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Flight Simulator 2002 With 13 Monitors And 9 PCs

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-lot-of-lead-and-glass dept.

Ant points to Steve Ferris' site demonstrating what Ferris has done "using Wideview software, Multi Monitors and Fs2002 Panel Interior view Bitmaps. 9 PC's & 13 monitors. Server PC is a 2.0ghz AMD and has 1 Asus 4800se G4 AGP and when Motor flying 4 PCI graphic cards for the instrument panels.. All 8 Clients have AGP cards and are AMD 800 to 1.5ghz... My Ask21 Glider with 3 Asus 4800se G4 cards on the front 6 monitors, giving great downward landing view. When you sit in front, all screens line up reasonably well ... Windows XP on the 3 front PC's and 98se on the rest."

6 of 392 comments (clear)

  1. Whatta by FooGoo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    geek.

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  2. Re:yikes... by neonstz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    (Not sure how he'd manage to snag a 747, actually)

    He can always borrow one at an african airport.

  3. w00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nothing like 45 degrees of WTC crashing fun!

  4. Stale news ? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Check out this page and look at the date on the bottom photo : does that look like a 1 1/3 year old news or is it just me ?

    Way to go /. ...

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  5. Re:I cannot believe this! by ummcdou4 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We have a president who was elected under questionable circumstances, an illegal war in Iraq, terrorists hiding all over our country, a dollar whose value is in freefall, an education system crippled by so-called "affirmative" action, and all YOU can do is whine about us talking about some guy with a flight simulator ?

  6. Alternate Suggestion for Story Title. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Man Gets 9 Windows PCs to work Simultaneously