[NTLUG:Discuss] Flight Sims and Linux- was: Will work for free !!!

[Michael Collins]

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Steve Baker wrote:
> "Kevin E. Ivey" wrote:
> 
>>>Just *too* much fun...and increasingly using Linux. (Just to stray back
>>>in the general direction of the topic of the list!)
>>>
>>Speaking of which... Are there Linux based motion- and Digital imagery-
>>systems out there now?
>>
> 
> We aren't (AFAIK) working on motion platforms right now - but I once built
> a motion platform controller using a 286 using DOS and Borland Turbo C...so
> that's not exactly challenging!
> 
> The graphics subsystems are my 'baby' - so you may care to guess what OS
> that's being built using!  :-)
>  
> 
>>The cost of maintaining/upgrading the software for the advanced aircraft
>>simulators has bitten a big chunk out of the STRICOM (simulator people)
>>budget.  At a million bucks per upgrade, that adds up to some real
>>money.
>>
> 
> Yep.  We have been selling sims with HUGE SGI machines that
> cost upwards of $10M...and that's just for the visual subsystem.  The
> advent of nVidia graphics cards with similar performance to $500k SGI
> graphics
> engines marks a *massive* change for the industry.  Linux plays a big part
> because it's relatively easy to port IRIX applications to Linux and M$
> software simply can't stand all the scheduling and multi-threading you
> need in this kind of application.  Try running 14 threads under Windoze
> and see how long it takes to do something unpleasant to you.
> 
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