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- From: woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
- Subject: HOTAS control of fligt simulators
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:54:00 GMT
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- References: <wright.89.0@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan6.152937.22932@netcom.com> <wright.90.0@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <wright.90.0@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> wright@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Ted Wright) writes:
- >The complicated part is the programability. I find the the idea of
- >buying a new ROM for the WCS whenever a new incompatible simulation
- >comes out to be distasteful. This is why I don't have a WCS now.
- >It would also remove the need to add a (extra cost) TSR to support
- >the coolie hat on simulations that were not designed with the
- >FCS in mind.
-
- It seems that some simulation developers have figured out that they
- should use compatible control keys as other existing simulators to
- lessen this problem. Anyway, Thrustmaster is supposed to introduce an
- upgrade this week to make the WCS programmable...
-
- As for the FCS, since it is just two analog joysticks in essence, you
- really can't make it programmable.
-
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