would be nice to have a
bunch of 12bit A/D converter channels on a single board (the latest
incarnations of the Plasma). I would say it's a testament to the awesome
gear he was putting out that so many of us are still crying over it. :)

Matt