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Flightsim - The Computers

 

This is the computer configuration in November 2009

Computers and Software:

Computer

Function

Type

RAM

HDD

Graphics

Software

Screens

1

File Server

Duo Core 2.6 GHZ

2 MB

2 x 1 TB (Raid)

2

Workstation

Duo Core 3 4 GHz

2 GB

1 x  128 GB

normal

Wideclient, Squawkbox, Activesky, Whazzup, Servinfo, anything

1 19 " LCD

3

FS Server

Duo Core 3.4 GHz

4 GB

2 x 250 GB

nVidia 9600, 1 MB

FS2004, FSX Wideserver, Wideview

1 Beamer  running center view at 1024 x 768

4

FS Wideview

Duo Core, 2.4 GHZ

2 GB

2 x 300 GB

nVidia 9800GTX, 758 MB

FSX, FS2004, Wideview

2 x 19 " CRT (temporary, to be replaced by 2 beamer s)

5

Pilots PFD/ND

P IV 1.7 GHz

1 GB

1 x 40 GB

Geforce FX5500

Wideclient, Project Magenta ABGC

1 x 18 " TFT (Pilots side) + 1 x 19" TFT (Co-Pilots side)

6

EICAS

Celeron 3, 500 MHz

128 MB

1 x 30 GB

Geforce II Ultra

Wideclient, Project Magenta ABGC (EICAS portion)

1 x 19 " TFT - rotated by 90 degrees

7

MCDU/FCU

PIV, 1.2 GHz

128 MB

1 x 30 GB

Geforce MX4000

Wideclient, Project Magenta MCDU + FCU, CPFlight software

1 x 17 " LCD + PS1 TV screen for MCDU

Note: Computers 1 and 3 - 7 all run Tight VNC, so they can be controlled from the workstation (2). Most of them do not have a mouse or keyboard.