Hey me too!! (Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Will work for free !!!)

[Steve Baker]

Michael Collins wrote:
> 
>         Hey. You prolly know someone from Simtek in Hurst.

Probably - there are very few flightsim companies in the world and
nearly everyone knows nearly everyone else.

>  I used to work there
> in a past life making Flight Simulator instruments.  Link is the
> original Simulator company i believe.

It was once!  There have been so many takeovers, mergers, divestments
and other deals over the years that it's hard to tell which part is which
anymore.

> You ever get to go fly the big simulators?

I have in the past - these days we mostly make smaller (relatively)
military simulators without the big hydraulic motion platforms that
commercial jet sims use.  Having said that, our systems can be pretty
amazingly big compared to a typical PC - and we do still build the
hydraulic platforms on occasion.

We'll tackle anything though - in the past, we've built Air Traffic
Control simulators, Space Shuttle sims, Railroad locomotive simulators
Tanks, Cars, Helicopters. Hovercraft ... and even a RollerCoaster sim
for Busch Gardens!

Just *too* much fun...and increasingly using Linux. (Just to stray back
in the general direction of the topic of the list!)
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