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Comment #48351828
I agree. The keyboard is fantastic, it is the best smallest keyboard I've ever used. Debian 13 works out of the box and there are no screen rotation issues.
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Comment #48351816
I have a Chuwi Minibook X and the keyboard is amazing. Its the best smallest keyboard available anywhere, I can type on it just as easily as my other larger laptops. I think there …
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Comment #48176198
You need to use https://github.com/smurfix/buildscad which can convert OpenSCAD to Build123d, then you can export a STEP file. It has a few limitations, but for simple OpenSCAD fil…
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Comment #46621272
https://waynepiekarski.net
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Comment #45741230
The people who build proper home cockpits inside real aircraft, especially interfacing with old aircraft hardware, are always very impressive. This takes a lot of time, dedication,…
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Comment #43495143
I loved the original Glider game on the old Mac. Back in 1997 when I was in undergrad I made my own port using ASCII art to run on the VT100 terminals we had at the time. When I st…
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Comment #14556726
Unfortunately I don't have any more space below the center monitor to put another display :) or it gets in the way of the yoke. I tried to fit a smaller LCD display in there but it…
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Comment #14550564
The C64 had such a tiny amount of memory, you could probably easily sync the entire state of the machine over the network :)
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Comment #14550558
Thanks for sharing my article here! I didn't realize how popular it would be! :)
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Comment #14550555
The left and right FS4 instances are paused at startup, while the front view is the master. The FS4 renderer seems happy to have the XYZ HPR values overwritten behind its back and …
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Comment #14549771
I built the set up in January to work with X-Plane 11, which I wrote up here: http://www.tinmith.net/wayne/blog/2017/01/immersive-flight-s... But I wanted to see if it was possible…
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Comment #14549391
Yes, you can hide the instruments. But then it changes the projection and then nothing lines up across the displays. You need to hide the instruments on all or none of the displays…
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Comment #14549387
This should be possible with any emulator for old school systems, like 286 with DOS, C64, Atari, etc. All you need is the ability in the game to "look left" and "look right" someho…
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Comment #14549379
Haha, glad you noticed the C64 and 1541 :) That was my first computer :)
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Comment #14549367
It only took me a few days, maybe 20 hours total? ... I started this back in January but it took me a while to capture the videos and write it up since I've been reworking the phys…
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Comment #14549326
Actually the projection is correct, but the camera is not exactly at the center of projection, so it appears that the lines are bent across the monitor edges. However, if you place…