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Flightsim - The Computers

 

This is the computer configuration in April 2006

Computers and Software:

Computer

Function

Type

RAM

HDD

Graphics

Software

Screens

1

File Server

P IV 1.1 GHZ

256

2 x 70 GB (Raid)

2

Workstation

P IV 2.4 GHz

1 GB

1 x  70 GB

normal

Wideclient, Squawkbox, Activesky, Whazzup, Servinfo, anything

1 17 " LCD

3

FS Server

P IV 3.4 GHz

1 GB

1 x 70 GB

GeForce FX5700

FS2004, Wideserver, Wideview

1 Beamer  running center view at 1024 x 768

4

FS Left View

P IV, 2.4 GHZ

1 GB

1 x 70 GB

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

FS2004, Wideview

1 x 17 " CRT (temporary, to be replaced by a beamer)

5

FS Right View

PIII 800 MHz

512 MB

1 x 30 MB

GeForce 2 MX/MX 400

FS2004, Wideview

1 x 20 " CRT (temporary, to be replaced by a beamer)

6

Pilots PFD/ND

P IV 1.7 GHz

1 GB

1 x 40 GB

Geforce FX5500

Wideclient, Project Magenta ABGC

1 x 18 " TFT (Pilots side) + 1 x 19" TFT (Co-Pilots side)

7

EICAS

Celeron 3, 500 MHz

128 MB

1 x 30 GB

Geforce II Ultra

Wideclient, Project Magenta ABGC (EICAS portion)

1 x 19 " TFT - rotated by 90 degrees

8

MCDU/FCU

PIV, 1.2 GHz

128 MB

1 x 30 GB

Geforce MX4000

Wideclient, Project Magenta MCDU + FCU, SA_WXR (weather radar)

1 x 15 " LCD + PS1 TV screen for MCDU

9

EPIC

Celeron III, 580 MHz

256 MB

1 x 40 GB

NVidia Riva TNT

Wideclient, EPIC, FSCommunicator

1 x 15 " CRT

10

Photon

Celeron 500 MHz (old notebook)

128 MB

1 x30 GB

??

Wideclient, Photon

Notebook

Note: Computers 3 - 10 all run Tight VNC, so they can be controlled from workstation (2). Most of them do not have a mouse or keyboard.