On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Jon Elson wrote:
On 01/17/2017 01:50 PM, geneb wrote:
I used to work on a 727 flight simulator that used a Varian 620 to generate
the visuals. The display was capable of addressing 1024 points of light
and that's how the runways and airport outline were drawn. Pretty neat
stuff. Here's some pics of the system that ran the sim:
http://flightweb.simpits.org/BehindTheScenes/727sim_page1.html
Was that a McDonnell Vital system? That's where the Varian I had came from.
Vital II had stroke writing and variable beam width, ideal for painting the
runway, stripes, numbers, etc.
It's a Vital I. I don't recall a McDonnell branding though. I _think_
the 727-100 sim was built by Conductron-Missouri, which was the same
company that build the 737-200 that was located in the next room.
Yeah, I think the rack cabinet I have matches the one in your photo.
Nice!
The sad thing is, both sims are gone. Simulator Training went bankrupt
due to the aviation industry disruption caused by 9/11. A guy from
Boeing/Alteon showed up with a corporate credit card. I didn't have
the resources to bid against him. :( The 727 went for $1200 and the $737 went
for $1500. Both sims were fully operational and both were purposefully
destroyed after purchase.
g.
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