For my forward view desktop, I purchased a used Q6700 CPU to replace my Core 2 Duo CPU (E2180). This Quad Core processor is the fastest processor my MSI P6N Diamond mainboard will support. Since I want to purchase some OpenCockpits hardware, I won’t be investing too much in the desktop at this time.
read more...If you want to install X-Plane 8 or 9 on Linux and (like me) are missing the Linux DVD installers, have a look here. This page also contains the updaters you will need to bring your X-Plane installation up to date.
read more...Well, I have spent some time gathering all of the parts needed for the radio and have looked into a way to display the right numbers on the displays. I felt a bit victorious when I was fooling around with the PoKeys software and was able to display something with the LED matrix test.
read more...This week I decided to put the PoKeys56U card to good use. I want to build a NAV radio myself and have it communicate with X-Plane 9. I will split the project in 3 parts:
read more...Today, I received the PoKeys56U card from http://www.flightsimparts.eu! It landed on my doorstep fast, so that’s great service (thanks Wendy!).
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