[Coco] Introductions

[Dave Philipsen]

Ok, always interested in talking with fellow pilots/aviators and tying 
together CoCo stuff with that.  Keep us updated on the Cessna controls 
with force feedback.

Dave


On 10/6/2017 1:57 PM, dwight.bazinet at gmail.com wrote:
> I was a TACCO... not the Taco Bell kind.  Tactical Coordinator, original my trade was Air Navigator in the Canadian Forces, but when I left it was Air Combat Systems Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Dave Philipsen
> Sent: October-06-17 3:55 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Introductions
>
> Cool!  Are you a pilot?
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 10/6/2017 11:52 AM, dwight.bazinet at gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>    
>>
>> Dennis asked that I post the comments here as an introduction.
>>
>>    
>>
>> I just bought a CoCo3 on eBay (hope it works!); I'm interested in
>> something simpler then my day job (I'm a senior system engineer at a
>> major defense firm, my last job before I got out of the military was
>> designing tactical systems in a maritime helicopter).
>>
>>    
>>
>> I'm interested in a coco sdc (v2?) , the Retro CoCoMem, the Ed Snider
>> replacement GIME (or the GIME and memory on one GIME replacement), etc.
>>
>>    
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>> I had a CoCo1 and a CoCo3 in the 80s with a disk drive (then modified
>> to double sided if I remember right), while I was working on a
>> combined BEng and BSc CompSci (only finished the BSc).
>>
>>    
>>
>> Basically the simplicity of the older hardware makes it more fun to
>> tinker with, especially with my kids, although I do have a Arduino and
>> screen and will probably get a Pi.
>>
>>    
>>
>> I'm also interested in flight sims and recently bought  set of real
>> Cessna controls to figure out how to do force feedback with them, and
>> am working on a simple and cheap LCD with controller that can do gauges.
>>
>>    
>>
>> Dwight Bazinet
>>
>>    
>>
>> PS, a question: is the Gmane list not updating for recent posts?  I
>> see they are having server issues.
>>
>>
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